Three families have created perfect homes in the mountains, each finding its own way of including and preserving the natural beauty and unique history of the home’s surroundings.
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Sweet Escapes
And not the backroads kind, as we visit four chocolate makers in three states, for tastes of things like truffles, barks, bars and chocolate-covered Granny Smith apple.
Winter Gardening
It’s not time to give up, or even to merely luxuriate in the garden catalogues – it’s time to think two things: spinach and mantises.
Tasty Southern Treasures
Shortly after the Civil War, community cookbooks began to flourish in America, originally as a means to raise money for veterans and their families. In the decades following, civic clubs, churches, junior leagues and schools found collecting and publ...
The Goldenrods
Their long bloom season – till frost – along with their variety, ease of growing and drought tolerance make the Solidagos great garden plants.
Livin’ & Lovin’ Log Homes
Nick Berndt, owner of Appalachian Custom Homes in Sylva, N.C., wheels his Tundra up a winding incline to the site of a 3,700-square-foot hybrid timber frame home he’s building for a Dillsboro restaurant owner who recently moved to the area from Florida...
Five Things To Know Before Building A Log Home
1. Maintenance.
Log homes generally require more maintenance than people initially take time to consider. Over time, logs may shift and expand. However, some issues caused by this can be addressed during the construction process, so make sure you hire...
Winning Dishes
Readers sent us their favorite restaurants for best Southern cooking and fine dining, favorite diners and favorite desserts. On the following pages are your votes, plus a selection of recipes – enjoy!
Grove Park Inn
Fine Dining (platinum)
Almost 100 yea...
Mountain Garden: Site, Sun and Soil
Site, Sun and Soil
Gardens are a growing idea in these economic times. Thinking of growing vegetables?
Start with the basics.
A few years ago, a student at the local community college – a young mother juggling a job, school and caring for two small chil...
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Featured Blue Ridge Video
The Fool in the Woods, aka Blue Ridge Country editor in chief Kurt Rheinheimer, is back with more great woodland information and secrets, this time reporting on how Virginia's Devil's Marbleyard was formed.
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