Home Grown (Restaurant), Bodie, And Snow

When Madison (granddaughter) lived with us the first time, she was in 8^th grade and, even though we had two dogs, we decided to get her a dog of her own.  After some looking around we ended up with a cute little Maltese puppy that Madison named Bodie and we all grew to love him so we were disappointed when she moved back home and opted to take Bodie with her – but of course we understood. 

When Madison went off to college, Bodie ended up with Rhett and Beth, which is the current situation but since they both retired in October, they have been traveling extensively and Bodie ends up being boarded a lot.  Since they plan on more traveling, we all thought it would be best for Bodie if he stayed with us for a while, which of course we will also like.

To get him we each made the approximately three-hour drive to Asheville, NC and met for lunch at an interesting little place called HomeGrown  which is a converted old house.  I borrowed some of the pics from the web.

In addition to being Vegan friendly, here are some things they said about the restaurant on their website.

“HomeGrown opened in early October of 2010 on a shoestring budget and a prayer. No advertising, not even a sign, but amazingly people still found us! As customers started to trickle in, we listened to what they wanted us to be and responded accordingly all the while staying true to our ethos of serving locally, responsibly sourced food at affordable prices.”

“HomeGrown was established with the principle of serving local food at affordable prices, which positioned us perfectly to actually make a difference to real farmers and their quality of life.”

“And, now, after more than 5 years in business, HomeGrown has made a lasting impact on the Asheville restaurant scene and local economy.”

“Oh, and we’re also a certified green restaurant. We’re pretty darn proud of that! We take all the extra steps to make sure that our restaurant is as easy on the environment as possible.”

It was pretty busy when we got there and the process is that you order at the reception desk from the blackboard menu then take a seat with your number - they are obviously dog friendly.

The menu is very limited as you can see by clicking on the above link.  Bev and Rhett each had the Fried Chicken Sandwich which they really enjoyed.

And I had a bowl of Sausage, Kale and Cabbage Soup and a half Kale Caesar Salad (no pics) and I enjoyed them both and as a plus, mine was a very healthy meal.

With the washing away of I-40 thru the mountains during Helene our shortest route now is to go on the interstate to Newport, TN then take US-25/70 thru the mountains to I-26 in NC.  We made this trip on Thursday before a snowstorm was predicted for Friday and the traffic was very heavy – pretty much one long line running at 45 mph for the entire 40 miles.  The TN part is a pretty drive along the French Broad River and on the drive over we saw some beautiful high peaks covered in Hoar Frost above a certain line. Per the web “Hoar frost is a white, crystalline ice deposit that forms on cold, clear nights when water vapor in the air turns directly into ice.   Per the web “Hoar frost is a white, crystalline ice deposit that forms on cold, clear nights when water vapor turns directly into ice. 

I couldn’t stop for pics but here are a couple from the web that were similar but not nearly as pretty as what we saw - no leaves now.

Bodie settled in quickly with Bev's other two little guys.

As expected, it snowed much of the day on Friday and provided us with a nice little three inch snow, but it finished off with a light drizzle that froze to a hard crust. 

This is the view from my chair on Saturday morning - tree to come down soon.

And of course there is plenty of activity at the bird feeders and on the ground.

 And what do you do on a snowy day, why make chili of course - we had everything on hand for our go-to recipe.

Photos can be slightly enlarged by clicking on them and the blue words are links.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by Almost Heaven South.

Larry

1/9/25meal date