Prices for Biltmore Tickets vary according to the time of the year and the day of the week. How do you get a discount on Biltmore House tickets? How you get discounted Biltmore tickets changes all the time, but there are always some ways to get a discount or even free tickets. Discounts Sometimes you…
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We don’t get a lot of snow in Hendersonville, but when we do the log cabin is beautiful. This morning we woke up to this. It was thick heavy snow that really stuck to the trees. Don’t worry. You won’t really get snowed in. The snow plow came not long after I got these photos.…
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You can see a lot of birds in Hendersonville. Here are some of the birds we see at the log cabin in the winter. We put out seed, mostly sunflower seeds. And there are birdhouses in the trees and on the porch. The birds are not pets. They are wild animals. I cannot guarantee you…
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American Holly (Ilex opaca) grows near the little wetland on Meadowbrook Terrace. Holly is indigenous and not that rare in Western North Carolina. It’s easy to identify. Holly flowers bloom in early May. Did you know that there are male and female holly bushes or trees? They both have flowers, but only female holly have…
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This is a Small Cabbage White Butterfly. It was on the side of Meadowbrook Terrace near the mailboxes at the corner. They are small butterfly, only 1 3/4” to 2 1/4”. They are usually white, but they also come in yellow, like this one. The females have two black spots. Males only have one (on…
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This is Carolina Horsenettle. It is growing near the little wetland. If you crush the leaves, they smell like raw potato. The flowers grow up to look like little yellow tomatoes. It is a nightshade. It is poisonous. Not to touch, but don’t eat it. They have really bad thorns that will break off in…
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This is Joe-Pye Weed. Ordinarily I wouldn’t have let it grow in front of the cabin like this, but Nature News, a local nature program on the radio, was having us measure our Joe-Pye Weed, so I let it grow. This one is no record breaker. It is a little over five feet tall. They…
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Cliff found this toad a couple of blocks from the log cabin. He is a Southern Toad. He was hiding under a piece of wood. You can tell he is a Southern Toad by the “large knobs on its pronounced cranial crests.” They are 1.6” to 4” long. They are usually brown, but can also…
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This drive to Jump Off Rock starts at the corner of Main Street and 5th Avenue. That is the corner right after Mast General Store and Team ECCO Aquarium. This is what Main Street used to look like. 502-512 N. Main – The corner structure was The Palace, Hendersonville’s first movie theater 507 N. Main…
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2019 Artist Open Studio Tour of Henderson County > The 2018 Open Studio Tour will be September 22-23. Artist’s studios open at 10:00 am on Saturday, September 22 and Sunday, September 23! Free Self-guided Self-driving The Open Studio Tour of Henderson County is one of the largest open studio events in the Carolinas. It is…
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