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My Doggett Mountain Place Scrapbook
My Doggett Mountain place is a place of magic. Once upon a time, an old man named Gordon Plemmons established a little garden of Eden on the side of the mountain. He planted fruit trees of all kinds and grafted additional varieties to them. He farmed this terraced notch on the mountain. He grew a big garden and his wife helped him with all kinds of flowering plants. They had goats and chickens and even a mule. Every time I work outside, which is often, I sense that Gordon is watching with approval.
The first three pictures are the bumper crop of apples as seen in the early fall of 2006. A warm spring and a then a mid-April freeze destroyed all the apple blooms in 2007.
01/29/07 Looking up driveway with portion of shed, root cellar and animal stall on left.
01/29/07 Looking up driveway with portion of shed, root cellar and animal stall on left. Woodshed is on the right.
01/29/07 The dwelling.
01/29/07 Looking down driveway with portion of shed, root cellar and animal stall on right. Woodshed is on the left. On a clear winter day you can see Hamburg Mountain near Weaverville from this vantage point. Weaverville is about 20 miles away!
02/25/07 Artistic mood from kitchen looking out to back yard on foggy rainy morning. Windows are fogged just a bit also.
02/25/07 Rain splashed against the sliding screen door and another artistic moment occurred.
03/29/07 I had hoped to get all this area cleaned up before spring, but was caught by an early spring. Property has several wonderful boulders--one partially visible here. Also notice tons of lilies and old timey March flowers (daffodils) which have already bloomed and faded.
03/29/07 This view is seen from the back yard looking towards Weaverville. Notice the peach trees in bloom as well as the creasy greens with yellow flowers.
03/29/07 This view is from outside the kitchen window. The boulder you see has an "alcove" of sorts on the other side. The last owner used that area for meditation.
03/29/07 As you look towards Whisper Mountain you see peach, plum, creasy greens and ground cover blooms.
03/29/07 Lots of violets of different colors abound. Leeks are seen towards upper right (look like daffodil shoots).
04/07/07 These are the steps up to the neighbors' vacation home. Spring snow storms can dump a lot of snow on the ground, although it normally melts pretty quickly.
04/07/07 Here is the view off the deck on a snowy day.
04/07/07 Snowy deck.
04/07/07 Snowy deck.
04/07/07 Snowy deck.
04/08/07 Only one day after the snow. The woodshed is in disarray but hopefully will be straightened up soon. Note the gate at the far center right to my little "gated community."
04/08/07 This shot is a repeat from outside the kitchen window, but maybe this one gets an "artistic" mention. Does the curve of tree and shadowing and melted snow kinda take you into a dizzy swirl?
04/08/07 Believe it or not. This is the same scene as the previous one, but seen at a different angle. This view is from the upper terrace.
04/08/07 If you walk behind the Doggett place up to Bearwallow Road, to which the Doggett property has a 90' right of way, you will see this view. There are waves of lingering snow showers in the background out towards Weaverville and Reynolds Mountain.
Note: This snow and a week of very cold weather killed all the fruit blossoms both on the mountain and throughout Western North Carolina. Sadly, no apples, peaches or plums this year.
08/08/07 The summer has been drier than usual. As a result some of the leaves of the apple trees are dropping already. It is hard to distinguish the difference in sunny spots and yellow leaves on the ground. This picture taken just outside the kitchen window.
10/29/07 This is the view facing South. You see this while sitting on the deck. It's a very nice autumn day.
10/23/07 Oh, but what a difference a few weeks make. This view is approximately the same as the one above. As fall progresses the views of the mountains open up. What might look like a lake here is valley fog.
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Contact...Clarence Young
828-645-5243 828-768-5243
PO Box 2021, Weaverville, NC 28787
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