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Watauga County Farmers’ Market will be having the first holiday market of the season this Saturday, November 22 from 10 to 2. We are expecting more vendors this year and you will have a wide selection to choose from. Cold weather has slowed many of the local vegetables, but Shiloh Avery and Jason Roehrig of Tumbling Shoals Farm will be
Keep readingFor almost three decades, John Francis has been a planetwalker, traveling the globe by foot and sail with a message of environmental respect and responsibility (for 10 of those years without speaking). A funny, thoughtful talk with occasional banjo.
Keep readingIt looks like we won’t get the opportunity to roam the Parkway this year. From 2007 Vacation No Craggy Garden sunrises, no foggy mornings above Valle Crucis, no apples from the Orchard at Altapass, no shopping trip down King Street. From 2007 Vacation I missed another Valle Country Fair.I didn’t make it to the Games this year either. From North
Keep readingIt has been a season of extremes for Grandfather Mountain. Earlier in the month, the tourist attraction experienced record highs for two days in a row, but unseasonably cold weather tied the record for the daily low temperature in Wednesday. The reading was taken at the official US Weather Service reporting station located next to the Mile High Swinging Bridge
Keep readingIt’s not easy to find silence in the modern world. If a quiet place is one where you can listen for fifteen minutes in daylight hours without hearing a human-created sound, there are no quiet places left in Europe. There are none east of the Mississippi River. And in the American West? Maybe twelve. One of these is in the
Keep reading30th Annual VALLE COUNTRY FAIR October 18, 2008 (always the 3rd Saturday in October) FairgroundsThe Valle Country Fair is an overgrown church bazaar set in the center of one of the most picturesque valleys in the North Carolina mountains at the peak of the fall color season. All monies raised go to fund High Country organizations which serve people in
Keep readingI wish I was here… View of Lost Cove on the south slopes of Grandfather Mountain: Grab your sweater because the temperatures are falling Highs will be in the low fifties this weekend Friday had lots of wind and rain, so most of the leaves from the trees above 4,000 feet are finding their way to the ground today. Grandfather
Keep readingIt looks like it will be a good weekend for the Farmer’s Market…Ray’s calling for a cool and overcast morning, so bundle up and enjoy…I wish I was in the hHigh Country to enjoy the day… Watauga County Farmers’ Market will be holding a Holiday Market on the Saturdays before and after Thanksgiving, November 22 and 29, from 10 until
Keep readingThe folks at Watauga County Farmers’ Market would like to thank everybody who braved the drizzle to support the market this past Saturday. The market will be open all four Saturdays in October, rain or shine, or even in the snow if need be. The outlook for Saturday the 4th calls for a nice day, and we hope to see
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