Farm Event
Carolina Jubilee
VanHoy Farms 742 Jericho Road, Harmony, NC, United StatesThe Carolina Jubilee Festival is a music festival to benefit the Carolina Farm Trust, designed to purchase at-risk farm land to lease to farmers at a low cost in North and South Carolina - providing a way to support for the Farm to-Table Initiative with locally produced food and beverages.
Windcrest Farm Organics – Seed Saving Starts in the Spring
Windcrest Farm 518 Greenfield Drive, Monroe, NC, United StatesSuccessfully saving vegetable, herb and flower seeds in the fall requires selecting and planting the right varieties in the spring. PCG Member Mary Roberts will teach you the five steps necessary to successfully save and preserve your own seed!
Windcrest Farm Organics – Companion Plants in the Garden
Windcrest Farm 518 Greenfield Drive, Monroe, NC, United StatesPCG Member Mary Roberts will show you how to employ the helpful benefits of the plants in your garden for better yields, pest control, and attracting specific beneficial insects/bee/birds to your garden.
Windcrest Farm Organics – Grow Your Own Fertilizer
Windcrest Farm 518 Greenfield Drive, Monroe, NC, United StatesPlants that gather certain micronutrients or minerals and store them in their leaves are called "dynamic accumulators". In this class, PCG Member Mary Roberts will explore these plants with you and look at the many ways to incorporate them into gardens and landscapes to nourish the the soil.
Windcrest Farm – Pollinators & Pests: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
Windcrest Farm 518 Greenfield Drive, Monroe, NC, United StatesDid you know that 95 % of the insects in your garden are NOT pests? Yes that includes spiders, wasps, and carpenter bees. Discover what they do and how they benefit your garden. PCG Member Mary Roberts will be conducting a class called Pollinators & Pests: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly at her Windcrest Farm.
Lucky Leaf Gardens – Mushroom Cultivation – Part 1
Lucky Leaf Gardens Forest Farm 7624 Hilliard Lane, Concord, NC, United StatesPCG Member Kate Brun is hosting the first of a three-part series on Mushroom Cultivation at the Lucky Leaf Gardens brand new Education Pavilion. This first part will cover "Countertop Cultivation" – creating a “coffee culture” for growing oyster mushrooms in the kitchen. Learn to recycle your used coffee grounds for your cultivation kit, and enjoy fresh gourmet mushrooms all year.
Lucky Leaf Gardens – Mushroom Cultivation – King Stropharia, Garden Giant
Lucky Leaf Gardens Forest Farm 7624 Hilliard Lane, Concord, NC, United StatesPCG Member Kate Brun is hosting the second of a three-part series on Mushroom Cultivation at Lucky Leaf Gardens. This session will cover "King Stropharia" – aka the Garden Giant. King Stropharia is an excellent addition to your farm/garden for its soil building qualities (quickly breaking down biomass).
Lucky Leaf Gardens – Mushroom Cultivation – Shiitake Inoculation
Lucky Leaf Gardens Forest Farm 7624 Hilliard Lane, Concord, NC, United StatesPCG Member Kate Brun is hosting the final part of a three-part series on Mushroom Cultivation at Lucky Leaf Gardens. This session will cover Shiitake Inoculation. Shiitake mushrooms have long been known for their medicinal properties.
Lucky Leaf Gardens – Healthy Living Series – Fermentation
Lucky Leaf Gardens Education Pavilion 7624 Hilliard Lane, Concord, NC, United StatesPCG Member Kate Brun is hosting a workshop on Fermentation, a subset of NC State University’s Plants for Human Health Institute (PHHI)