That mountain looks so much like our family’s cabin here in the North Georgia mountains. We also enjoy wild ramps. Down here they only grow typically above 3,000ft!
Vermont is northern Appalachia. When I moved here from the south, it was pretty clear to me. The same English stock of settlers, very similar topography and subsistence farm culture. The main difference is that it is in close proximity to New York City and Boston, which has had a huge influence on its culture since the skiing boom in the 1970’s.
I remember hearing the same thing the one year our family lived in Virginia. We would have had to drive into the mountains of West VA to find ramps- maybe because the spring is slower and colder at those elevations?
That mountain looks so much like our family’s cabin here in the North Georgia mountains. We also enjoy wild ramps. Down here they only grow typically above 3,000ft!
Vermont is northern Appalachia. When I moved here from the south, it was pretty clear to me. The same English stock of settlers, very similar topography and subsistence farm culture. The main difference is that it is in close proximity to New York City and Boston, which has had a huge influence on its culture since the skiing boom in the 1970’s.
I remember hearing the same thing the one year our family lived in Virginia. We would have had to drive into the mountains of West VA to find ramps- maybe because the spring is slower and colder at those elevations?
I wish you the best of good health, faith, and prosperity on your new property!
Thanks Tim. Hope you are well! We think of you often.
Lovely piece!! ♥️♥️