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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 Crae Morton today announced an agreement whereby the State of North Carolina will purchase approximately 2,600-acres of the Grandfather Mountain backcountry to become North Carolina’s
Keep readingBOONE—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 demonstrations and activities, including hikes to the Elk Knob summit. Admission is a covered dish and attendees are encouraged to bring food items at 11:30
Keep readingListening 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 money can’t buy and that’s true love and homegrown tomatoes. John Denver Homegrown Tomatoes lyrics. If you haven’t caught Felder Rushing’s show, swing over and
Keep readingI 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 out on the porch the hot, humid air settled down on my shoulders like a load of bricks. When I made it back into the
Keep readingAfter 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 been nothing but hospitable since I first signed on to their service. But the paint on the walls was getting old. I had spun off
Keep readingMarie 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 hoodie but will probably shed that in just a few. If you want ideal summer mountain weather, come up here now. Highs in mid-70’s. Lows
Keep readingWatauga 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 have made to the mountains has included a stop at the Farmers’ Market. It’s where we bought many of the vegetables we ate during
Keep readingWatauga County Farmers’ Market | Please Support Local Farmers Watauga 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, plants and hand crafts on Wednesday mornings until the middle of September. Don and Roger Owens use their greenhouses and season extenders to provide
Keep readingI 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…
Keep readingI 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 the heat index was even higher, so naturally my mind wandered up on the mountains…Daydream style as I went round and round. I see that
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