Pauline Cox describes growing up on a farm in rural Anson County, North Carolina, living in the Wilmore community in Charlotte, North Carolina for the past thirty-two years, and gardening at the Wilmore Community Garden. Ms. Cox describes chores she performed when young, which included taking care of her younger siblings and milking the cows before school. She describes memories of her mother growing the food they ate and subsisting on the farm produce without needing to buy anything from the store. She briefly talks about her first job working at Charlotte Memorial Hospital, and walking a long distance to attend her segregated school. Ms. Cox explains that her early experiences growing up on a farm and watching her mother preserve food grown at home made her interested in gardening at the Wilmore Community Center. She describes her personal methods of gardening, canning, freezing, pesticide control and caring for the vegetables and herbs.
