By Melissa Watts My heart was thumping heavily, and my petite frame was full of anxiety. I fretfully watched my Baby Tree forcefully dance the...
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The Right Time for Planting
By Ann Coker I used to spend the summers with my grandmother in Goodwater, Alabama, a small rural community in Coosa County. Everyone in the...
Grandma’s “Okrey”
By Linda Hicks I learned exceedingly early about gardening when I was a little girl growing up in Birmingham; my grandmother always had a vegetable...
Growing Up in Rural South Alabama
By Sheilia Munday Growing up in rural South Alabama provided wonderful life lessons on the origin of the food we ate. Each summer my parents...