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| Part of our group: Mike, Ali, Courtney and Megan |
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| Each day starts out with a lesson about native or edible landscaping before we start our hands on activity. |
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| Building beds for lavender, which we'll plant in late spring. |
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| Re-establishing beds taken over by invasive vegetation, which we've solarized with plastic. |
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| Preparing a bed for native perennials. |
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| Composting area and vegetable beds are in the background. |
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| We added several new vegetable beds, surrounded by mulched pathways with a plastic base for weed control. |
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| "Sheet mulching" new orchard area, which means layering cardboard and organic materials for decomposition over winter. |
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| Through Emergence, Flint is moving from years of working in conventional landscaping to more healing aspects of gardening. |
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A peek behind the chestnut tree
We wrap up the day with a harvest.
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| Gigantic parsnips and salsify! |
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| Chinese cabbage and collards |
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| Wash station |
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| Weekly basket - Fall offering |
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| Grow participants cut their own bouquets of cooked greens. |
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| Wrapping up - packing salad mix |
If you're interested in applying, set up an appointment with Megan by calling 828.333.4151. If you sign up by mid-January, we can catch you up on all that you missed during fall and winter. After January, we'll consider accepting new applicants on a revolving basis, carrying into the 2018-19 season. We currently meet Tuesdays at 3:00 or 4:00, depending on sunset time, for two and a half hours. Read more about the program in
Laurel of Asheville and
Mountain Xpress.
