Outdoor Living

Know Your Landscape

Know Your Landscape

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Winter class prepares a new generation of “eco gardeners” No directions on a pack of seeds can tell you how to maximize environmental sustainability. Maintaining…

Danger, Drama, and Twisting Vines

Danger, Drama, and Twisting Vines

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Blacksmith learns to bend with the journey Long before she fell to blacksmithing, Susan Hutchinson was going on dark journeys, her tools an obvious…

How Sweet It Is

How Sweet It Is

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Grape grower’s cold-hardy muscadines defied the skeptics and flourished North Carolina’s official state fruit is the scuppernong, a variety of muscadine grape. But until…

Serious Luxury

Serious Luxury

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Glamping has evolved with a fresh focus on alternative building Some people search for an outdoor experience but can’t find ease on the cold,…

In for a Pinch, in for a Pound

In for a Pinch, in for a Pound

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Artisan’s multi-functional wares reflect her deeply DIY lifestyle  “Shearing sheep is like wrestling a 120- to 200-pound toddler, while cutting its hair that grows…

Heritage Happenings

Heritage Happenings

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Heirloom Vegetables, Harvest Fests, and Other Happenings On Saturday, July 27, from 1:30-7pm, Patryk Battle of educational nonprofit Living Web Farms in Mills River…

Tools for Living

Tools for Living

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Couple finds fulfillment making globally coveted gardening accessories By: Mike Schoeffel When Ashe County-based Wheeler Munroe started making and selling fine leather tool belts, she was hoping…

Homegrown for the Win

Homegrown for the Win

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Today’s “victory gardens” are about the triumph of self reliance Over the last decade, scores of suburban and urban dwellers have taken to small-space gardening…