Category Archives: Local Information

The Road Less Traveled

We are blessed with many great trails in Western North Carolina.  There are several websites dedicated entirely to the subject. Most of the trails are fairly easy to find, well marked and well traveled. Others places are less frequented and not ...

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Blueberries

Highbush Blueberry Hopefully we have seen the last of the cold weather and the threat to our local crops. Last year, you will remember, a late freeze damaged some of the early bloomers. This year that does not appear to ...

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Destination Produce

OK, I won't go ...

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What’s the deal with the ladybugs?

For many homes in our area, Ladybugs though cute are a real inside nuisance in the spring.   I lived in a home one time that they loved and I can say that one can develop ...

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Rabun Bald & Ranger Nick

Roscoe Nicholson or Ranger ''Nick'' to those who had the honor of knowing him, became the first Georgia Forest Ranger in 1912. He started out as a surveyor for the ...

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