Earthen Echoes

10/07/2026

10/02/2026

Rain or shine I suppose, but Applefest is here and so are we!

10/01/2026

Applefest prepped and ready! We can't wait to see everyone, enjoy your weekend and be safe!

09/26/2026

Ready for a day in the backwoods but not sure what to bring? Join us at Applefest and pick out one of our hand selected beginner day packs! Stuffed full of everything you'll need for a day out in the forest, these starting kits are to get you going on an adventure of your choosing. Take the first step and many more will follow after!

09/12/2026

Hello world! Today we're bringing some new books, guides, and even playing cards into the store. Just got done unboxing all these guys and I can't wait to see what you all like!

Let me know in the comments what you're most excited about and what you'd like to see in the future!

09/12/2026

We're excited to welcome Artwego to the franklin-oil city business community! Can't wait to see what you have in store for our area!

Popped some stuff in the window the other day. 🙂

Things are coming along!

Resident artist Skylar Austin is working on a logo for us, my kiddo, Niko, is doing lots of heavy lifting and washing of things, while I have been sifting, sorting, and arranging the scene.

Looking toward the beginning of September, I’m eager to have the door open for ARMA Fest for a soft introduction before a Grand Opening, which I have scheduled for September 25th.

While I have loads of ideas and things I plan to do and provide for Artwego, I want to know what YOU hope to find there!

Comment below:
🦄 - to share your unicorn items
🍀 - share what you would consider a lucky find
⭐️ - what are those staple items you would love to see regularly
💡- for something you would like to try out for the first time

Thanks for being here! 🙌🏼

05/25/2026

Our family has spent the last week in Florida for some much needed relaxation 😌. Thank you all so much for being gracious and friendly toward Kelsey Harrah as she ran the shop this week. She's had a blast meeting all of you and will likely be back for more in the future!

05/09/2026

If you have old or unused gear, we are accepting outdoor equipment of all kinds, levels, and conditions.

Donations accepted during business hours, for other inquiries please message or call to schedule a visit.

If you aren't sure if it's something we'll take, you can always send a picture over messenger or email.

05/06/2026

After a wonderful opening weekend, Earthen Echoes will keep Antique Annie's hours for the foreseeable future. We are open 7 days a week 10-6, 1-5 on Sundays

05/06/2026

Those small purple flowers tucked under the maple tree in spring. The heart-shaped leaves spreading where the lawn thins out. The patch your lawn service sprays and calls it handled.

That's a common blue violet. Native to North America. Here long before your lawn was. And the only plant certain butterfly caterpillars can eat.

Fritillary caterpillars — great spangled, variegated, and others — feed on violet leaves and nothing else. No violets in the yard, no fritillaries in the neighborhood. The spray that removed the w**d removed the nursery.

Violets thrive in partial shade and moist soil — exactly the conditions where turf grass thins and fails. The patches where they spread aren't places you lost grass. They're places grass was struggling. The violet filled a gap the lawn left open.

🌿 What to do with violets in the lawn:

- Leave them, especially under trees and along shaded edges — they're holding ground that grass can't keep
- The flowers and young leaves are edible — mild enough to toss raw into a spring salad
- They spread partly through underground flowers that never open — a hidden second bloom cycle that seeds quietly on its own
- Skip broadleaf herbicide where violets grow — removing them leaves bare soil that w**ds colonize faster than turf recovers
- If you want a tidier look, mow around the violet patches and let them stay as defined groundcover islands

The plant most lawns treat as a problem is the one holding the pollinator chain together in the shade 🌿