Planting peas and parading on St. Patrick's Day
Kerri Thoreson
Back in the day, my late mother, Alice Rankin, was a master gardener, teaching classes through the county extension office. Brad and Mary Corkill said several years ago my mother advised them to always plant peas on St. Patrick’s Day, even if they had to break through ice to do it. They’ve done that every year since and the proof is in the beautiful 8-feet tall plants that they've raised in their garden.
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Several years ago, my sister, Janna, and I joined the Lt. George Farragut Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Membership requires proving a lineal, bloodline descent from an ancestor who aided in achieving American independence via the Revolutionary War.
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