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There are baskets or pottery from around the globe. There is natural food, natural tea, music and rocks.
There are blankets, rugs and posters.
“They are things that I’ve seen through life," said Mrs. Crossgrove.
She said she has always been a “tag collector. I would save them. I don’t know why but they sure have come in handy.”
Via these tags and other natural cooperatives, her stock has flourished.
Owning a store has been a dream of Mrs. Crossgroves’ for years.
Down to Earth was not her idea.
“My friends are shocked,” she said, laughing.
They expected a gourmet deli.
“I love to cook,” she said, adding she always had dreams of owning a deli or restaurant.
“I don’t know what happened,” she laughed.
“This wasn’t really planned,” she said of the store.
It’s been coming for some time. Over 10 years ago, Mrs. Crossgrove and her husband moved to the area from Northern Virginia and settled in Madison County.
“I’ve always been conservation minded,” she said, explaining her first and present Down to Earth Shop in Madison started as dried flower arrangement shop.
Visiting Washington one day, she encountered Mr. Wetteroth.
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