Granny Found a Piece of History
Granny was doing some cleaning out and found this old flyer. It doesn’t have a date on it, but she…
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Onions We Are Growing
Egyptian Walking Onions We love green onions especially multiplying types that don’t have to be replanted. Long time Blind Pig…
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Summer Recreation & Jaybirding
Recreation was simple, cheap and locally based. “Jaybirding” in a stream was popular, and acceptable for young men. Hunting trips…
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Picking Wild Raspberries
The only raspberries I remember eating when I was a girl were growing in Mamaw and Papaw Wilson’s backyard. I…
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Wild Raspberry Trifle
RASPBERRY TRIFLE Although wild raspberries are the essence of all that is delicious, and both red and black ones grow…
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Silver Haired Daddy
Today’s post was written by Paul. Pap Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers out there! Recently Mr. Jamie Shook…
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Flowers from Aunt Wanda
Aunt Wanda and Uncle Sam came for a visit yesterday and they brought me a big bag full of flowers…
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Laurel Blooms
laurel noun Cf rhododendron.A variant form larel.1939 Hall Notebook 13:1 White Oak NC larel (Fay Leatherwood)B (also laurel bush) The mountain term for evergreen rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum and Rhododendron catawbiense), which grows…
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This Year’s Volunteers
volunteerA nounOften used attributively: an unsown plant or crop of vegetables or grain that comes up from old seeds either late…
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Tree Cutting in the Holler
Granny’s having tree work done around her house so the sounds of chainsaws and machinery have filled the holler. Tree…
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Garden Hoes
Last year Matt complained about one of our hoes not holding up to our gardening demands in a video. Several…
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“New” Potato Salad
There’s something particularly appealing about the texture and taste of new potatoes. Here’s an easy-peasy way to make a potato…
