Upcoming events.
Lavender Fest
Join us for some fun in the sun in the lavender field! Walk the lavender field and enjoy a beautiful mountain view at Spiral Mountain with complimentary lavender lemonade, sandwiches and snacks. You can choose to join others in a you-pick lavender harvest for a suggested $10 per bundle of 100 or just walk between the plants and take in the aroma. Most of the plants are young and may not be budding yet but some of the mother plants from Old Field Lavender that were transplanted in March are blossoming into the generous beauties they have been for 6 years.
Here are directions to Spiral Mountain. Mobile data can be spotty on the way so make sure to download or print your maps before heading out.
The address is 231 Randall Glenn Cove, Leicester, NC 28748. Sometimes this address doesn’t pull up in the GPS. If that is the case, please try our neighbor’s address, Randall Glen — 96 Randall Cove Rd.
* From Asheville/Patton Ave. take 63 N/Leicester Hwy 13 miles to N. Turkey Creek Rd.
* Take a left on N. Turkey Creek Rd. and go 9.3 miles to Surrett Cove rd. (N. Turkey Creek Rd. becomes Earlys Mountain Rd.)
* Turn right on Surrett Cove Rd.
* Take slight left onto Randall Glenn Cove.
* Go right at fork in the road at the sign "22 Reemes"
* Pass straight through a farm with livestock — Randall Glen. There is a big red barn house here. Please go very slowly, walking speed, 5mph through the farm and up the hill. Passing through a red gate. There is a new drive that veers to the right immediately before you get to the big red barn house on the left. Do *not* take the new drive to the right. Continue straight directly past the red barn house, and continue up the hill.
Apple Tree Grafting Workshop
Join us for a day of grafting heirloom apple trees! This class is from 10:00 to 2:00, not 12:00 to 4:00. Disregard to 12:00 to 4:00 above. We’re having editing difficulties. Thank you!
Kenneth Young (Puma’s dad) is coming down from Ashe County to help teach this workshop on Whip and Tongue apple tree grafting. Kenneth has many decades of tree grafting experience, and he once grafted apple trees to fill an entire orchard. We have space for ten attendees, and each attendee will take home three heirloom apple trees that they graft. Please plan to bring your own lunch, but we will also have healthy snacks and teas for everyone!
$50 to reserve a seat, and availability is limited! Please message either Puma or Jeannie to make sure we still have room in the class, and then please send your $50 to Jeannie’s Venmo: @Jeanette-Dunn. Thank you!
(If you want to attend but don’t have $50, send us a message.)
Lavender Transplant and Rock Mulch Volunteer Work Weekend
Please join us for our Lavender Transplant and Rock Mulch Volunteer Work Weekend at our new farm and community in Sandymush, NC -- Spiral Mountain.
Spiral Mountain is a 34-acre farm with five cabins. We envision people living in community together here and growing much of our own food, including both annual vegetables and permaculture perennials. We have already installed an orchard, a lavender field, and hundreds of woodland medicinals in our forests.
During this work weekend, we will be transplanting the last twenty or thirty mature lavender plants from Old Field into the new field at Spiral Mountain. And we will be putting rock mulch around the six hundred plants that are already becoming established in the field.
If you are interested in being involved with the goings-on at Spiral Mountain in some capacity, this work weekend would be a great opportunity to plug in. We invite you to join us, whether it's just for a day, for several days and nights, or for the whole weekend.
We have roughly eight beds we can offer to volunteers in cabins with electricity, plumbing, kitchens, and bathrooms. These cabins are fancy (by my standards). If you'd like a bed, please say so when you RSPV. We'll reserve beds for people on a first come first serve basis. Volunteers are also welcome to camp on the land if you'd prefer.
Also, we'll feed you! Three square meals a day. (If you'd like to bring your own snacks or other foodstuffs to share, please do. I always like to bring my own snacks. I get it.) If you have dietary preferences/restrictions, please let us know!
*Please be aware that Spiral Mountain has lots of bugs, bees, ticks, dogs, goats, sheep, cows, horses, ducks, chickens, turkeys, pigs, etc., either on site or nearby. We also have a no-chemical policy -- even for bees. Which means there are bees nests that we simply respect. If this doesn't work for you, then volunteering here probably isn't a good fit.
Thank you, friends! We look forward to seeing you on Spiral Mountain!
Directions: The address is 96 Randall Cove Rd. When you pull this address up on Google, the map says Randall Glen. Randall Glen is our next door neighbor. They have a big red barn house and lots of animals. You cannot miss them. The dirt road is tiny, and it has twists and turns that Google won’t tell you about. The following is the easiest way to get here: After you turn on Surrett Cove Rd, follow signs for Randall Glen all the way up the hill, and eventually, drive through Randall Glen. At the top of the hill after you pass through Randall Glen, there will be a gate. Please come on in, but close the gate behind you! You’re almost here! The cabins of Spiral Mountain are just around the bend.
Putting Food By and Other Revolutionary Acts
We cordially invite you to join us for a weekend of putting food by and other revolutionary acts. Learn about topics such as canning, preserving apples, seed-saving, mead-making, fermentations, making herbal vinegars, root cellars and primitive storage, growing lavender in Appalachia, and more! Our educators include Ashley English, from Small Measure, Marissa Percoco from Firefly Gathering, Amy Hamilton from Appalachian Seeds, Ann Rose from Rose Mountain Farm, Lori Collins Jenkins from Sister of Mother Earth, Abby Artemisia from the WANDER School, Jeannie Dunn from Red Moon Herbs, Puma Love from Spiral Mountain, and more!