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Discounted Biltmore House Tickets - 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?
21 Dec 2018

Discounted Biltmore House Tickets

Carla KirbyLandmarks, Local Attractions

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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8 Dec 2018

Snow at Meadowbrook Log Cabin

Carla KirbyMeadowbrook Log Cabin

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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Cedar Waxwing photo by Cheep Shot and Blue Jay photo by Ken Thomas - Winter Birds Near Meadowbrook Log Cabin
1 Dec 2018

Winter Birds Near Meadowbrook Log Cabin

Carla KirbyAnimals, Meadowbrook Log Cabin, Nature Walk Around the Cabin

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 - Nature Walk around Meadowbrook Log Cabin
3 Nov 2018

American Holly

Carla KirbyNature Walk Around the Cabin, Plants

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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Small Cabbage White Butterfly near Meadowbrook Log Cabin
22 Sep 2018

Small Cabbage White Butterfly

Carla KirbyAnimals, Nature Walk Around the Cabin

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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Carolina Horsenettle – Nature Walk around Meadowbrook Log Cabin
17 Sep 2018

Carolina Horsenettle

Carla KirbyNature Walk Around the Cabin, Plants

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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Joe-Pye Weed blooms late in the Summer. It is supposed to only grow in full sun in damp areas. - Joe-Pye Weed at Meadowbrook Log Cabin
15 Sep 2018

Joe-Pye Weed

Carla KirbyNature Walk Around the Cabin, Plants

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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Southern Toad – Nature Walk Near Meadowbrook Log Cabin
15 Sep 2018

Southern Toad

Carla KirbyAnimals, Nature Walk Around the Cabin

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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Jump Off Rock - Laurel Park History Drive to Jump Off Rock - Things to do near Meadowbrook Log Cabin, Hendersonville, NC
11 Sep 2018

Laurel Park History Drive to Jump Off Rock

Carla KirbyDrives, History

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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Open Studio Tour of Henderson County - near Meadowbrook Log Cabin, Hendersonville, NC
9 Sep 2018

Artist Open Studio Tour of Henderson County

Carla KirbyLocal Art and Crafts, Local Events, Things to Do

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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