One of the best parts of being out on a hike is taking in everything the North Georgia forest has to offer. In spring and early summer, the canopy fills in above while wildflowers and native plants blanket the forest floor below. I’ve been known to slow down a hiking group just to admire a rare fern or forest orchid—and I’m not sorry about it.But here’s the great news: you don’t have to hit the trails to enjoy the rich plant life of the North Georgia Mountains. Whether you’re a gardener at heart, a houseplant fanatic, or simply someone who loves strolling through beautiful landscap...
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Often when I am out hiking or riding along a dirt road in the truck, I am drawn to the beauty of a fence that cuts across the valley. Mountain fences, like all of those created anywhere in the country, served and continue to serve a variety of purposes – from keeping livestock in and predators out, to creating property lines and creating a sense of order in the wild untamed landscape. As all things change, so it is with the materials used to create them. In the early days of Suches, fences were often made from logs, stacked one on top of the other. Log fences were affecti...
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Every region has sayings, and the Appalachians Mountains are no different, but many of them make me chuckle. A few of my favorite:Beauty never made the kettle sing.Sit down and rest yourself, settin’s cheaper’n standin’If that don’t make your wood burn nothing willI grew up hearing my grandfather’s version of one of the above as he would say, “Never stand when you can sit and never sit when you can lie down.” The saying dearest to me at the moment though is, “What can’t be cured, must be endured.” As our summer days came crashing to an end the cold days came ...
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