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Holiday Embossed Cookies!
Embossed and Molded Cookies–an Extra-Special Treat for the Holidays! I wanted the Holiday Baking Season to be extra special this year, so I ordered embossed rolling pins and cookie molds. Bella has taken a break from baking this summer, but we are definitely ready to roll! We started with the embossed rolling pins, because I…
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The Topashaw Bottom Terrorists
A book by Blog Author Anita Havens
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That’s Why We Sang the Blues
A book of original poems by Blog Author Anita Havens–and the Depression Era photographs that inspired them.
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Chickenbone Church Reunion
By Blog Author Anita Havens Murder, moonshine, and dark secrets spanning seventy years—set in the red clay hills of Mississippi. Seventy years have passed since that night—since two children witnessed something so horrible that its very memory has been erased from the consciousness of this close-knit southern community.Now, Scott Griffin has come home, home to…
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Sweet Potato Time
Harvesting sweet potatoes on our property in Horsepen Bottom. Videos of the entire process + pics
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A Pinch of Salt
Where exactly did the kitchen term “a pinch of salt” come from? I found Nanny’s antique salt cellar at the old farmhouse this week. I guess that’s what started my “pinch of salt” contemplations. Did you know, back in the old days, there were no salt and pepper shakers?
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Milling Wheat Berries for Whole Wheat Bread
Such a fun afternoon with good friends! I went to a friends house this afternoon to play cards. We ended up grinding wheat berries to make whole wheat bread instead! What a perfect afternoon! Working together in country communities used to be the norm. Shelling peas, shucking and putting up corn, killing hogs, stripping sorghum…
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Bella’s Wild Edible Raised Bed
When the exceptionally cold weather killed our rosemary plant and strawberries last winter, Bella and I decided to redo our round galvanized water tank bed with wild edibles–they are also 4 of my favorite medicinals.
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Will plants in metal raised beds survive the HEAT?
A lot of people warned me that my vegetables would not survive in metal raised beds when the weather got really HOT! How to survive 100 degree Mississippi HEAT!
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Squash Blossoms–NO squash! Here’s why!
Are you wondering why your squash plant is blooming its heart out, and there are NO baby squash? Well, you aren’t alone. But the answer is so simple.
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A food blog with wood cook stove recipes and tips for how to cook on a wood stove
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