Severe Thunderstorm & Garden Damage
Many areas in western NC have been having severe pop up thunderstorms during the last week. We’ve had thunder but…
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Appalachia Through My Eyes – Giving Granny the First Beans
We picked our first mess of green beans yesterday. I thought the pole beans would be ready first, but the…
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Cucumbers Starting to Come in
Our cucumbers are starting to come in. We ate our first one straight from the garden yesterday. It was so…
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Funny Sayings
I love the rich colorful language of Appalachia. I love the mispronunciations, the unusual words and phrases, and the sayings—both…
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From the Archives: Lydia Ledbetter’s Peanut Butter Cookies
June 22, 2015 I hardly ever make Peanut Butter Cookies. I like them I just don’t make them often. After…
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Hunker Down
Today’s post was written by Paul. Back in the mid 90’s, I used to sometimes stop at Wayde Powell, II’s…
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Granny Was Right
1952 Cherokee Scout Thank you to everyone who commented on yesterday’s post about Granny’s new found treasure. Granny was right…
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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…
