Something interesting is always happening at Blackberry Farm. Come join the fun and meet George the Kitten, Walter Duck, Henry the Pig, Lucy Mouse, Mrs Nibble, Mother Hen, Mrs Squirrel, and all the other's who share each other's adventures, secrets and happy surprises.

Something interesting is always happening at Blackberry Farm. Come join the fun and meet George the Kitten, Walter Duck, Henry the Pig, Lucy Mouse, Mrs Nibble, Mother Hen, Mrs Squirrel, and all the others who share each other's adventures, secrets and happy surprises.

A volume of timeless stories which have enthralled generations of children and will continue to weave their magic for generations to come.

Something interesting is always happening at Blackberry Farm. Come join the fun and meet George the Kitten, Walter Duck, Henry the Pig, Lucy Mouse, Mrs Nibble, Mother Hen, Mrs Squirrel, and all the other's who share each other's adventures, secrets and happy surprises.

In 1933 Louisville, Kentucky, even the ongoing economic depression cannot keep Piper Danson's parents from insisting on a debut party. After all, their fortune came through the market crash intact, and they've picked out the perfect suitor for their daughter. Braxton Crandall can give her the kind of life she's used to. The only problem? This is not the man--or the life--she really wants. When Piper gets the opportunity to volunteer as a horseback Frontier Nursing courier in the Appalachian Mountains for the summer, she jumps at the chance to be something other than a dutiful daughter or a kept wife in a loveless marriage. The work is taxing, the scenery jaw-droppingly gorgeous, and the people she meets along the way open up a whole new world to her. The longer she stays, the more an advantageous marriage slips from her grasp. But something much more precious--true love--is drawing ever closer. Bestselling author Ann H. Gabhart invites you into the storied hills of Eastern Kentucky to discover what happens when one intrepid young woman steps away from the restrictive past into a beautiful, wide-open future.

Something interesting is always happening at Blackberry Farm. Come join the fun and meet George the Kitten, Walter Duck, Henry the Pig, Lucy Mouse, Mrs Nibble, Mother Hen, Mrs Squirrel, and all the others who share each other's adventures, secrets and happy surprises.

For over four decades, John Coykendall’s passion has been preserving the farm heritage of a small community in rural southeastern Louisiana. A Tennessee native and longtime master gardener at Blackberry Farm, Coykendall has become a celebrity in a growing movement that places a premium on farm-to-table cuisine with locally sourced, organic, and heirloom foods and flavors. While his work takes him around the world searching for seeds and the cultural knowledge of how to grow them, what inspires him most is his annual pilgrimage to Louisiana. Drawn to the Washington Parish area as a college student, Coykendall forged long-lasting friendships with local farmers and gardeners. Over the decades, he has recorded oral histories, recipes, tall tales, agricultural knowledge, and wisdom from generations past in more than eighty illustrated and handwritten journals. At the same time, he has unearthed and safeguarded rare varieties of food crops once grown in the area, then handed them back to the community. In Preserving Our Roots: My Journey to Save Seeds and Stories, Coykendall shares a wealth of materials collected in his journals, ensuring they are passed on to future generations. Organized by season, the book offers a narrative chronicle of Coykendall’s visits to Washington Parish since 1973. He highlights staple crops, agricultural practices, and favorite recipes from the families and friends who have hosted him. Accompanied by a rich selection of drawings, journal pages, and photographs—along with over forty recipes—Preserving Our Roots chronicles Coykendall’s passion for recording foods and narratives that capture the rhythms of daily life on farms, in kitchens, and across generations.