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Hi Terri,
Thank you. Surprisingly it is only 7:20 pm on April 15, so your post gave me a jolt! It will be midnight before it runs here. I am glad you like the Aunt Bett series.
Sharon
I totally agree with dutchlady, Sharran. Especially with this being a 'green' year, I think your book would be a best seller! I know I've said this before but I love your Aunt Bett stories, you tell them very well!
I too think it is worth a book. I raise and use comfrey cooked in olive oil with beeswax added to make a salve of some of it. The rest is left in a fluid state. However I add plantain leaves to the oil as well. I have never used the root but will try it this year. Thanks for another wonderful article.
Dutchlady has it right. A book would be wonderful, or even just an "herbal" with the "receipts". It would be best with the stories, tho. C'mon Sharon, Ya ain't got nuthin else to do, do ya?
I so agree with the book, your writings are drawings that we can imagine being there on that mountain. We are getting to know Aunt Bett and loving her.
I can see you tryin to whistle and eating that peanut butter sandwich up on the mountain w/ the fresh mountain breeze.
I too would not be without Comfrey on our homestead. I use many of times with very good results. I do have a mason jar that I filled with dried Comfrey leaves less then three years ago. I read that if you put the leaves in a glass jar wrapped in a paper bag and not open untill two years you will have oil of Comfrey from it. TWO years and half I got a drop of oil ,lol. But its got to be some kind of powerful oil.
I will be making the salve from Aunt Bett recipe, thank you. I was given wild honeybee honey and extracted it from the comb which I got bees wax. So I'll be ready to make Aunt Bett Salve when my comfrey leaves are a little bigger and I will from now on pick at the right hours : )
My grandgirls 5 and 6 made tie died t-shirts and they love it . Love using natural plants for dying. I will try the comfrey, very pretty colors on your tie dye
Just an awesome writeup with great pictures. I read while having my cup of coffee and just enjoyed , Thank you again
You all overwhelm me. Thank you so much. I am just very appreciative of all the learning experiences I had with Aunt Bett. Funny how these kinds of things stick with me after so many years. And I am glad that I can share them with you.
Thank you again.
sharon
melody,
we have another Tasha Tudor in the makings here : ). Oh my goodness , I love watercolors and that would make great read, stories from the mountains with illustrations : )
Sharon , what gifts you have to share, thank you. After reading your artical I just had to go out in our woods for a morel mushroom hunt and ponder on the things you wrote. I would love to be an Aunt Bett type and pass wisdom on down to my children and grandchildren.
I love your stories! As I told Darius in his article, my Dad is from Lincoln County, WV. I do a lot of genealogy research and stories like yours make me think about the kind of life my ancestors may have led as they moved between Wise County, VA and Johnson County, KY. I've been buying a lot of books on sustainable living because, as I told my dad, "They teach you the things that your parents and grandparents used to teach you." How wonderful that you had these learning experiences and are now sharing them with the world.
