tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post45314387337335043..comments2024-03-29T10:02:03.510-04:00Comments on Vicki Lane Mysteries: The Old Corncrib - RepostVicki Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-35540336413639051402011-02-12T09:02:10.954-05:002011-02-12T09:02:10.954-05:00Love your Corn Crib post! We have one, as well. ...Love your Corn Crib post! We have one, as well. Whileit goes variously by the name Corn Crib, or the Cottage...mostly, though, The Corn Crib, other locals called the early 1900's structure a "granary" a small building constructed, as you described, for storage of mainly corn, but other bins in ours held grains of one kind or another,as well. We lived in the "granary" (Quite a bit larger than yours, Vicki)before we moved into our (much larger) home MM built. But oh, the fun times we had in The Corn Crib! Now, it's been transformed again, and is my Dye House!<br /><br />EloraElorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04579555623060708938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-79846229488366088122011-02-11T22:35:46.401-05:002011-02-11T22:35:46.401-05:00Vicki -- Charming rural corn crib. It certainly ha...Vicki -- Charming rural corn crib. It certainly has stories to tell and you as a writer have captured one. The informative story that goes with the corn crib adds dimension to this outbuilding. It was full of vintage farm ways. -- barbaraFolkways Note Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07168881905408345126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-47670005304174197182011-02-11T22:34:30.410-05:002011-02-11T22:34:30.410-05:00It seems like a simpler time but it was probably a...It seems like a simpler time but it was probably a hard time as the worry was to be sure you had enough corn to store. I love the old crib.L. D. https://www.blogger.com/profile/02270923121962761209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-80931245604470635652011-02-11T17:58:37.110-05:002011-02-11T17:58:37.110-05:00Black Walnut trees are really hard on tomatoes, eg...Black Walnut trees are really hard on tomatoes, eggplants, potatoes .. and probably quite a few other vegetables. We have a lot too -- just try to keep the garden well away from them.Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-85252430709737538612011-02-11T15:16:29.993-05:002011-02-11T15:16:29.993-05:00Wonderful post. We started our own little garden l...Wonderful post. We started our own little garden last year. We were not at all successful but we learned a lot and will try again this year to get it right. We have walnut trees and nothing likes to grow near them. We did collect our walnuts and had them hulled earned $2.20 but the experience was worth effort. <br /><br />I remember that part in Art's Blood it was kind of scary. I had that image in my head of a corncrib from your description! I never knew what a corncrib was before your book.Kristen Haskellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07481526316071592146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-24238513472653436562011-02-11T10:55:17.391-05:002011-02-11T10:55:17.391-05:00Corn bread IS delicious, Joan!
We're working...Corn bread IS delicious, Joan! <br /><br />We're working at getting back to growing/raising much of our own food. Cows, chickens, perhaps this year a pig. Perhaps even field corn which we haven't grown in a long time. <br /><br />The Kubota is the bomb, Tess! The back even has a dump bed. And they come in four-seater versions, should WT wish to give tours.Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-9958540233674606392011-02-11T10:11:09.684-05:002011-02-11T10:11:09.684-05:00That's a cool little vehicle! WT would love to...That's a cool little vehicle! WT would love to have one of those little babies to ride around the manor grounds.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-62126515410118885182011-02-11T09:53:28.936-05:002011-02-11T09:53:28.936-05:00Beautiful. Love this "Corn was the staff of l...Beautiful. Love this "Corn was the staff of life" . . . And I love southern cornbread; I grew up on it and, you know, it just doesn't taste the same up here in the north even using Grandma's cast-iron skillet. Thanks for reposting this, Vicki.Darlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03979866600334392422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-16156884094859444132011-02-11T08:47:08.984-05:002011-02-11T08:47:08.984-05:00How beautifully you take us back. Makes me wonder ...How beautifully you take us back. Makes me wonder how much we've lost in our convenience economy.<br />KathKathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15620539513724126913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-85792888394252928842011-02-11T08:10:07.302-05:002011-02-11T08:10:07.302-05:00I'm with Martin too. Most of us are so far rem...I'm with Martin too. Most of us are so far removed from the food we eat. Sad state of affairs really, the price of "convenient, modern living." It has been encouraging recently to see the local food movement take off. Hopefully that will continue to grow.Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08734831781770841734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-55706217892356479612011-02-11T07:20:23.945-05:002011-02-11T07:20:23.945-05:00I'm with Martin. With things as they are in th...I'm with Martin. With things as they are in the world today, will the mountains one day return to the old days. <br />SamSam Hoffer / My Carolina Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15358601435867848753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-10629216402709425002011-02-11T06:33:54.904-05:002011-02-11T06:33:54.904-05:00you know i kinda hope for what martin hints at...i...you know i kinda hope for what martin hints at...i think we lost much in our disconnection for the food we eat...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-67776990722190787542011-02-11T03:22:03.574-05:002011-02-11T03:22:03.574-05:00They say, what goes around, comes around. I often ...They say, what goes around, comes around. I often wonder, looking at the world as it is, whether we'll see a return to this kind of existence one day, out of necessity. Very enjoyable post.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-764237570467034909.post-80466674966803259492011-02-11T02:52:37.149-05:002011-02-11T02:52:37.149-05:00This is so interesting Vicki..and linking it to yo...This is so interesting Vicki..and linking it to your wonderful book Arts Blood. WE grow maize for the cows and we eat sweetcorn, but we do not much use cornflour. Corn bread sounds delicious.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470961835179653158noreply@blogger.com