Home And Land- Asheville Yesterday and Today- (1)
Home on the Land
Asheville Real Estate Journal
Interested in preserving farmlands and mountain landscapes? Perhaps your interest, like ours is inherited. Our ancestors arrived in the Carolinas in the 1770s, when English, German, Scottish, Irish, French, Welsh, and Africans began the work-intensive struggle to settle upon the Land. They came first to the coastal areas of the Carolinas. Later, they migrated inland and then to the mountains of Western North Carolina.
Today we, following in their footsteps, and with the help of their good-stewardship of the Land , now still have the opportunity to make our Home on the Land in the beautiful hills and valleys that surround AshevilleNC. ... See slideshow
Tending the Land-Yesterday and Today-
Sustainable Farming Pr
actices Handed Down Though the Generations
Early settlers, my “far-grandparents” being among them, borrowed agricultural practices from the Native Americans incorporating them into their own farming practices. The Carolina’s colonial settlers set to work creating a sustainable way of life that included orchards and vegetable gardens as this letter from one of our ancestors reveals:
“The garden is delightful. The fruit trees and flowering shrubs form a pleasant variety. We have green peas almost fit to eat and as fine lettuce as you ever saw. The mocking birds surround us evening and morning. The weather is mild and the vegetable world progressing to perfection. We have in the same orchard apples, pears, peaches, apricots, nectarines, plums of various kinds, figs, pomegranate and oranges. And we have strawberries which measure three inches around." ~General Nathaneal Greene
Those first settlers helped to shape the farms, farming and settlement patterns of the southern Appalachian mountain region people in the Carolinas carry on to this day. So, as I said, our dedication to sustainable farmlands and mountain landscapes may be inherited….
Resources:
Slideshow
Asheville Farms and Farmlands for Sale
© The Eco-Steward Asheville 2011. Home And Land- Asheville Yesterday and Today-
__~o
-\_<,
(*)/'(*) ~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~ ~ ~ xo ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Asheville NC Real Estate Journal for Mountain Homes and Land Legacies- Asheville 1031 Realty© 2012.. Designations: NAR GREEN®, EcoBroker®, Eco Certified ®Real Estate Consultant, ePRO®. Unauthorized reproduction of any information including photos and graphics on this site is a violation of existing copyright laws. All rights reserved.
SEARCH MLS
MOUNTAIN HOMES & LAND LEGACIES
* INFORMED CHOICES* THOUGHTFUL ADVICE*
*DATA INTERPRETATION*
Email me janeAnne@janeAnne.com or
give a call at: 828-776-0773 for
Timely Real Estate Talk- Asheville 1031 Realty, Inc © 2012.
Subscribe for 
Real Estate News You Can Use 
PUT A SMILE ON SOMEONE'S FACE
eco-friendly Greeting Cards 
Made in the USA
natural ink- recyled paper
SendOutCards
real USPS stamp
in your own handwriting.
~ from janeAnne...and My TWY
click here to send a FREE CARD.
