2009 High Country Farm Tour | Blue Ridge Women In Agriculture

I am a big fan of the Watauga County Farmer’s Market and have always wanted to attend one of the High Country Farm Tours…I won’t make it this weekend, but, if you can you should. The ticket revenue goes to a good cause…Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture.

Saturday August 8th and Sunday August 9th

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25th Annual Valle Crucis Park Auction

We are pleased to invite you to “The 25th Annual Valle Crucis Park Auction” on Saturday August 29th, 2009 at 9:00AM at The Valle Crucis Elemtary School

For more information or to donate an item, please call Caroline at 828-963-9239

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NC Cultural Resources » On Earth’s Furrowed Brow: The Appalachian Farm in Photographs

From the Web…

“If a fellow farms hard enough to make something out of it, it’s got to be the hardest work a man’s ever done.” — Lloyd Rigsby

Acclaimed photographer and author Tim Barnwell grew up observing the traditional ways of rural farm families in western North Carolina. Church dinners-on-the grounds, country stores and [...]

Best Towns 2007 | Outside Online

Looking around on the web today and ran across some old articles archived online. Here is a link to a relevant one for anyone looking for a spot to settle in NC with an “Outside” dimension…

YOU CAN LEARN A LOT about a town from the stickers on locals’ cars. One that’s always nice to [...]