Fox Grape Jelly
Wild Fox Grapes (unripe) FOX GRAPE JELLY In my family at least, and study of regional cookbooks suggests this is…
Summertime
We still haven’t gotten any rain, but nonetheless summer is in full force in the southern mountains of…
Small Amount of Rain
We had a good chance of rain yesterday evening. The thunder pounded and the lightning flashed. It went…
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…
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…
Wild Pink Phlox
Carolina Phlox Polemoniaceae (Phlox Family) The wild phlox that grows around my mountain holler is in full bloom….
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…
Pork Roast with Kraut
Passing along food traditions to the next generation is widely celebrated in Appalachian culture. When I was first…
In the Garden & Baby News
Earlier this week when I wrote of the beauty of our garden and how I’ve been enjoying it…
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…
Chitter’s Poppies & Honey Bees
A few years back we found a strange flower growing up through the middle of my hostas below…
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…
Terrapins in the Garden
I spotted this terrapin in the garden the other day. I heard something I knew was bigger than…
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ABOUT TIPPER
There are tons of things I could tell you about myself, but all you really need to know is I’m crazy in love with my home in Appalachia-the people, the food, the music, the colorful language, the sustainable lifestyle, the history, the soaring mountains, and the deep dark hollers. I hope you’ll join me as I do my best to celebrate and preserve Appalachia.