By Ebony Martin Growing up farming, I always thought it was as simple as putting the seed in the soil and waiting for the harvest....
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Missy’s Tree
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...
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...