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…
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Terrapins in the Garden
I spotted this terrapin in the garden the other day. I heard something I knew was bigger than the lizards…
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The First Katy-Did?
It’s still a little too early to hear summer’s annual chorus of katydids, but about a week ago we came…
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Easy Trifle Recipe
RASPBERRY TRIFLE Although wild raspberries are the essence of all that is delicious, and both red and black ones grow…
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Oh My Papa
For Father’s Day Paul uploaded the song “Oh My Papa” to the Blind Pig & The Acorn YouTube channel. Here’s…
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Miss Cindy’s Sayings
Miss Cindy had a crummy childhood and in later years she made decisions that caused her life to be even…
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The Day Miss Cindy Died
Cynthia Lee Pressley August 6, 1946 – June 21, 2023 Bidden or Not Bidden God is Present Today makes one…
