Foxfire EZine: The Covid Series
As our Foxfire fellows gear up for a unique summer of socially distanced oral histories, we’ve encouraged them to reach out to people in their lives to start their investigation of how the...
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Community
It Still Lives Bonus Episode: Cherokee & COVID-19
This month’s update on the coronavirus focuses on the threat it presents to indigenous communities. We “sat down”–virtually, of course–with Dakota Brown, program...
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Woodstove Cooking Class: Sourdough Banana Bread
If quarantine converted you into a home baker, chances are you’ve been raising a sourdough starter. Feeding and discard schedules can get cumbersome, and sometimes finding ways to use the...
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Make Your Own Clay Using 3 Household Ingredients
Making your own clay is a very simple process. In this post, we are going to use 3 household ingredients: Water, Baking Soda, and Cornstarch, to make an easy clay recipe that you can use to form...
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It Still Lives Episode 6: Planting by the Signs
Gardening season is in full swing as summer quickly approaches! For the month of June, we’re talking about planting by the signs, a common folk belief throughout Southern Appalachia. Planting...
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Woodstove Cooking Class: Quick Homemade Cheese
We are making homemade ricotta cheese today, based on a recipe from The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Cookery. This simple stove-top recipe requires only three ingredients: milk, vinegar, and salt....
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Composting Basics
Composting is a great way to create nutrient-rich organic material for your home garden. How we fertilize our gardens is a matter of personal opinion, but for my money there is nothing better than...
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It Still Lives Bonus Episode: COVID-19 Oral Histories
As public historians and folklorists, we have a responsibility (and interest!) to capture history as it happens around us, and to engage the community in that pursuit. In light of the current...
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