PCG 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).
PCG 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.
Did 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.
PCG Member Kate Brun instructs attendees on how to create a Forest Fired Pizza in a Woodfired Brick Oven under the Lucky Leaf Gardens Outdoor Pavilion.
PCG Member Kate Brun is hosting Lucky Leaf Gardens’ 6th Annual Anniversary Party in their new pavilion featuring their the wood-fired oven and wood-fired pizza. Walk or forage the nature trails, sample local craft brews, learn about mushroom production and permaculture farming, enjoy a greenhouse tour and microgreens sampling, or try your hand at panning for gold in the creek.
Plants 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.
PCG 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.
Successfully 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!
The 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.