Fox Grape Jelly
Wild Fox Grapes (unripe) FOX GRAPE JELLY In my family at least, and study of regional cookbooks suggests this is…
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Summertime
We still haven’t gotten any rain, but nonetheless summer is in full force in the southern mountains of Appalachia. The…
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Small Amount of Rain
We had a good chance of rain yesterday evening. The thunder pounded and the lightning flashed. It went from being…
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Big Toe Little Toe That’s All I Know
Kenneth Roper Paula and Al came up and got their 5 boxes of tomatoes awhile ago. I got 3 boxes…
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Happy 4th of July 2024
When the Glorious Fourth Was a Rip-Snorter written by John Parris. Joe L. Hartley, The 90-Year Old Apostle of Grandfather Mountain,…
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Wild Pink Phlox
Carolina Phlox Polemoniaceae (Phlox Family) The wild phlox that grows around my mountain holler is in full bloom. The flower…
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Planting by the Signs for July 2024
When I shared the best planting days for June we had been having ample rain. A month later that is…
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Pork Roast with Kraut
Passing along food traditions to the next generation is widely celebrated in Appalachian culture. When I was first married there…
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In the Garden & Baby News
Earlier this week when I wrote of the beauty of our garden and how I’ve been enjoying it this year…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 175
It’s time for this month’s Appalachian Vocabulary Test. I’m sharing a few videos to let you hear the words and phrases….
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Chitter’s Poppies & Honey Bees
A few years back we found a strange flower growing up through the middle of my hostas below the front…
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The Joy of Sitting in the Garden
I’ve enjoyed sitting in the garden so much this year. With Miss Cindy being sick last summer I didn’t have…
