Granny used to make poke salat all the time. She also made blackberry cobbler. She used to take me on hikes in the woods and we would dig sasafrass roots and she would make a tea out of them.

Pawpaw used to make blackberry jelly and muscadine jelly both were awesome. I remember them cooking them up out back of the house.

They lived through the depression, so they knew more than most people how to live off the land and they weren't ones to let anything that was edible go to waste.

I've eaten a lot of persimmons when I was a kid. I've also eaten a lot of tree nuts.

I've always been curious about ramps, but I've never tried them.

I'm wanting to start growing ginsing once I get the cabin finished. I think my mountain side will be a great place to grow it. According to a book I read about Lookout Mountain ginsing (sang) used to grow all over that mountain. We already have a bunch of muscadines and I plan on transplanting some in the front yard and building an arbor for them to grow on.