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A few shots of our home fig harvest. We have two amazing fig trees — this first one, in full sun, is resplendent every year. As a family, we’re dehydrating a batch and making preserves and tarts. But the big mission this year: an autumnal dessert beer called, simply, Fig. There’s something very rewarding about [...]

Kudzu is amazing! It’s a weed, but according to the Internets, it can do (and cure) just about anything! Here are the top five claims about kudzu as found on the series of tubes: 1. It’s a “weed that whacks binge drinking!” 2. It can make women’s ta-tas bigger! (Clearly this will be the most [...]

Ruh-thfud-tun. It’s not “Ruh-ther-ford-tun,” but Ruh-thfud-tun. Or, more accurately, Ruhthfudtun. Southerners may talk slowly, but for some reason the names of towns are often said in hyper-speed: Saxpihaw. Tuhbacavile. Ruhthfudtun. (Then again, nearby Siler City is Siiiigh-lerrrrrrr Cit-tee. Go figure.) Alas, Day 2 of the Kudzu Chronicles takes us to Rutherfordton – not (yet) by [...]