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Contest to find a name for Asheville's currency

Mar 20, 2010 5:45 pm

ASHEVILLE -- The Asheville Currency Project is launching an alternative paper currency for the Buncombe County area in late 2010. They are asking the community to help choose a name for the currency.

Add a dash of attitude with creative adaptations

Mar 20, 2010 4:15 am

Dear Jean and Richard: You're always talking about original art and chandeliers, a world very different from mine. I care about good design but have a limited budget, and usually settle for what's mo...

ASK A GARDENER: Watch for mealybug influx

Mar 20, 2010 4:15 am

Question: Several of our houseplants must have picked up something while they were outside last summer. I've seen a white, fluffy material on the stems of several and just noticed a dark color and st...

Long cold spell leaves window for early spring lawn treatment

Mar 20, 2010 4:15 am

Now that we are finally able to "think spring," lawn care seems to be on everybody's mind. The truth is, with spring being a bit delayed this year, it is getting late for spring fertilizing.

Asheville's Brunk Auctions to sell early American collection

Mar 20, 2010 4:15 am

Thomas Gray, whose great uncle made a fortune as president of the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., is selling his vast collection of antiques March 29. Brunk Auctions of Asheville is handling the sale, in W...

Home and Garden Calendar

Mar 20, 2010 4:15 am

Send items for the home and garden calendar to Polly McDaniel at pmcdaniel@CITIZEN-TIMES.com two weeks before the event. Or mail to McDaniel, Asheville Citizen-Times, P.O. Box 2090, Asheville, NC 2880...

10 steps to a successful 1st vegetable garden

Mar 20, 2010 4:15 am

How about going to a place where you can relax, enjoy some sun, and get a little exercise and gourmet food? A place even your kids could find interesting? This "spa" need not cost much; in f...

Asheville home built around how a family lives

Mar 20, 2010 4:15 am

ASHEVILLE -- When John and Liz Gardner first met with their architect, they were surprised by the questions they were asked.

A little bit of magic at Asheville Western Carolina Home Show

Mar 20, 2010 4:15 am

A trip to the 35th annual Western Carolina Home Show, running through Sunday at the Civic Center, is like a journey to a homeowner's wonderland. There's so much stuff over there I never knew I wanted ...

Civil rights leader Andrew Young visits Montreat

Mar 20, 2010 4:15 am

MONTREAT -- Former Congressman, U.S. ambassador and Atlanta mayor Andrew Young was with Ethel Kennedy after her husband, Bobby Kennedy, was shot on June 5, 1968, at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles...