Kate Wheeler's (countryhomesnc) Blog

November is on track to keep the pending home sales at the same high level posted in September and October in Murphy, North Carolina and Cherokee County.  With 20 homes under contract from November 1-15, buyers continue to take adantage of the bargains in our market here in the mountains.        ...

Fly fishing for native trout, rafting downstream through the stillness of the woods, even panning for gold - these are some of the activities you can enjoy when you step out your back door on this waterfront lot on the Valley River in Murphy, North Carolina.                               The Vall...

There's a great new option for grocery shopping in Murphy, North Carolina.                       United Grocery Outlet has just opened its newly expanded store in the shopping center on Andrews Road in Murphy.  The new store is double the size of the former location on Hwy 64.  With a wide, well-...

We don't have any Starbucks grande moccachinos here in the mountains of Murphy, North Carolina.  But we do have great coffee - at least at my house.   Cowboy coffee is what my husband calls it. All our guests love it... as long as they don't know how it's made.  Once they hear the recipe, they ei...

                 Dawn is breaking on opening day of deer camp in Northern Michigan.                                                It's a crisp fall morning, with the temperature somewhere in the mid-40's, unlike years past, when we often woke to several inches of fresh snow.  Our hardy hunters  ...

Last week I got a heartbreaking phone call.  A young woman who bought her dream mountain property from me a few years ago was fighting back tears as she told me she had to sell her lot right away for whatever she could get for it.  Her husband of just a few years was in the hospital with liver an...

                 Listen to the rushing river as you watch dawn break over the mountains.  If that's your idea of the perfect home site, you'll love this 2.5 acre riverfront lot at River Ridge in Murphy, North Carolina.   Build your dream getaway here in the cool Southern mountains.  The building ...

      It's rare to find a tract of land in the mountains with level pasture - even more rare to find a large parcel of wooded acreage that is all useable.  This 61 acre tract on Mission Road in the Peachtree community of Murphy, North Carolina has both, along with  beautiful mountain views in eve...

                         This morning I had a surprise waiting for me in the garden.  After days of clouds and rain here in Murphy, North Carolina, it was a joy to see the sun again and I was spending a few minutes strolling in the yard when I spied something bright yellow in the distance.  I was...

 November is here and traditionally it's the time to begin preparing for the holidays.  For most of us, it's like taking on an additional part time job - shopping, cooking, decorating, wrapping gifts, entertaining.   Since joining Activerain, I've already taken on a second full time job... writin...