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29747
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The Asheville area is known as a farm-to-table mecca. Businesses such as The Farm, Franny’s Farm, Thyme in the Garden, and Villagers offer training and workshops in cooking, growing food, gardening and farming.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 13 Issue 3, March 2017,
p28, il
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29797
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Every year the Blue Ridge Horticultural Association hosts the Growing in the Mountains Spring Plant Sale. A variety of people come to the sale to buy local products, and to talk about plants and gardening. Local nurseries and growers attest to the importance of maintaining a close-knit community.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 13 Issue 4, April 2017,
p48-49, il, por
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23984
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The author present easy-to-grow herbs and highlights their best uses in the kitchen and for health. Some herbs include lavender, lemon balm, marjoram, and yarrow.
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36586
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Touted as an advantage for homeschooling was developing a connection with nature by learning skills such as growing produce and animal husbandry. Reasons noted for homeschooling included children possessing gifts or challenges traditional schooling is unequipped to handle. While adhering to the state’s core curriculum and assessments, it utilizes teaching methods aligning with learning styles and interests and prioritize mastery over grades. Local support for homeschooled children includes Asheville Arboretum’s EXPLORE and Earthaven Ecovillage.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 13 Issue 3, March 2017,
p80-81
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23982
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Finley Park, an upscale North Wilkesboro neighborhood, is home to a beautiful botanical garden owned by Debbie and Harry Ferguson. Debbie serves on the North Wilkesboro Board of Commissioners.
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Carolina Gardener
(NoCar SB 453.2 N8 C37), Vol. 27 Issue 6, July/August 2015,
p56-60, il, por
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23732
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Loewer highlights four gardeners in Western North Carolina who transform their work into art.
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42651
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The author offers useful advice to gardeners in preparation for storms and their aftermath.
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35681
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Shrubs that can make a lovely addition to a landscape included Pyracantha and Holly, according to the author. How they can be useful to creatures of the two or many legged kind include becoming a border for a walkway or food for birds. Factors to consider for making them a valuable part of the landscape: types of fertilizer, pruning times, optimal planting depths, and common shrub problems.
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41222
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Making gardens safe for humans and tagalong furry friends entailed accounting for several potential threats. Examples were pests, toxic plants and chemicals, repellants, and feral animals.
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23983
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The author presents various microorganisms found in soil that help nurture plants and how to keep soil full of microorganisms all year round.
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13978
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For more than twenty-five years, thanks to Carl B. Rehder, one of Wilmington's most public-spirited citizens, and thousands of school children in New Hanover County, there have been tons of vegetables produced.
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26724
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Different gardens in the south include two in North Carolina. Greyson and Garland Tucker’s “Secret Garden” in Raleigh was perfect for a romantic wedding while Jeremy Smearman restored a landscape in Highlands with a century-old history.
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26725
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Tommy Mitchell, an artist from Chapel Hill, turns his backyard space into a work of art in itself, and Erin Weston, located just south of Raleigh, grows magnolia plants with care and turns them into wreathes.
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42652
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Numerous options are discussed for repelling deer. Several suggestions offered include: selecting plants with prickly foliage, grasses and those with heavy fragrance.
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29729
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The nonprofit organization Organic Growers School started from the volunteer efforts of farmers and extension specialists who gathered in 1993 to address the need for region-specific cultivation support for farmers in Western North Carolina. Their twenty-fourth annual Spring Conference will bring people to Asheville for a weekend of classes and workshops on a range of topics related to gardening, farming, permaculture, and sustainable living.
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The Laurel of Asheville
(NoCar F 264 .A8 L28), Vol. 13 Issue 2, February 2017,
p86, por
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