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I know spring has arrived when I see the first snake. This was a very large King snake that was sunning in the top branch of a rhododendron yesterday. It is nearly 6 feet long. …

 Spring is here and I've lost my winter coat since it's gett…

 My love for plants came from my Momma. Growing up Momma always had houseplants and we had…

So I have been out hiking and picking ramps to make my favorite ramp dishes.My top 3 are Ramp kimchi, ramp pesto and a ramp compound butter. I decided to start taking pictures of …

Look what I accidentally dug up on the farm today. I believe it's a very old mill stone for grinding corn or wheat. ![IMG_20180418_114102.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmXsbh…

I can make stuff out of hot steel now! I completed 16 hours of blacksmith classes this weekend at [Floyd Center for Arts](http://floydartcenter.org/) and it was blast. It was even…

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We finally had a great and dry spring day here and I didn't want to miss the opportunity to make some sawdust. Or man glitter as my wife (@qberryfarms) calls it. I have been on …

Hello friends. False Facts Friday is here to dispel all the myths you thought were true facts. This week it's the ***5 senses of the human body.*** ![image.png](https://gateway.…

There are of course a few widely held theories about the start of April Fool's day, but none of them can definitively claim to be the true beginning of the cultural phenomenon. Ev…

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The Saddle is a ridge between two high points of Rocky Knob Mountain in Patrick County, Virginia. It is part of the Blue Ridge Crest line with extensive views of the Blue Ridge. …

You've probably heard about a country boy and his brush pilling before. After spending yesterday cleaning up debris after our snowstorm and subsequent high winds, I could help bu…

Prince William Sound is more beautiful than pictures can show. I was constantly lamenting on our Alaska trip that no videos or pictures I was capturing were doing it justice. Jus…

Previously in [Part 1](https://steemit.com/story/@qberry/my-town-and-the-courthouse-massacre-of-1912-hillsville-va) we left off right after the courthouse shooting in Hillsville t…

What a beautiful day. We received nearly 15 inches of snow last night. Come with us on a tractor ride through the fresh snowfall. We had to get out this morning to clear limbs f…

None of us working on our new home had ever used this epoxy covering for concrete floors before. We were all concerned that we wouldn't get the results in the photos and videos th…

I really wanted to share some awesome animal photos from our safaris in Africa. I literally have hundreds and hundreds of every animal known to man from the 10 days of safaris we …

They say necessity is the mother of invention, but they are wrong. Laziness is the mother of invention. I guess in that regard necessity works too since if your lazy it's necessa…

If you live in Alaska, you call it Denali. That's the original name of the mountain given by the first natives in the area. It was good enough for hundreds of years so why change…