Useful Invasives: Kudzu
Please, don't burn my house down for this one. Kudzu is one of the most invasive species in Appalachia (almost as common as the equally...
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Emily Waddell
- Jul 8, 2022
- 2 min
Useful Invasives: Wineberry
Yes! You heard that right, your beloved roadside pick is an invasive species, but a delicious one! Native to Asia, wineberries are...
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Emily Waddell
- Jul 4, 2022
- 3 min
Beauty Bias and Ugly Truths
Across America, well-meaning gardeners and school children alike spread the holy word of saving the pollinators. Save the Monarch...
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Emily Waddell
- Jul 3, 2022
- 2 min
Useful Invasives: Mimosa Tree
Times are weird, friends. And with the weird comes stress, anxiety, depression and general worry. Let's get to know our friend, the...
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Emily Waddell
- Apr 19, 2022
- 2 min
But, What If They Don't? Trusting a Community Who Doesn't Trust Itself.
There was no "day we started farming." We didn't wake up one Wednesday and decide, "So this is it! Now we're farmers." No, there are some...
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Emily Waddell
- Feb 13, 2022
- 2 min
Spring Awakening
I can feel the Spring rising inside me, like a creek escaping it's banks. It rears its green little head every time I catch sight of a...
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Emily Waddell
- Nov 17, 2021
- 3 min
Hearts, and Other Forbidden Subjects.
I have hidden this picture away for a long time. 3 years to be exact. It's a heart, from a pig. I took this picture and immediately knew...
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Emily Waddell
- Oct 22, 2021
- 1 min
Food Stretch Friday: Whole Chicken
Now that we're in restful cozy cooking season, its time to launch a new project: Food Stretch Friday. For this week, we start with the...
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Emily Waddell
- Oct 2, 2021
- 2 min
October
Today is the first day of the best month. The earth is settling into a quiet rest with one last party to bid farewell to all of her rowdy...
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Emily Waddell
- Sep 19, 2021
- 4 min
Wild Food; Foraging as an Act of Food Freedom
September 11th 1916, the doors of the first grocery store opened in Memphis Tennessee under the name Piggly Wiggly. Today there are over...
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Emily Waddell
- Sep 17, 2021
- 2 min
Larder Legacies, On Doing Hard Things
I'm not sure I can do it, dump a woman's last batch of canning of her life. A life that I can tell was spent the way I spend my days. The...
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Emily Waddell
- Aug 3, 2021
- 2 min
Keeping a Lot from Becoming Rot, Food Preserving Amidst Scarcity
It's August. Did it sneak up on you? Or have you been counting down the days to summer's final full month? Whether you're ready for the...
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Emily Waddell
- Jul 18, 2021
- 3 min
Christmas(Dinner) in July: What to Start Now for Your Winter Garden
The air conditioner is cranking, weeds are three feet high in the summer garden, and the mosquitoes are busy making their rounds on all...
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Emily Waddell
- Jun 16, 2021
- 2 min
Winter Gardening; Yes, You Can.
I get that look a lot. The one where people are being kind when I prattle on about growing food under several feet of snow, with no...
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Emily Waddell
- Jun 4, 2021
- 4 min
How To: Start a Flock of Laying Hens
In days past, the government used to encourage, and even BEG citizens, all of them, to keep their own backyard flock. During wartimes, a...
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Emily Waddell
- Jun 4, 2021
- 2 min
Ready, Set, Plant! Starting your growing season in June.
Worry not, it isn't too late to throw down a healthy amount of crops to get you through winter, especially if you keep up and plant a...
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Emily Waddell
- Mar 25, 2021
- 2 min
Three Sisters, Easy Success
Every new gardener who cares enough to research gardening, companion planting, or any assortment of fun garden blogs has heard of the...
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Emily Waddell
- Mar 23, 2021
- 2 min
Food Freedom: Get Ready for Summer (Yes, Already)
March has provided a chaotic daily dance around here as we perform for the sun gods. We worship the thermometer and the forecaster,...
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Emily Waddell
- Mar 8, 2021
- 3 min
How Farming Made Us Rich
And other small truths. Back in the day (I turn thirty this year, so I can say that, right?) I used to pick out crops and animals with...
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Emily Waddell
- Feb 21, 2021
- 3 min
Food Freedom: Get Ready to March
It's finally here. March is officially visible on the 10 day forecast and that in itself feels like the light at the end of a very icy...
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