Spring Creek, NC

A Place That Takes Your Hand

Asheville Real Estate Journal

The retired firefighter was less than precise when telling me the features of the acreage he envisioned as we embarked on the first leg of the journey to find it.... . We were on the hunt for the signature farmland he described as..."nice, fresh air, and with a view" and " in the mountains not too far from Asheville NC." That he told me, and asked, " How will I know it when I see it?"

So I shared a line from John Crowley’s book, Little Big . It speaks of bravery, a trait for which he is known. It paints ( in lyrical prose I have taken the liberty of typing as verse) a cameo of the Homeplace one "feels" ...one, that, when you reach it, simply takes your hand ...

“…on brave luminous mornings
walking expectant and watchful,
waiting to be led

and feeling
(at once, at the same moment)
the turning

[you] must take
that would lead to a place
that took your hand and said …

We’re here....”

He smiled then. And turned to me, “YES!” he said. YES!!!

And I thought…Possibly, just knowing that I understand that there is magic in this discovery that is fueled by something beyond the ordinary, was all he needed.

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Farm stewards across the USA and CSA Farms here in the Greater Asheville area contributed so much to our holiday season. All across the nation farmer's markets offered sustainable, useful gifts such as honey, molasses, jams, jellies, pickles, salad dressings, and herb vinegars and oils directly from the person who made them.

Did your family, friends and wonderful real estate clients enjoy the small tokens of affection found for them as much as mine did?

I found "non-edible" gifts such as soaps, salves, lotions, pottery, baskets, quilts, pot holders, bee's wax candles, brooms, and more local wood and fiber crafts.

The excellent thing about this is that the offerings are not just for the holiday season. Would you expect less from a CSA, a community supported agriculture enterprise(community farm with the growers and consumers providing mutual support and sharing the risks and benefits of food production?) CSA and farms selling healthy products have something for you no matter what time of year it is.

FIND a CSA Across the USA: for those of you NOT living in Asheville, visiting or relocating, here is a link to http://www.localharvest.org/csa/ Locally Grown is GOOD, no matter where You Live =)

Asheville Links:
Slow Food Asheville's monthly newsletter http://www.slowfoodasheville.org/ which may be of interest to you

Firefly Farm (Burnsville,NC)
Cane Creek Asparagus & Company (Fairview,NC)
Green Toe Ground Farm (Burnsville,NC
Jake's Farm (Candler,NC
Homegrown Heritage (Candler,NC)
Gaining Ground Farm (Asheville,NC)
Flying Cloud Farm (Fairview,NC)
Mountain Harvest Organics (Hot Springs,NC)

UPDATE: January, 2009...Cane Creek CSA is now accepting subscriptions.

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