True Grit: Appalachian Ways
“True grit" reflects the tough, never-give-up attitude often associated with mountain life — living through hardships, keeping traditions alive, and maintaining a sense of pride in one's roots.
That’s what you will find here at True Grit: Appalachian Ways
Contact me by Email at [email protected] or by letter P.O. Box 138 Lawsonville, NC 27022
Maybe There’s Something to It || A Little Huntin’, A Lot of Work || November 2025
Chasin’ Daylight || Supper Rush & Road Work || November 2025
Startin’ to Learn || Old Equipment, Slow Work and a Good Harvest || November 2025
We Can Eat the Garden || Leaves, Slaw & Supper || November 2025
We Go Together Like Peas & Carrots || November 2025
The Golden Hour || Pea Pickin’, Deer Cams & Simple Supper || November 2025
It’s Finally Gone || Growing Grass & Tending Pigs || November 2025
Old Tools & Good Food || Pancakes, Sauerkraut & A Plow Restoration || November 2025
You’ll Go Broke Quick || Moving Chickens, Harvesting Herbs & Feeding Cows || November 2025
All in a Day’s Work || Tractor Repairs, Hot Sauce & Homegrown Soup || October 2025
Not What You Want to See || Pickin’ our Boone County White Corn || October 2025
Before the Frost || A Day of Hard Work & Good Harvests || October 2025
Popcorn from the Homestead | Cleaning, Storing & Cookin’ a Batch! || October 2025
It’s Not the Equipment, It’s the Story || Fixing, Feeding & Picking || October 2025
Need VS Want || Family Hands & Farm Plans || October 2025
Sourdough Made Easy || The Bread That Changed Everything for Me
Let’s Get to Pickin’ Corn || Landrace Corn for Feed, Grits & Cornbread || October 2025
Strawberries, Fried Apple Pies & Fall Flowers || October 2025
Sweet Potato Harvest || A Tough Year in the Garden || October 2025
Turnin’ the Land || Plowing, Tilling & Cover Crops || October 2025
It Will Change Your Life || From the Shop to the Kitchen || October 2025
A Different Perspective || Tractors, Stories & A Day to Remember || October 2025
Happens to the Best of Us || Fall Work on the Homestead || October 2025
Once You Know It All || Garlic, Onions, Apple Butter & Fellowship || October 2025
One Thing at a Time || Garden Cleanup & Comfort Food || September 2025
It’s What’s on the Inside || Collards, Biscuits & Fried Apples || September 2025
There’s No Place Like Home || A Porch Talk You’ll Want to Hear || September 2025
Farm Days Together || Loading Hay & Picking Grapes || September 2025
Better Than a Snowball || From The Hayfield to The Supper Table || September 2025
The Ugliest Pie I’ve Ever Made || Stories & Supper from my Appalachian Kitchen || September 2025