Overheard
“Just get aholt and hang on. That’s all I can tell you. And if you do, you know what? You’ll…
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Planting by the Signs for May 2026
We are enjoying the bounty of our spring garden. The lettuce, radishes, and green onions sure do brighten up our…
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Appalachian Vocabulary Test 193
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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What is This?
Today’s guest post was written by Ed Ammons. While in search for poison ivy I came across two of these…
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Old Blue Bottle
Matt knows I’m plum foolish about old bottles. He keeps an eye out for any he thinks I might like….
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The Lettuce is Ready
Each Spring I look forward to the first kilt lettuce of the season. Various names are used for the traditional…
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I Love You Best Of All
Today’s post was written by Paul. Pap and Granny – Wilson Holler early 1960s “I Love You Best Of All”…
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Foamflower
Tiarella cordifolia Common Name(s): False Miterwort Foamflower Description Foamflower is a small, delicate, native herbaceous perennial native to the Eastern…
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From the Archives: Spring of the Year When Granny was a Girl
April 30, 2019 Granny The other evening I asked Granny what she remembered about spring of the year when she…
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Being Chancy in the Garden
Spring snow 2014 “Spring was chancy, but she liked it best of all the seasons. One day would be still…
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I Saw A Wasper
wasp noun See also jasper.A variant singular forms wasper, wasp.1942 Hall Phonetics 27 wasp, 79 wasper.B variant plural forms was, wasper, waspers, was-pes.1936 LAMSAS waspers (Madison Co NC). c1940 Simms Coll. waspes [i.e., wasps’] nestes. 1942 Hall Phonetics 82 waspers, waspes, was. 1974 Fink Bits Mt Speech 29 waspers. 1983 Pederson East Tn Folk Speech 95 wasper (Cocke Co TN,…
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Hateful = ill in Appalachia
Ill adjective Of a person or an animal: Angry, vicious, harsh (esp in phr ill as a hornet); also used in compounds, as…
