My dad used to go back in the mountains on the "Nine Mile Spur" in Wise
Co. and dig roots all day..he would bring a sackful of roots back home
and the kids would wash and clean them up..Dad would let them lie around
and dry for a long time and take them somewhere (dont know where) and
sell them...he would dig Black Cohosh, Bloodroot, Yellowroot, Mayapple
Root, and Ginseng..also my wifes Granny Dulaney would make catnip tea
and we would put it in our babys bottles to drink..they seemed to like
it..does Black Cohosh grow in FCVA? Ole Clyde has probably dug it all
up by now..we would go with Dad to pick huckleberries in the mountains
..NOT blueberries..these grew on bushes as high as your head and were
almost as big as cherries..when all of us emptied our buckets, it would
fill up a No. 2 washtub..
Ole Paul