let's sit by the creek for a spell

by D E Blair

This small reproduction of a "bull tongue plow" is a replica of an original "memory" or "remembering" plow from the civil war. The original came from the hurst family who lived in bell county of southern…

by Jerry Hyslope

One day down at Wilders General Store, there were a few men sitting around the old pot bellied stove seeing who could tell the biggest story "lie" . When in walked my Uncle Taylor.Mr. Don Wilder who…

It is almost garden time!

When I was a little girl, my grandmother would go on long walks through our woods with me and my sister, and sometimes other relatives. Whenever we would come to the "hearts a bustin" plant, she would stop and exclaim…

Mullein is used for everything from burns, to wounds, to gout. It is popular to use it for any kind of colds and flus, lung problems and stomach upset. It is easy to use!

To make the tea with dried…

American ginseng is well spoken of, but what is it exactly? It is a beautiful plant, that is highly regarded by the Cherokee and Appalachia medicine men and women. It was so coveted by the Cherokee for it's stimulating and…