Judson Carroll

Rough and Rowdy Ways Guitar Lesson (Fingerstyle in C) | Jimmie Rodgers / Doc Watson Style

Learn how to play Rough and Rowdy Ways on guitar in this fingerstyle lesson inspired by Jimmie Rodgers and Doc Watson.

This classic country-blues tune has been played countless ways over the years, and in this lesson I break down a simple, musical approach in the key of C. We’ll go through the chord progression, picking pattern, intro lick, and a movable chord break—all designed to give you a solid foundation while encouraging you to make the song your own.

Thlapsi

This plant goes by a few common names, such as Field Pennycress.  Try to harvest this one early, as it gets tough and bitter as the season goes on.  When tender, the leaves and shoots may be used just like Mustard, and included in a mix of similar potherbs.  I love peppery greens and enjoy the slight bitterness of this herb, cooked in fat (of course) and dressed with salt and vinegar.  The addition of Thlapsi gives other potherbs a richer flavor due to the bitter characteristic.  I think it is very nice, but it may not be to everyone’s taste… you will just have to try it to find out.  Medicinally, the bitterness of this herb is very good for digestion and liver health.

An excellent way to use Thlapsi, Wild Mustard and really any member of the brassica family is to make a kraut as I described under Caraway.  Unless harvested very early the stems of Thlapsi, Wild Mustard, etc.... will likely be too tough.  If you can use them, that is great.  Keep in mind, you could probably use most any green or tender stem listed in this book and you could make an endless variety of combinations. Either way, just chop everything up, work in your salt and keep air from getting to it as it ferments.

Have fun with fermentation!  It is easy, cheap and you can be as creative as you like.  Just don't blame me if you get into kimchi, adding fish sauce, hot pepper paste, garlic, etc. and become addicted!







Toothwort

This pretty little plant is named for its “toothed” or serrated leaves.  This is another plant in the brassica family.  The leaves are very much like Mustard, but they are small and you will have to gather a lot if you plan to eat them on their own.  A few, harvested in early spring, are nice in a salad.  They would likely make an excellent potherb on their own, but I have never harvested enough for that.  I just toss them in with any other spring greens

The root is spicy and pungent in the way that horse radish is.  It is also pleasantly crunchy.  Toothwort is a refreshing snack eaten raw or a nice addition to salads.  Cooked, it can be used in any way you might use radishes, although it is more pungent.  You can toss them into a soup or add to a roast with some carrots and onions.  I really like making a condiment out of Toothwort to accompany fried fish or roast beef, which is very much like prepared horseradish, but with a unique flavor.  Grate the root fine, add some salt and vinegar.  You can also mix with a little mayonnaise and a dash of Worcestershire (etc) to make a nice dipping sauce for fried mushrooms.

As mentioned under Thlapsi, the entire family is great when fermented.  Try grating the root just as you would for the horseradish sauce, but fermenting it like you would kraut or kimchi.  This will give you a remarkable depth of flavor that cannot be bought in a store.  You can combine the grated roots with turnip and radish roots, and even carrots, ginger, etc.  The complexity of such fermented condiments will keep you hooked on trying new variations.  It has for me... I make over a dozen varieties of what I call “redneck kimchi”, just tossing in most anything... there is nothing that will make you a hot dog addict more quickly than having tons of spicy, sour, peppery, funky krauts, relishes and kimchis on hand!  



This article is an excerpt from

The Spring Foraging Cookbook: https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-spring-foraging-cookbook.html
Available for purchase on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CRP63R54

Also, I am back on Youtube. Please subscribe to my channel: @judsoncarroll5902 Judson Carroll - YouTube

Read about my other new books:

Herbal Medicine for Preppers, Homesteaders and Permaculture People: https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2021/10/herbal-medicine-for-preppers.html

Available on Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B09HMWXL25

Medicinal Ferns and Fern Allies, an Herbalist’s Guide https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2022/11/medicinal-ferns-and-fern-allies.html

Available for purchase on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BMSZSJPS

A Daily Catholic Devotional Reflections on the Daily Mass readings July-December, 2025
https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2023/12/a-daily-catholic-devotional-reflections.html

Medicinal Weeds and Grasses of the American Southeast, an Herbalist’s Guide
https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2023/05/medicinal-weeds-and-grasses-of-american.html

Available in paperback on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C47LHTTH

and

Confirmation, an Autobiography of Faith
https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2023/05/confirmation-autobiography-of-faith.html

Available in paperback on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C47Q1JNK

and

Medicinal Shrubs and Woody Vines of The American Southeast An Herbalist’s Guide

Read about Medicinal Shrubs and Woody Vines of The American Southeast An Herbalist’s Guide: https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2022/06/medicinal-shrubs-and-woody-vines-of.html

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The Omnivore’s Guide to Home Cooking for Preppers, Homesteaders, Permaculture People and Everyone Else: https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2022/10/the-omnivores-guide-to-home-cooking-for.html

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Medicinal Shrubs and Woody Vines of The American Southeast an Herbalist’s Guide
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Available for purchase on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2T4Y5L6

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Growing Your Survival Herb Garden for Preppers, Homesteaders and Everyone Else
https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2022/04/growing-your-survival-herb-garden-for.html

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09X4LYV9R


The Encyclopedia of Medicinal Bitter Herbs: https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-encyclopedia-of-bitter-medicina.html

Available for purchase on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B5MYJ35R

and

Christian Medicine, History and Practice: https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2022/01/christian-herbal-medicine-history-and.html

Available for purchase on Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B09P7RNCTB



Podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/show/southern-appalachian-herbs

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Disclaimer

The information on this site is not intended to diagnose or treat any disease or condition. Nothing on this site has been evaluated or approved by the FDA. I am not a doctor. The US government does not recognize the practice of herbal medicine and their is no governing body regulating herbalists. Therefore, I’m just a guy who studies herbs. I am not offering any advice. I won’t even claim that anything I write is accurate or true! I can tell you what herbs have “traditionally been used for.” I can tell you my own experience and if I believe an herb helped me. I cannot, nor would I tell you to do the same. If you use any herb I, or anyone else, mentions you are treating yourself. You take full responsibility for your health. Humans are individuals and no two are identical. What works for me may not work for you. You may have an allergy, sensitivity or underlying condition that no one else shares and you don’t even know about. Be careful with your health. By continuing to read my blog you agree to be responsible for yourself, do your own research, make your own choices and not to blame me for anything, ever.

This week, I discuss the Herbal Medicine of Maurice Messegue. Messegue was a French herbalist, who was the most famous herbalist in the world around 1950. He treated kings and queens, prime ministers and presidents, stars of the stage and screen... and the poor of Paris. His remarkable story unfolds a fascinating and nearly lost history of French folk medicine. I believe his unique, family system of herbal medicine has the potential to be the most dramatic addition to western herbalism imaginable.

https://judsoncarroll.substack.com/p/show-286-the-herbal-medicine-of-maurice

Candy Man Guitar Lesson (Mississippi John Hurt Style) | Easy Fingerstyle Blues in A

Learn how to play Candy Man in the style of Mississippi John Hurt with this easy, step-by-step fingerstyle guitar lesson. This classic blues tune is built around a smooth alternating bass, simple chord shapes, and a relaxed, bouncy groove that makes it one of the most fun songs to play on acoustic guitar.

Hi everyone, a listener just asked if I could recommend and herbalist and/or naturopath in the Tri Cities area of TN.  That is Johnson City, Bristol and Kingsport.  I know there are several, but I don't know enough about them to recommend one.  Does anyone have a suggestion?  Thanks in advance!

Thanks to all!

Sweet Cicely

The roots of this plant smell of anise.  If you like licorice and fennel (which I do), they make a nice addition to roasted meats, soups, etc. Sweet Cicely is another herb that, for no apparent reason, has fallen out of common use. Sweet Cicely was once a very common herb both used as food and medicine. Our ancestors’ common fare had much more flavor than our modern domestic cuisine. We tend to think of old fashioned home cooking as simple comfort food, without a lot of spice or strong flavors, and turn to cuisines originating well beyond the borders of the British Isles and America for spice and exotic flavors. In truth, the early American cookbooks included far more herbs and spices than are commonly used today. The old cookbooks of England, Ireland, Scotland, etc. also contained a large variety of foods and flavors. Wars, scarcity, the Great Depression and other economic hardship changed our cooking habits a great deal. Our great grandparents simply did not often have access or the money to buy the more exotic ingredients their great grandparents may have used. Market forces caused farmers and gardeners to stop growing many of the more interesting herbs and vegetables. Consider Sweet Cicely… have you ever even tasted it? Contrast that with the following entry from Gerard, the British herbalist, written in the 1500s - Sweet Cicely is Myrrha Odorata, which was known as garden chervil in Gerard’s time:

Myrrhis is also called Myrrha, taken from his pleasant savour of Myrrh: of some, Conila, as it is

found noted among the bastard names. It is also by reason of the similitude it hath with Hemlock,

called by most late writers, Cicutaria. Of this, Pliny maketh mention lib. 14. cap. 16, where he

reporteth that it is called Smyrrhiza: in English it is called Chervil, Sweet Chervil, or Sweet

Cicely.

The Temperature and Virtues.

A. Chervil is held to be one of the pot-herbs, it is pleasant to the stomach and taste: it is of a

temperate heat and moderate dryness, but nothing so much as the Parsleys.

B. It provoketh urine, especially being boiled in wine, and applied hot to the share or nethermost

part of the belly, and the wine drunk in which it was boiled.

C. It hath in it a certain windiness, by means whereof it procureth lust.

D. It is used very much among the Dutch people in a kind of loblolly or hot-pot which they do

eat, called Warmus.

E. The leaves of sweet Chervil are exceeding good, wholesome, and pleasant, among other salad

herbs, giving the taste of Anise seed unto the rest.

F. The root, saith Galen, is hot in the second degree, having a thinness of substance joined with

it.

G. Dioscorides teacheth, that the root drunk in wine is a remedy against the bitings of the

venomous spiders called in Latin Phalangia; and that it bringeth down the menses and

secondines, and being boiled and drunk it is good for such as have the phthisic or consumption

of the lungs.

H. The seeds eaten as a salad while they are yet green, with oil, vinegar, and pepper, exceed all

other salads by many degrees, both in pleasantness of taste, sweetness of smell, and

wholesomeness for the cold and feeble stomach.

I. The roots are likewise most excellent in a salad, if they be boiled and after served as the

cunning cook knoweth how better than myself: notwithstanding I do use to eat them with oil and

vinegar, being first boiled; which is very good for old people that are dull and without courage;

it rejoiceth and comforteth the heart, and increaseth their lust and strength.







Tansy

This is an herb for which I must advise caution.  Used in small amounts, it is a delicious culinary herb – in fact, Tansy and Rue were among the signature flavors of high class ancient Roman cuisine!  Both can be very toxic in larger amounts, causing miscarriage and killing the eater.  But, it is not an herb that you should fear.  In fact most of the mints (Pennyroyal especially), and several other herbs could be dangerous in very large quantities and as essential oils.  Well, at least, I don’t fear it.  I quite like Tansy.  It tastes a bit like Sage, but has its own unique qualities.  While I would not eat a salad of Tansy, I do like to use a pinch or two in cooking.

In researching this book, I ran across the following article from Wikipedia.  I have not yet had an opportunity to try this recipe.  I do have Hannah Glasse's cookbook, but have not acquired The Good Housewife's Handbook or The Compleat Housewife... I will have to try to find a copy before the Tansy comes in flower next spring.  I enjoy collecting old cookbooks and trying to figure out the recipes as much as I do foraging, so I am excited to try it!  As I write this, it is winter and all I have is memories of all these wonderful spring edibles.

Tansy was a traditional Easter food in medieval English cuisine. Its name came from the Tanacetum vulgare plant. The simplest version of the recipe was made by baking a batter flavored with green tansy juice. Later recipes, like the one from the 16th-century Good Housewife's Handbook added more ingredients like parsley, feverfew and violets to an egg batter that was fried like pancakes, though with a slightly green coloring from the addition of tansy and other herbs. Baked tansy could also be given a green color by adding spinach juice. An 18th-century recipe from The Compleat Housewife added sack to the batter and sweetened the fried tansies with gooseberries and a topping of crushed sugar.

Cakes and wine were a common feature of Easter traditions. Some 19th-century authors believed that the tradition of eating tansy cakes, which had a sweet and bitter flavor, was connected to Jewish traditions of eating cakes made with bitter herbs. Sometimes the tansy was closer to a pudding than a pancake, like Hannah Glasse's 18th-century recipe in the Art of Cookery, an elaborate dish with Naples biscuits, butter, cream, blanched almonds, eggs, grated bread, rose water, orange blossom water and other spices and sweeteners.

This article is an excerpt from

The Spring Foraging Cookbook: https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-spring-foraging-cookbook.html
Available for purchase on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CRP63R54

Also, I am back on Youtube. Please subscribe to my channel: @judsoncarroll5902 Judson Carroll - YouTube

Read about my other new books:

Herbal Medicine for Preppers, Homesteaders and Permaculture People: https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2021/10/herbal-medicine-for-preppers.html

Available on Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B09HMWXL25

Medicinal Ferns and Fern Allies, an Herbalist’s Guide https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2022/11/medicinal-ferns-and-fern-allies.html

Available for purchase on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BMSZSJPS

A Daily Catholic Devotional Reflections on the Daily Mass readings July-December, 2025
https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2023/12/a-daily-catholic-devotional-reflections.html

Medicinal Weeds and Grasses of the American Southeast, an Herbalist’s Guide
https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2023/05/medicinal-weeds-and-grasses-of-american.html

Available in paperback on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C47LHTTH

and

Confirmation, an Autobiography of Faith
https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2023/05/confirmation-autobiography-of-faith.html

Available in paperback on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C47Q1JNK

and

Medicinal Shrubs and Woody Vines of The American Southeast An Herbalist’s Guide

Read about Medicinal Shrubs and Woody Vines of The American Southeast An Herbalist’s Guide: https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2022/06/medicinal-shrubs-and-woody-vines-of.html

Available for purchase on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2T4Y5L6: by Judson Carroll


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Read about my new other books:

Medicinal Ferns and Fern Allies, an Herbalist’s Guide https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2022/11/medicinal-ferns-and-fern-allies.html

Available for purchase on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BMSZSJPS

The Omnivore’s Guide to Home Cooking for Preppers, Homesteaders, Permaculture People and Everyone Else: https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2022/10/the-omnivores-guide-to-home-cooking-for.html

Available for purchase on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BGKX37Q2

Medicinal Shrubs and Woody Vines of The American Southeast an Herbalist’s Guide
https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2022/06/medicinal-shrubs-and-woody-vines-of.html

Available for purchase on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2T4Y5L6

and

Growing Your Survival Herb Garden for Preppers, Homesteaders and Everyone Else
https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2022/04/growing-your-survival-herb-garden-for.html

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09X4LYV9R


The Encyclopedia of Medicinal Bitter Herbs: https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-encyclopedia-of-bitter-medicina.html

Available for purchase on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B5MYJ35R

and

Christian Medicine, History and Practice: https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/2022/01/christian-herbal-medicine-history-and.html

Available for purchase on Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B09P7RNCTB



Podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/show/southern-appalachian-herbs

Blog:

https://southernappalachianherbs.blogspot.com/

Free Video Lessons: Herbal Medicine 101 - YouTube

Disclaimer

The information on this site is not intended to diagnose or treat any disease or condition. Nothing on this site has been evaluated or approved by the FDA. I am not a doctor. The US government does not recognize the practice of herbal medicine and their is no governing body regulating herbalists. Therefore, I’m just a guy who studies herbs. I am not offering any advice. I won’t even claim that anything I write is accurate or true! I can tell you what herbs have “traditionally been used for.” I can tell you my own experience and if I believe an herb helped me. I cannot, nor would I tell you to do the same. If you use any herb I, or anyone else, mentions you are treating yourself. You take full responsibility for your health. Humans are individuals and no two are identical. What works for me may not work for you. You may have an allergy, sensitivity or underlying condition that no one else shares and you don’t even know about. Be careful with your health. By continuing to read my blog you agree to be responsible for yourself, do your own research, make your own choices and not to blame me for anything, ever.

Herbal Medicine 101: Oregon Grape 🌿 (Mahonia Benefits, Berberine & Natural Antibiotic Uses)

Discover the powerful healing properties of Oregon grape (Mahonia) in this episode of Herbal Medicine 101.

Show 285: An Interview with Zuzu Armes

This week, I interviewed Zuzu Armes, the “Cell Health Protector.” She shares her experience in reversing her own epilepsy, scoliosis, and arthritis with natural methods. She is one of the leading voices in herbal medicine and natural health, an author and a hands on practitioner at Lilly Fields Retreat Center in Georgia.

https://judsoncarroll.substack.com/p/show-285-an-interview-with-zuzu-armes

Blind Boy Fuller Corrine, What Makes You Treat Me So? Guitar (Piedmont Blues Fingerstyle Tutorial)

Learn how to play “Corrine, What Makes You Treat Me So” in the style of Blind Boy Fuller with this detailed Piedmont blues guitar lesson. This tutorial breaks down the signature lick, syncopated rhythm, and fingerstyle techniques that make this classic blues tune both beautiful and challenging.

https://youtu.be/JwigpO6GD5g