Making Violet Jelly
After a few folks told me they made jelly with wild violets-I had to give it a try. So the other evening,…
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Wild Violets Are Edible & Medicinal
Wild violets are not only pretty they’re edible and they’ve been used for their medicinal properties longer than the United States has been…
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Wild Violets
In the gardening world folks either love wild violets with a fierce devotion or hate them and their spreading ways with…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 18
Tipper Ready for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test? Hope so-cause it’s time for it. Since I couldn’t seem to come up…
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Spring In Appalachia The Service (Sarvis, Sorbus) Tree Blooms
Spring In Appalachia The Service (Sarvis, Sorbus) Tree Blooms by Ethelene Dyer Jones In spring in Appalachia we look through…
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Trailing Arbutus In Appalachia
Trailing Arbutus is a wildflower that grows throughout the eastern part of North America. The pint size flower can be found from Newfoundland…
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Springtime Hiking In The Mountains
The Blind Pig family has been hiking more than usual this Spring. The above average temps we’ve had beckon to us…
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Bloodroot Flowers
Bloodroot is a common spring wildflower found in the Southern Highlands of Appalachia. It grows in dark moist areas of…
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The Sarvis Tree Is Blooming In Appalachia
Sarvis Tree in my backyard Every where I look I see Sarvis trees with their dainty white blooms open wide….
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Planting By The Signs For April 2010
So far I’ve accomplished my goal of planting by the signs this year-well I’ve had one minor glitch-but I’m still claiming…
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Spreading The March Love
Where did the month of March go? If you figure it out let me know-cause it seems to have went by in…
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April Fools Day
Will you pull a prank on someone today? Maybe try and get them to believe a tall tale? I did a…
