Wilderness Road Mercantile

Wilderness Road Mercantile We offer homesteading & preparedness items including:
BCS two-wheel tractors, LODGE, RADA, & more! Remember - IF YOU FAIL TO PLAN, YOU PLAN TO FAIL

Wilderness Road Mercantile, LLC is located in the beautiful Appalachian Mountains of Southwest Virginia. Our mission is to provide essentials to individuals, families and organizations who are preparing themselves for imminent tough times or returning to the roots of a self-sustaining life style. Interestingly, we are in located in Wytheville, Virginia, which lies along the original Great Valley and Wilderness Road Trails. Businesses in the area during the late 1700’s and early 1800’s provided provisions and supplies to Americans as they forged westward to the Cumberland Gap and a new life. Daniel Boone and 35 axmen blazed a trail called the Wilderness Road from Virginia through the Cumberland Gap into central Kentucky. The trail opened in 1775 and was upgraded to a wagon road in 1796. During a 35 year period, from 1775 to 1810, it is reported that over 300,000 people traveled westward on foot, horseback and by wagon in search of a new beginning. Boone recommended three essentials for a pioneer: “A good gun, a good horse, and a good wife.” While we don’t supply guns, horses or wives, we do offer a number of products to assist those providing for their storehouses. Consider the ant and be wise – store provisions and gather supplies at harvest-time.

09/30/2026

❤️ CPR classes now teach that when your body starts sweating profusely for no apparent reason followed by what feels like a spasm at the end of your esophagus, that is your body’s warning sign.
When you are alone and have a heart attack, what are you gonna do? A really good post that can't be shared often enough:

1. Take a 2 minute break and read this:
Let's say it's 5:25 pm and you're driving home after an unusually hard day's work.
2. You are really tired and frustrated.
All of a sudden you experience chest pains. They are starting to radiate in the arm and jaw. It feels like being stabbed in the chest and heart. You're only a few miles away from the nearest hospital or home.
3. Unfortunately you don't know if you can make it..
4. Maybe you've taken CPR training, but the person running the course hasn't told you how to help yourself.
5. How do you survive a heart attack when you're alone when it happens? A person who is feeling weak and whose heart is beating hard has only about 10 seconds before losing consciousness.
6. But you can help yourself by coughing repeatedly and very strongly! Deep breaths before every cough. Coughing should be repeated every second until you arrive at the hospital or until your heart starts to beat normally.
7. Deep breathing gives oxygen to your lungs and coughing movements boost the heart and blood circulation. Heart pressure also helps to restore a normal heartbeat. That’s how cardiac arrest victims can make it to the hospital for the right treatment.
8. Cardiologists say if someone gets this message and passes it on to 10 people, we can expect to save at least one life.
9. FOR WOMEN: You should know that women have additional and different symptoms. Rarely have crushing chest pain or pain in the arms. Often have indigestion and tightness across the back at the bra line plus sudden fatigue.
Instead of posting jokes, you're helping save lives by spreading this message.
♥️COPY (hold your finger, click on the text and select copy, go to your own page and where you normally want to write, select finger again and paste)!
Done!

09/04/2026
*ATTENTION - 'All you Cabbage Heads'*Put your Roadkill to work for your gut health - make some Kraut or Slaw! (Store-bou...
08/26/2026

*ATTENTION - 'All you Cabbage Heads'*

Put your Roadkill to work for your gut health - make some Kraut or Slaw! (Store-bought works too!)

(Great article to read...https://modernsouth.co/roadkill-cabbage-wytheville-virginia/ )

Wilderness Road Mercantile has everything you need for your fermenting needs- CROCKS, SHREDDERS, STOMPERS, SALT, mason jar KITS

Come see us! Mon - Fri 9am to 5pm
(we will be closed this Friday 8/28, however, for a family gathering)

205 East Railroad Ave, Wytheville
(Directly across from the RR Trestle, the Town Recycling Center, and Hutchinson at 3rd St. and East Railroad Ave.)

www.shopwildernessroad.com

RADA - always discounted at Wilderness Road Mercantile!Come see us!   Open Mon to Fri  9am - 5pm205 East Railroad Ave.  ...
07/17/2026

RADA - always discounted at Wilderness Road Mercantile!

Come see us! Open Mon to Fri 9am - 5pm

205 East Railroad Ave. Wytheville

(Directly across from Hutchinson, the Town Recycling Center, and the RR Trestle at 3rd St. & East Railroad Ave.)

www.shopwildernessroad.com

Celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary with a special edition cast iron skillet set! Includes the USA Icons 10.25 Inch Ca...
07/05/2026

Celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary with a special edition cast iron skillet set! Includes the USA Icons 10.25 Inch Cast Iron Skillet, and a matching red set of a 7 Inch Silicone Trivet and Silicone Handle Holder

Come see us! Lots more LODGE to choose from! Also - canning & fermentation supplies, RADA cutlery, dehydrators, organic grains & mills, and much more!

205 East Railroad Ave Wytheville
M-F. 9am to 5pm

www.shopwildernessroad.com

Wise advice from a trusted community...
07/01/2026

Wise advice from a trusted community...

06/18/2026
Bag the single-use habit  BYOB!! (bring your own bag)We have several choices of reusable bags and totes...ECOBAGS:~PRODU...
05/08/2026

Bag the single-use habit
BYOB!! (bring your own bag)

We have several choices of reusable bags and totes...

ECOBAGS:

~PRODUCE BAG SET 3 pc. - unbleached gauze, drawstring

~STRING BAGS - 40 pound capacity, natural cotton

~NUT BAGS - organic cotton gauze, also great for straining jellies & preserves, cheeses and juices

~SOAP SAVER BAG - organic cotton

~LARGE CANVAS TOTES - recycled and organic cotton

ChicoBag:

When not in use, the entire bag stuffs into its built-in pouch for convenient storage

~ORIGINAL TOTE - 25 pound capacity, variety of colors

~VITA TOTE - 40 pound capacity, solids and patterned choices

~SLING CROSSBODY TOTE - 40 pound capacity, longer straps

Come see us - We have lots of treasures to discover!

BCS two-wheel tractors and attachments, LODGE cast iron, RADA Cutlery, Canning and Fermentation supplies, Organic Grains and Mills, Dehydrators, Handmade Aprons and Potholders, & more!

205 East Railroad Ave Wytheville Mon-Fri 9am to 5pm

www.shopwildernessroad.com

04/27/2026

You're pulling plants out of your garden that you could be eating for dinner.

Lamb's quarters — the dusty-leaved w**d that shows up in disturbed beds from May onward — tastes like a milder, earthier spinach and cooks the same way. It grows faster than anything you planted on purpose, tolerates drought, and self-seeds so reliably that it comes back whether you want it to or not.

Purslane — the flat, fleshy-stemmed w**d most people scrape off walkway cracks — has a lemony crunch that works raw in salads or lightly sautéed. It's one of the few leafy greens with meaningful omega-3 content, and it thrives in the hot, dry gaps between garden rows where nothing else wants to grow.

Dandelion greens are best eaten young, before the plant flowers, when the leaves are tender and only slightly bitter. The whole plant is usable — leaves in salads, flowers as fritters, roots dried and roasted as a caffeine-free coffee substitute. French and Italian markets sell cultivated dandelion varieties because they never stopped treating it as food.

Chickw**d — the soft groundcover that fills cool-season beds — is mild enough to eat raw by the handful. It thrives in the cold, moist window before warm crops take over, filling a harvest gap most gardeners leave empty.

🌿 How to start eating what's already growing:

- Harvest lamb's quarters and dandelion greens young — before flowering, when leaves are tender and mild

- Pick purslane stems whole and rinse well — it grows flat against soil so it needs a good wash

- Add chickw**d to salads raw — it wilts fast after picking so eat it the same day

- Learn one w**d at a time and confirm ID before eating — a good field guide or your local extension office can help with the first few

The best salad in your garden is the one you've been composting 🌱

Address

Store Showroom Located In The Office Area Of Tectonics, Inc. 205 E Railroad Avenue
Wytheville, VA
24382

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

(276) 228-1006

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