We are located in a small mountain farming community in East Tennessee. A place where men were raised to be a jack of all trades and their women folk could make any material useful with a sewing needle and make a savory supper out of what was growing or caught, fished, or hunted. Clearing lands for pasture and lumber was a necessity that became common place on the early American farm. It is understandable the draw people have to the Mountains, being seven and nine generation mountain peoples. Inviting folks to MH Farm is a personal matter. The value placed on this community, it’s peace and serenity, cannot be overemphasized. MH Farm is inviting you and your family to get a close up look at how Mountain peoples lived and worked. The Bunkhouse will allow you to go back in time and Explore a mountain creek. It will provide opportunities for you to experience gathering logs for your fire for cooking with cast iron and or warmth. The Bunkhouse has 3 bedrooms , 2 full baths. A fully equipped kitchen, fireplace, gas grill, fire pit at the home and another at the creek across the road. TV has a basic antenna that picks up local channels only and a DVD player. Front covered porch has porch swing, seasonal tree nuts for snacking, chess, checkers, and horse shoes for sport. Back porch has gas grill and picnic table.
The Bunkhouse has a wood shed for storing your logging, farming, entertainment needs: kayaks, bikes..etc. Bring your own lock. Making moonshine is, unfortunately, associated with this area. MH logging operations is a dry farm community. Many a mountain life has been destroyed by the devil’s drink. Drinking sweet tea and dopes/sodas and water are strongly suggested. Maps of the mountain areas are posted throughout the Bunkhouse with information of attractions, trails, and eatn’ places. A small library, board games, song books, historical and Biblical information abounds in the Bunkhouse for your enjoyment. The early American mountain farm found basic necessities all that was necessary for contentment and survival. You will need your own bedrolls/sleeping bags, wash rags, and towels. Anything you want to eat bring it, grow it, or kill it. You will be provided with dish rags, some soap, some paper towels, some tissue paper, some trash bags. If you find the need to get away from the stresses of Mountain Camp life White Oak Flats is 30 miles south, near Pigeon Forge and Sevierville. Rankin Bottoms wildlife viewing, kayaking, fishing, boating are 14 miles north. Trout streams at Cosby are 4 to 14 miles East. White water rafting is 14 miles southeast. GSMNP entrance at the visitor center at Sugarlands is 32 miles south where you will find all the information about mountain living and plan your exploration of back country homesteads and the kin and neighbors that settled there.