Hickory Nut Gap Farm

Fairview, NC

 

Featuring:

 Online orders of pasture

raised meats and a variety

of other local goods available for

Curbside Pickup at the farm store

Learn More:

hickorynutgap.com/shop

Alleghany Inn

Easy to find, hard to leave!

 

Located in Sparta, just 4 miles

from the New River and 7 miles

from the Blue Ridge Parkway.

 

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or to make a reservation

336.372.2501

Bill Fields 

Executive Loan Officer II 

Rocket Mortgage NMLS#3030

Office: (704) 421-9402  

Cell: (828) 999-7895 

Email: 

BillFields@RocketMortgage.com

NMLS#1932506 

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Coffey's General Store

8971 Edgemont Road

Collettsville, NC

 

Fri: Noon - 5 pm

Sat-Sun: 10 am - 5 pm

 

Vacation Rentals

Available

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OLD ORCHARD

GENERAL STORE

and FARM

 

- Coffee

- Pastries and Scones

- Books

- Wine, Cider and Beer

- Local Pottery &Textiles

- Vacation Cottage

Rentals

- Seasonal U-Pick

Blueberries

 

Old Orchard Creek

General Store

9350 Highway 194 N

Lansing, NC 28643

(336) 384-9350

oldorchardcreek.com


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Think Spring.............
by Brenda

Latest Update: February 18, 2016


Indoors....the best place for winter blooms.

I know you are wondering what is going to bloom first in Spring 2016....and when is it going to bloom. Here's what Justice and Bell tell us:

FEBRUARY

Dandelion (Taraxacum offincinale) (into November)

Skunk Cabbage (SympJocarpus foetidas) (into March)

Now, where do we find these plants blooming? I don't think we even need to talk about dandelions....They are going to find us! Skunk Cabbage is a different story. There is a bog behind Earth Fare in Boone.....you will find them blooming there. I have two friends who have them blooming around their ponds and I'm sworn to secrecy on those. And then there is the Blue Ridge Parkway. Check your wildflower books for the Parkway location(s)....I do not know the exact location. Have fun. We'll get into the next set of plants a little later.


More winter beauty...Cardinals.


A beautiful Tufted Titmouse.


Another interesting winter winger...Pine Siskin.