Carolina Spice Bush
The air around my house is fragrant with the sweet smell of Carolina Spice Bushes. The shrubby bushes are called by a…
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Blind Pig & The Acorn’s 2nd Annual Planting By The Signs Test
Yesterday we kicked off the 2nd Annual Blind Pig & the Acorn Planting By The Signs Test. This year’s test was…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 19
Time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test-take it and see how you do. Ideal Ink pin In under Ingern Iffen …
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That Early Mess Of Lettuce And Onions
Ethelene Dyer Jones sent me the following piece about her memories of eating from the spring garden as a child: That…
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Kill Lettuce
Ever heard of Kill Lettuce? It’s a traditional Appalachian way of using fresh leaf lettuce from the garden-or even branch lettuce that…
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Shoes That Go Flap In The Halls, And Echo
Shoes That Go Flap In The Halls, And Echo by David Templeton My dear precious mother raised seven of us. Kept us…
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Dwarf Crested Iris
These tiny Iris grow prolifically around my mountain holler. Their shades vary from pale blue to a deeper purple. Dwarf crested Iris…
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Creamed Spinach
Growing up-I was one of those picky kids-often declaring I DID NOT LIKE certain foods-even though I’d never tasted most…
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Planting By The Signs For May 2010
My spring garden is in it’s full glory-I’ve got leafy lettuce and spinach; round red radishes, and green onions galore. My…
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Spreading The April Love
Time to Spread the Love for April. I’m sending a great big THANK YOU to all the Acorns who took the time…
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Climbing To The Top Of The Ridge
Although I love to head out the back door and walk through the woods-it’s seldom I tackle the ridge behind…
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Civil War Letters 7
When we last checked in with W.C. Penland there was sickness in the camp and he was needing a coat. Zollicofer…
