Pocahontas County Fare

Submitted by Visitor on Tue, 01/16/2007 - 15:24.
website: http://pocahontascofare.blogspot.com
location: Hillsboro • WV • United States

Description

Get to know Pocahontas County, West Virginia: Collect some empirical data, read a few books, organize the field notes. Repeat as necessary. Also, some notes on spinning, knitting, literature, Old-Time music, Linux, natural history, and insects.

Blog postings

Walls Going Up

Fri, 08/22/2008 - 10:23
The walls are going up. It's beginning to look a little bit like a house! Rebecca Claytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06494730619850791609noreply@blogger.com

White Pine Subfloor

Fri, 08/22/2008 - 10:23
The subfloor is white pine. Such pretty white wood--it seems a shame to cover it up. Fortunately, I'll be able to go down to the cellar and look up at a section of it. Rebecca Claytonhttp://www.blogge...

Floor Joists

Fri, 08/22/2008 - 10:23
There's been visible progress on the house. At last, something is happening above ground level. Rebecca Claytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06494730619850791609noreply@blogger.com

Galluses and Coincidences

Fri, 08/22/2008 - 10:23
I learned a new word the other day in conversation: "galluses." A couple of questions later, I knew we were talking about suspenders for holding up one's britches, particularly when wearing a tool bel...

Devil's Darning Needles

Fri, 08/22/2008 - 10:23
I've been trying to identify this growth on a wild clematis, but without success. The orange scabby things remind me of the hawthorn fruits hijacked by a rust fungus, but the typical rusts that infest...

Fly Season

Fri, 08/22/2008 - 10:23
The apple tree by our house is a popular deer destination this time of year, and this poor fellow is a regular visitor. It's very stressful to be fly-bitten like this, and he stamps and twitches, jump...

Rust On Our Hawthorns

Fri, 08/22/2008 - 10:23
Our hawthorn trees always have a heavy "parasite load." This year, I've been noticing strange, deformed fruits alongside the "normal" haws, and these eventually pop out in spiny growths which spew for...
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