Planting by the Signs

Planting by the Signs

Agricultural extension workers

Agriculture

Appalachian Region, Southern -- Social life and customs

Astrology and gardening

Flower gardening

Manners and customs

Planting (Plant culture)

Plants -- Effect of the moon on

Vegetable gardening

In this podcast, a bumper crop of mountain information is shared about preparing the ground, when to plant different types of vegetables, old beliefs, and planting by the signs listed on calendars and almanacs. We will hear about mountain ways of gardening, some good, some bad...from vegetables, to flowers, to heirloom seeds and when to plant vegetables that grow above the ground and those that mature below the ground. We also learn about different types of fertilizer and the pros and cons of organic gardening. Included in this podcast are interviews from 2009 with Reverent Robert Blanton, Jack Brown Wiggins, R. O. Wilson, Dorothy Queen Conner and Stedman Mitchell.

Stories of Mountain Folk - Podcasts

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

2016-04-29

Blanton, Robert

Conner, Dorothy Queen

Garza, Amy Ammons

Mitchell, Stedman

Wiggins, Jack Brown

Wilson, R. O.

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sound recordings

interviews

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Sound

61831

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/61831

2016-05-02

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Graham County (N.C.)

Jackson County (N.C.)

North Carolina, Western

1:06:13(duration)

Stories of Mountain Folk