Three hundred years ago the Southern Appalachians were home to the sovereign Cherokee Nation. Over sixty towns and settlements were connected by a well-worn system of foot trails, many of which later became bridle paths and wagon roads. This Indian trail system was...
The beginning of Cherokee culture is identified with the cultivation of corn by the native people in the Southern Appalachians more than a thousand years ago. From the earliest times in Cherokee history, the raising of corn was interwoven with the spiritual beliefs of...
Gutters, so particularly important! It has amazed me the different choices you have available and why you choose one over the other. Seams or no. We have a small roofline and still the difference in cost is substantial. In our case seamless is...
We all think about supporting our local farmers and shop as much as we can from the farmers markets. Okay, well a portion of that reason is that the food is sooooo good! Left on a vine to ripen is simply better than shipped somewhere when green! Bees are...
This year mother nature is proving we live in a lush but non tropical rain forest. What is that you say? It is true! We live in the Appalachian temperate rainforest. The Appalachian Mountains started to form somewhere around 400 million years...
