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…
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Down at the End of Memory Lane
Today’s post was written by Paul. One pal deserves another pal… a couple of weeks ago I shared the old…
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Do You Grow Beans In Your Corn?
Pap’s growing bean patch Cornfield bean noun A running green bean planted next to a corn plant so that it will climb…
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Old Decoration Day Photos
Decoration Day at Bryan’s Graveyard Decoration Day at Bryan’s Graveyard. Cate’s Crossroads, Kodak, Tennessee. The photographer, Carlos C. Campbell (1892-1978), was a…
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Hardships Before Harvest
Bucket of goodness from a past garden “There were unpleasant tasks and costly hazards to the harvest. Weather conditions, crop…
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Sapping Parties in June
“During the first full moon in June, when the signs of the zodiac were favorable, there were sapping parties. A…
