Preserving in the garden involves leaving produce to withstand frost rather than canning or freezing. Many vegetables, including parsley and carrots, can tolerate light frost with proper protection like mulch and covers. Root vegetables can be harvested as needed during winter. Tomatoes should be picked green before frost and stored to ripen later.
Tag: Newspaper
H.L. Whiteside’s Letter from Holland, Texas to Jacksonville Republican Newspaper (1895)
When doing genealogy research on my own family tree I sometimes come across information for another family that I find interesting and think other people may as well. Maybe there is another someone out there doing research that hasn’t found these little details that I have stumbled across. This week I found an article in…
Life on a 19th Century Farm: Food, Clothing, and Daily Life
Today is Saturday. I’m pretty sure some of you will be off to the grocery store to pick up groceries for the upcoming week or month. On the average person’s shopping list would probably be milk, bread, butter, and all other types of staples that we’ve become accustomed to eating. Over the past few years,…
DIY Fire Starters: Make Your Own with Dryer Lint and Candle Wax
DIY Fire Starters: An Easy Guide Using Dryer Lint, Old Candle Wax, and Paper Egg Carton Creating your own fire starters is a simple and cost-effective way to ensure you have a reliable source of ignition for your fireplace, campfire, or outdoor grill. This past week I realized I had a lot of candles that…
Alabama Pipe Company: History of the Cast Iron Bean Pots
The Alabama Pipe Company, located in Anniston, Alabama, founded in 1912, was a prominent manufacturer known for producing high-quality cast iron pipes and other industrial products. The company played a significant role in the local economy and contributed to the development of infrastructure across the region. From the early 1930s to mid-1950s, as the holiday…
The Sewell Cabin: A Resilient Relic of Wetumpka’s History
In 2023 all that remains of the Sewell log cabin is the stone fireplace. The origin of the Sewell Cabin’s construction and its original occupants remain shrouded in mystery. No documented evidence exists regarding the individuals or families who first called this cabin home. However, an interesting article published in the Montgomery Advertiser on September…
Discovering Prattville Artesian Wells: A Hidden Gem of Alabama
Prattville Artesian Wells Pictured is one of the Artesian Wells located in Prattville, Alabama, the Doster Road Well. Prattville is known as the Fountain City because at one time there were over 400 artesian wells flowing within their town limits. According to a 12 August 1904 article in the Birmingham Post-Herald, I.E. Sarber of Thorsby…
Piedmont Springs Hotel: History and Healing
Located near the East Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia Railroad (which ran along side of Front Street), as well as the East and West Railroad (which ran next to Railroad Ave ), the Piedmont Springs Hotel was nestled in the picturesque mountains of Piedmont at an elevation of around 1600 feet, an “altitude above the dew line” about a mile south of the town limit.
Purefoy Hotel History: From Monroeville to Talladega
HISTORY OF THE PUREFOY HOTEL – from the Purefoy Hotel CookBook The Purefoy Hotel had its modest beginning in 1916 in the little town of Monroeville, Alabama. Mrs. Eva B. Purefoy had been reared in a hotel atmosphere and her love of the business drew her again into that fascinating calling. A successful…
Homemade Hard Soap
Homemade Hard Soap Hard Soap (Castile) – Only 3 Ingredients Olive Oil, Water & Lye Cured 1 Year (for hardness) Just like Nanna would have made way back then! Recreated from researching recipes found in old newspaper clippings, magazines, and handwritten recipes found tucked away in old recipe books. Most times I make and use…
Water + Lye + Lard = Soap
Sometimes I come across recipes that pique my interest. I’ve been fascinated with the home life of people who lived in our area back in the 1800s. From their clothing to their homes, transportation, health remedies, train schedules, and their cooking habits. Last week while doing some research I came across a hard soap recipe…