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Category: Farmers/farming

maple syrup collection bucket at tree base
February 9, 2018 Farmers/farming

When the Wind’s in the West, the Sap runs Best

The Cherokees threw hot rocks into hollowed-out logs filled with sap. Early colonial settlers, too, quickly learned to make the sweet stuff.

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Sapp Farm next to Knoxville Elementary School
January 24, 2018 Farmers/farming / Ohio / Oral histories

When I went to suck my bottle of milk, Uncle made fun of me

Uncle made fun of me, so I took my bottle and hid behind the room door, and he still teased me, so I crawled under the bed and finished it!

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historic seed catalog collage
January 8, 2018 Farmers/farming / Seed saving

It’s seed month!

The snow’s been collecting on the garden and the blooming season seems very far away. Of course the seed catalogs have started trickling in already.

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Ginning cane on Turner's Creek, KY 1947
September 20, 2017 Farmers/farming / Molasses making

The sorghum season is on!

Kentucky and Tennessee are today the leading sorghum syrup producing states, and neither are shy about the fact.

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cow standing sideways looking at photographer
June 27, 2017 Dairy industry / Farmers/farming / Kentucky

Some cows never learn

Out the door came Old Betsy, sailing straight away. I leaped off the roof and landed right in the middle of her back! Away we went.

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    May 19, 2017
  • The Prophet Ezekiel; art ca. 1900 The Blood Verse
    March 7, 2008
  • John Shell in hat, with a cane World’s oldest man — Kentuckian John Shell
    July 5, 2019
  • cloverine salve and packaging Kids! Get rich selling Cloverine Salve!
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    November 3, 2011
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    July 16, 2024
  • The Southeast Floods of 1916 in North Carolina; Public domain image provided by NOAA Heavy Rainfall Events and Their Impacts in Appalachian History
    February 27, 2024
  • canning and pickling jars still life From Root Cellars to Larders to Modern Pantries: The Evolution of Food Storage in Appalachian Homesteads
    January 12, 2024
  • chef holds cluster of grapes to camera A Journey Through Appalachian Winemaking History
    November 9, 2023
  • 1930s Ford truck untended in a garage / Library of Congress The Historic Role and Contemporary Allure of Vintage Appalachian Farm Trucks
    September 7, 2023
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