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Weekend Activities in the North Georgia Mountains

Jasper Farmers Market - Dig It Farms

Even though there is plenty to keep you busy inside the gates of Big Canoe, the surrounding North Georgia mountains play host to a bevy of fun activities.  I love summer so much because every weekend is filled with new and fun activities for the whole family that rarely involve going to the mall.

Last weekend we took the kids to the Jasper Farmers Market on Saturday morning. We came back with fresh lettuce, spinach, radishes, garlic scapes, scented soy wax, homemade soap, and a pair of fuzzy flip-flops for my daughter. Though the market was filled with plenty of produce we discovered that the early bird gets the strawberries! We came back and the kids spent some time at the Big Canoe pool.

On Sunday we decided to search around Ballground, Marble Hill, Jasper, and Tate for fairy stones, aka staurolite which are natural crystals that form in the shape of crosses. They are fairly common in this area. Though we did not find any fairy stones, we stumbled across a community garden in Jasper, Georgia. We live in Big Canoe under a canopy of trees and have been looking for a small place to grow some tomatoes, cucumbers and basic veggies.

Now this is a typical weekend living in the North Georgia Mountains in the good old summertime. When I’m not selling homes in Big Canoe, I’m out and about with my family looking for new and interesting things to do in the North Georgia mountains.