Hi Y’all I’m Joyce!
I live in a barn and cook up a storm. I am not a debutante. I have hot flashes. I garden in red high heels. I like fat rascals, tea, and bourbon. Welcome to Friends Drift Inn!
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April in Appalachia…We be Smoking!
Friends Drift Inn TV Episode 12
Video Link KY BBQ Author Wes Berry Smoking at The Big Red Barn
Video Second Year Anniversary
Video Year One My Story
My Writing in Edible Ohio Valley Winter 2013!
Regional Newspaper Articles by Joyce Pinson
Recent Articles in the Appalachian News Express
- Sorghum Happens! Matt Jamie and Danny Ray Townsend
- Hillbillies and Banana Pudding
- Pear Breeding in Appalachia
- Haints, Banshess and Cowpeas Cathy Rehmeyer
- White Cushaws Sharing the Love
- When life gives you Autumn Olives
- Garlic Who Are You Calling Stinky?
- Cane Ride Cattle Company Wagyu Beef
- Honeysuckle Sweet Tea Recipe
- Buttered Biscuit Bliss with Cruze Dairy Farm
- Abingdon Farmers Market and
Chef Nathan T. Breeding - Frog Gigging and How to Cook Frog Legs Recipe Tips with Chef Jeremy Ashby
- Coal Country Beeworks Tammy Horn and Perry Amos
- Guerilla Cuisine Event Louisville Chef Anthony Lamas
- Top Chef Edward Lee of 610 Magnolia Louisville
- Meet Chef Matt Corbin of Pikeville's Blue Raven
Food Blog and Garden Communities
About Friends Drift Inn Cyber Retreat
Gardening Archive
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Heirloom Gardening Update and Random Thoughts
Posted on June 18, 2012 | No CommentsWorking in the heirloom garden, vegetable reports and the FDI show -
What is a Ramp?
Posted on April 8, 2012 | 5 CommentsSpring stinkies...the lip smackenest wild leek you can ever imagine! Shall we forage? -
Trading and Saving Appalachian Seed Swap
Posted on March 30, 2012 | 4 CommentsWill Appalachian Seed Savers Save us All? Heirloom gardening treasures -
Three Heirloom Radishes for Spring Gardening
Posted on March 23, 2012 | 1 CommentSpeedy delivery and full of promise the first of the garden pleasures...plant today! -
Yes My Fingernails Are Dirty; No Apologies
Posted on March 14, 2012 | No CommentsBreaking ground; the family spring ritual as we prepare the garden -
What is Swiss Chard? Recipe Braised Chard Fresh From Farmers Market
Posted on February 29, 2012 | 4 CommentsSwiss Chard, an easy green to grow, adds a fresh spring zip to chicken and honey corn cakes. -
Bill Best knows Appalachian Heirloom Beans
Posted on January 10, 2012 | 9 CommentsBill Best changed my life. I shall forever be in his debt....and maybe you will be too. Saving Appalachia's history. -
Ten Things I Learned at the Kentucky Fruit and Vegetable Conference
Posted on January 9, 2012 | 2 CommentsBetween the giggles I did some learning! That was the point y'all! -
Just What is a Cushaw?
Posted on October 23, 2011 | 16 CommentsSignature Winter Squash of the original Friends Drift Inn, learn a little about "The Ancient One"

















