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• Essays
  • American Ginseng and the Idea of the Commons
  • Historical Maps of the Study Area
  • Landscape and History at the Headwaters of the Big Coal River Valley
  • Ramp Suppers, Biodiversity, and the Integrity of "The Mountains"
  • Seasonal Round of Activities on Coal River
  • Seining for Hellgrammites on Coal River
  • Stalking the Mother Forest

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Seasonal Round of Activities on Coal River

January-March | April-June | July-September | October-December

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October

• Gardens
  • Canning, Freezing, Drying
  • Corn shucking
  • Molasses making
  • Digging and storing potatoes
• Gathering (domestic)
  • Gather wild fruits (paw-paw, persimmon)
  • Gather nuts (hickory, beech, butternut*, chestnut*, walnut, hazelnut*, chinquapin*)
• Gathering (commercial)
  • Ginseng
• Hunting
  • Squirrels
• Year-Round Work
  • Construction
  • Mining
  • Logging
  • Teaching
  • Healthcare
  • Services
  • Self-employment

November

• Gardens
  • Clearing gardens
• Gathering (domestic)
  • Cut Christmas trees
  • Gather wild fruits (paw-paw, persimmon)
  • Gather nuts (hickory, beech, butternut*, chestnut*, walnut, hazelnut*, chinquapin*)
• Gathering (commercial)
  • Ginseng
  • Sumac, witch hazel, sassafras
• Year-Round Work
  • Construction
  • Mining
  • Logging
  • Teaching
  • Healthcare
  • Services
  • Self-employment

December

• Gardens
  • Winter cover and fallow
• Gathering (domestic)
  • Cut Christmas trees
  • Gather nuts (hickory, beech, butternut*, chestnut*, walnut, hazelnut*, chinquapin*)
• Gathering (commercial)
  • Sumac, witch hazel, sassafras
• Hunting
  • Deer
• Year-Round Work
  • Construction
  • Mining
  • Logging
  • Teaching
  • Healthcare
  • Services
  • Self-employment

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