Black Mountain is getting ready for their fall festival , Sourwood Festival, the second week of August. The town sponsors a talent show, art and crafts booths downtown and food vendors.
The name of the festival , Sourwood , comes from the native tree and is a good source for the bees to make Sourwood honey A beekeeper comes to the fair with a working hive of bees and sells the sourwood honey he has collected for the year. It is a very good light sweet honey that goes great with hot biscuits.
