Memories of June Apples
Growing up in Goshen Valley in Northeast Tennessee, my Grammie Yankee had a cluster of June apple trees on her…
-
-
Mountain Bald
Southern Appalachian Digital Collections Summer grazing on Mountain BaldPrint by North Carolina Museum of HistoryDate: 1906 baldA adjetive See citationsB…
-
Fighting Weeds
We’ve been getting rain fairly often and it sure has helped the gardens. All the vegetables are doing good and…
-
For Decoration Day
decoration, decoration day noun An occasion on which a family or church congregation gathers on a Sunday to place flowers on the graves…
-
Elderberry Fritters
Mix a sweet pancake batter in a bowl large enough to cover a flower head of Elderberry. Holding by the…
-
The B Minor Bounce
Today’s post was written by Paul. Last week’s instrumental in B 7th deserves a follow-up instrumental in B Minor, because…
-
Spice Bush & Birch Tea
I’ve never been a fan of hot tea. In fact I downright disliked it. The only person I remember drinking…
-
Planting Peas
We used to try to grow spring peas ever year. There might have been once or twice that we actually…
-
Natural Bug Repellants
The dreaded squash bugs have already found my cucumbers! I picked several off yesterday. I’m going to have to make…
-
Making Slingshots
Ila helping Mary with her slingshot I registered for the nature studies class months ago. I didn’t tell Paul about…
-
Jewel Weed Seeds
I’ve written about jewel weed often over the years. The lovely orange variety grows prolifically throughout my mountain holler. For…
-
Foraging for Food
Part of my payment for being the guest presenter for the John C. Campbell Folk School’s Appalachian Heritage Week in…
