[Augie]

My forebears brought Virginia Bluebell bulbs with them when they migrated westward from the east coast in the 1700s. They worked their way across the Blue Ridge into Kentucky and eventually landed here in Misery.

The original homestead cabin here was built on a rocky knob sometime around 1840. For several years my wife and I would go there in the spring and dig Bluebells that we then transplanted at our homestead site. They struggled for the first few years but have been increasing steadily since they got settled.

[FamiliarFace]

Beautiful! I love them. I wish they would grow more abundantly here. The lady I bought them from said they are hard to cultivate but can be divided every so often and that’s how she got hers.