Lady’s Slippers Scientific Family: Orhidaceae Cherokee Name: k‛kwĕ΄ ulasúla “Meaning of the Cherokee Name: ‘partridge shoe’ The Cherokee name, K‛kwĕ΄ (‘partridge’) Ulasúla (‘shoe’ or ‘moccasin’), has the same basis as the common name lady’s-slipper. This is due to the pouch-like sac which looks like a shoe, moccasin, or slipper. Uses: “It is believed the Cherokee…
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The Heirloom Cherokee Purple Tomato – A Darker Fruit — A Plant Steeped in History – Separating Fact from Fantasy
I tried growing a Cherokee Purple Tomato Plant two years ago, and probably because I am biased toward the reddish-pink tomatoes that my grandmother grew, I was not initially impressed. I am not sure that I gave the Cherokee Purple Tomato a fair chance, I have read that chefs love the bolder and heavier flavor…
Native Plants and the History of Cherokee Agriculture in Pre-Colonized USA
About 65 years ago, my family packed our station wagon with a tent, a kitchen box that my dad had built, and other necessities, and set out from our flat cotton-farming Mississippi Delta home toward the Great Smoky Mountains. It was at least half a century later before I began researching that area and native…
How to Create a Garden Journal & Why – To Save Money, I Recommend a DIY System for Making a Journal
I inadvertently create a garden journal via my posts in my blog, on Facebook, and on YouTube. Because all three of these platforms have excellent search resources, I can find when I do almost everything I do in my garden, how I do it, and why. During the winter, as I begin my garden inside,…
Sun Sugar Cherry Tomato A Sweet Treat & The Earliest to Produce in My Garden
Last year was my first experience with growing Sun Sugar Cherry Tomatoes. I bought this variety to co-star in my Children’s Garden, The other star is my Heavenly Blue Morning Glories which perform mightily in October: In Mississippi, my my blue morning glories bloom in October, which is an otherwise orange time of year. Keep…
Super Sweet 100 Cherry Tomatoes – Great Tomato Flavor – Plant Demands Strong Support
During the summer, I become a child again, as I dart into my garden each morning, with my bucket in hand, just to see what treats are ready to gather and eat. My Super Sweet 100 Cherry Tomatoes are always ready, with an abundance of treasures on their vines. Because I Repot my plants inside,…
Get An Early Start on Producing Tomatoes in Your Garden – Order Small from Bonnie Plants and Repot Them to Finish the Winter Inside
For several years, I have ordered my tomato plants in winter from Bonnie on Amazon. The plants are shipped in an elaborate packaging system, and not one plant has been damaged during shipping. The tomatoes arrive in small, clear pots that are protected inside a little greenhouse. I’ll wash the pots and reuse them, along…
German Queen Tomato – An Heirloom Plant – Reminds Me of My Grandmother
For at least 50 years, I have been on a quest to reconstruct my German Grandmother’s Cottage and Kitchen Garden. If she were still alive, my grandmother would be over 100 years of age, and she had a huge, true cottage garden/kitchen garden. How to Create A Kitchen Garden — A French Potager — Includes…
How to Make Emergency Candles & Lamps from Crisco or Other Vegetable Shortening
The best time to plan for the next power outage is when you are dealing with the ravages of the one you are suffering through,l Although my Weather Channel did a great job of alerting me about the coming ice storm, long before it arrived, I wasted several days of valuable prep time by succumbing…