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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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The Old Farm Bell
Growing up on the farm in the 1950’s and 60’s, I always begged my grandmother to ring a dinner bell for my grandfather to come in from the fields. At the time, we did NOT have a dinner bell, but Nanny did have an old cowbell. One day, she finished dinner a little early (the…
Cozy Kitchen Wood Stove 