Can you say, “Breathe?” There’s something special about putting your own stamp on your wedding day. The trick is knowing what you actually want to take on, what you can skip, and when it’s time to call in some help. At Cloud 9 Farm, you have the freedom to bring in your favorite vendors, make… Read more »
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Dreaming of an Outdoor Wedding Near Asheville?
Here’s What Makes Cloud 9 Farm Special When you picture your wedding day, what do you see? Maybe it’s exchanging vows beneath the trees in a private elopement. Maybe it’s celebrating with friends and family in a micro-wedding beside a peaceful pond as the sun begins to set. Or maybe it’s the blowout event you’ve… Read more »
Surround yourself with Mountain Laurels
Walk Among the Mountain Laurels Among the many things I love about spring here on our precious patch of land in the Blue Ridge Mountains is the blooming of our mountain laurels. This beautiful evergreen shrub sports glossy, sturdy green leaves year-round. In May, vociferous clusters of white and pink ruffled buds form and unfold… Read more »
7 Reasons to Visit post Hurricane Helene
Not Too Late for Christmas…2019
So you want to be somewhere special for Christmas or before or after the holiday? Now’s the time to plan ahead for 2019…and we want you to stay at one of our 4 vacation rentals. Instigate a family reunion by staying in Cloud 9 Relaxation Home or Silver Lining Cabin for 6-8 people. Or have… Read more »
What is a Sawyer’s Cabin?
Well, you’d think that a Sawyer’s Cabin would be the place where the sawyer lived…with his sawmill close by so he could do the grueling work and have a place of respite handy. And this is partially true in the historical context of this property. On this very piece lived Bob Barnwell for whom the… Read more »
Seeking that Heart-Shaped Tub near Asheville?
It’s no easy task to get a tub like this in a cabin but Silver Lining Cabin near Asheville and the Biltmore Estate has one. Not oblong, not triangular, but a true heart-shaped tub installed for romance in mind in our new Asheville cabin in the woods. How did you do that? First you have… Read more »
6 Reasons to Choose a “Green” Vacation Rental
In this day of the importance of seriously caring for the earth and making responsible environmental choices, you want to choose a vacation rental that was built with that kind of respect, don’t you? Reason #1 Part of being on a vacation is smelling the fresh air…both inside the home and outside. You don’t… Read more »
Meet Butch
Whenever a new calf is born on Cloud 9 Farm, the renter at the time, gets to name it. Sooooo, presenting Butch, named by two sisters from Florida, looking for a macho name for this new stud. Actually, this new baby face stud will have a couple weeks reprieve before becoming a steer! I bent… Read more »
Blueberry Nectar Flow
The sweet perfume of blueberry blossoms pulls the honey bees and bumble bees into the lure of sweet reward…pollinating for a cross pollinated crops for me and sweet nectar to take back to the hive for the colony. I keep 5 colonies of honeybees for this sole purpose that happens every April here at Cloud… Read more »