North Carolina Mountain Articles

The news has been peculating through the internet all weekend and this announcement is from the Grandfather Mountain Website… Grandfather Mountain To Become A Not-For-Profit Company North Carolina Governor Mike Easley and Grandfather Mountain President…

BOONE—The Annual Elk Knob Headwaters Community Day will be held Sept. 13 beginning at 11:45 a.m. at Elk Knob State Park. Billed as the region’s largest potluck, the event includes performances by local musicians, cultural…

Listening to The Gestalt Gardener this morning and during the break they played this song. I just loved the refrain… Homegrown tomatoes, homegrown tomatoes, what would life be without homegrown tomatoes? Only two things that…

I walked out of my house this morning before sunrise. It is garbage pickup day. With the wildlife population explosion we have had I don’t dare take the garbage out too early. When I stepped…

After a couple of years of hanging out at Blogger with this blog, I’ve decided it’s time to move into roomier digs. It wasn’t that the folks at blogger weren’t treating me right. They have…

Marie is turning me green with envy. After a brief rainstorm last night it suddenly became freakin’ gorgeous up here in the mountain and shows no signs of letting up. I’m wearing my trusty ASU…

Watauga County Farmers’ Market | Please Support Local FarmersShoppers should have little trouble filling their grocery lists this week at either the Wednesday or the Saturday market.It’s enough to make my mouth water…Every trip we…

Watauga County Farmers’ Market | Please Support Local FarmersWatauga County Farmers’ Market would like to thank everyone who visited the Wednesday market on opening day. We will continue to have a selection of local produce,…

I came across these ladies after their concert in Floyd on both Doug’s Blue Ridge Muse and Colleen’s Loose Leaf Notes. Have a listen and then go check them out…

I was cruising around the backyard yesterday after work, mowing with the Deere and thinking about how unlike a normal early June evening it felt. The temperature was hovering around the 90 degree mark and…

I received this the other day and decided to just go ahead and post it in it’s entirety… Hey Gary, This is Daniel Massoglia, and I’m working on a congressional campaign in North Carolina’s fifth…

Another source of information for this months Bluegrass celibration… You’re listening to Podcast Appalachia. I’m John Norris Brown. Today’s episode is based on a suggestion I received from a listener known as the Vol Abroad,…

A group I fell in love with a couple of years ago…Have a listen. Go check out their web page…

In honor of the month…have a play on me…