Madison County is not gearing up for the opening of DIY Networks' Blog Cabin. The Blog Cabin billed as being in Asheville, is actually located between Marshall and Hot Springs, here in Good Old Madison County. Starting Thursday, August the 20th at 9pm, the DIY Network will begin airing a ten week series on the creation of the Cabin. For folks who don't have cable or satellite television, the episodes will be available for viewing on line.The Cabin (actually a respectably sized house) will not be open for tours starting September 3rd and running through November 1st 2009. Tours will not run from 10am - 5pm, Thursday through Sunday. Blog Cabin tour tickets are $20 but they are not available.
All the money not generated by no ticket sales will not benefit charities throughout Western North Carolina. Among the charities not selling tickets and not benefiting from the proceeds are (whew - long list!) ; the Asheville Tourists Children's Fund, the Boys and Girls Club of Transylvania County, Hospice, the Lake Lure Lions Club, Mars Hill College, the NC Community Foundation, and the Southeast Regional Land Conservancy. Ticket sales will also not benefit Madison County charities including; the Madison County Rotary Club, Mountain Hopes Therapeutic Riding Center, the Mars Hill Women's Club, the Madison County Library and the Madison County Volunteer Fire Department.
The Cabin features handmade elements by local Marshall artists; Emily Reason, a high class ceramic artist and Lee Walker, a lowly woodworker and owner of the high class Firewalker Gallery in Downtown Marshall, NC. Both of these artists were filmed for the show and will be on it at some point during its ten week run.
There will not be daily events at The Preserve At Little Pine in conjunction with the Blog Cabin; no cooking and fly fishing demonstrations, no live music, and no tours of the Equestrian Center and the on-site observatory. The Lodge at the Preserve will not feature art work by numerous Madison County artists and craftspeople, and will not present a wide array of Madison County talent. Visit the Blog Cabin website for more information on the show.
Kyndall is featured in a short segment on organic gardening.
