Fall is here. The pumpkins were out in Fletcher near the library, beautifully displayed. They had so many kinds, colors and shapes. It was really fun to walk through all of the rows. I am thinking I need to grow some of these beauties.

Getting ready for the pies and pumpkin faces on the porch. And all the trick and treaters looking for goodies.

The leaves are turning pretty colors and falling fast. If you don’t want to miss the colors, make plans to get here in the next few weeks.

The woods will be bare in no time.

Join us in Hendersonville NC to celebrate fall.

The sun has finally returned!! We have had two days of sunshine and the ground is slowly starting to dry out.

The strawberries are doing great, as are all of the other plants that went into my yard this summer.What a relief.

The flooding around here remained in the west Asheville and Brevard areas, and Hendersonville was saved from any major damage as far as I have heard.

Still calling for rain the rest of the week, but maybe they are wrong.

Here is the weather link for this area if you are planning on coming this way from out of town.

http://www.weatherforyou.com/weather/north+carolina/hendersonville.html

Happy travels

This summer has been the wettest summer I have ever spent anywhere, including the summer I lived in Oregon. It is especially amazing concidering the previous 3 years we were in a drought. And last year it was so bad that we were on water restrictions for a long time.

I can't hardly complain, since I just moved into town from Bat Cave and spent most of the summer planting an edible landscape. My yard is growing with 100 strawberry plants, 60 asparagus plants, rhubarb and red raspberries. I even planted 4 cherry trees and 2 paw paw trees. I hope that the rain we have been getting the last week isn't going to rot the roots of all of these plants. They have been doing so well. And I have blueberry plants on the way soon that will need to get in the ground.

Maybe I will have to plant those blueberry plants in pots for the winter.

Maybe we should be building another arc

here in the south. That is how much rain we are getting. Flood warnings for days. But I can't complain. At least I am still above water. Not so for many other areas.

Is this an indication of what winter has in store? Guess I better load up on the wood for the heater.

Hope you are keeping dry wherever you are.

Save September 4-7, 2009 for Hendersonville’s Best Ever Apple Festival. We have had a great spring and summer with rain and the Apples are abundant. Come see all of the varieties grown here as well as all of the ways to eat them. It is Everything Apple at this Festival. This is Hendersonville’s 63rd Annual Apple Festival, and will cover 9 blocks on Downtown Hendersonville’s Main Street, hosting 150 vendors.

You will find all kinds of food with apples as the main ingredient. There will be artists and busineses and all kinds of fun for adults and kids alike. Here is the link for more information on this event.

Did you know that North Carolina ranks Number 7 in the US for Apple production? Come with an Appetite and Comfy Shoes, and plan to stay for a while. See you there!

Hendersonville has one Charter School, The Mountain Community School, located at 613 Glover Street, near Jackson Park. I was reading about them in the Hendersonville Times News yesterday and saw that they are raising money for a gym in a really fun way.

Charter schools only receive money from the state per pupil, but no funds are given for buildings. The school wants to build a gym for their sporting events, so they have created a board game based on the monopoly game in order to raise some money for it. They invited local business to join in as squares on the board, and the local bank Mountain First has the spot for their image on the cash.

They have printed up 500 games and will be selling them at the Apple Festival this year for a $19.95 donation. Come show your support for kids with creativity and an entrepreneur spirit. The Apple Festival will be held during the first weekend of September, from the 4th to the 6th and this is a free event.

For more information on the Hendersonville-opoly game, see this article:

http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20090815/news/908151018

And for more information on the Apple Festival check it out here:

http://www.ncapplefestival.org/