![]() Take part in many satisfying activities such as plant watering, cow milking, tree shaking, sheep shearing and much more. To find out more about our Friends Group and other volunteer opportunities, visit the Friends of Land Between the lakes site.Come and relax in this chill farming game, grow your fields, take care of your animals, hire workers and build bigger barns. The Homeplace Gift Shop supports these efforts. The Forest Service partners with Friends of Land Between the Lakes to bring you the interpretive programs, trained interpreters, livestock care, and restored historic structures at The Homeplace. There’s always something happening down “on the farm”, so be sure to visit often! Volunteer with The Homeplace You’ll find all this in various growing stages and preparations at the Homeplace. Tobacco and “Indian” corn served as cash crops for families in this region. In the 1850s, rural families lived off their field crops, vegetable gardens, and livestock. The rivers also provided easy access to send crops and livestock to market. News and goods reached area farmers within a few weeks - considered “quick” for the 1850s. Living between the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers and close to the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers impacted farm life here in Pryor Creek. If you are wondering what something is, don’t be shy, ask us questions! Be sure to stop by the kitchen to experience the heat from the wood burning stove and enjoy tempting smells of hardy country cooking. You may even be invited to help with the task at hand. ![]() ![]() You may see men splitting rails for fences or busy at the spring pole lathe turning a chair leg. Walk into the Tool Barn where tools and farm implements are stored and also doubles as the farmer’s woodworking shop. ![]()
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