Need a Country Living motorized Grain Mill with corn auger? A Transylvania Shares member has one!
John and I have been growing our own food as long as we have lived here. Every year things get easier. Recently we have been focusing on growing grains and making meals. This year, through our seed exchange, we were able to get some corn seeds for meal and grits. What we don't have is a grain mill. Now we don't need one because we can share one being made available by a Transylvania Shares member. He also has a food dehydrator available. Thanks so much for sharing! Here are his descriptions of the items available and conditions for use. [...]
Bees. Honey. Mead: Thursday’s Mead Tasting has been postponed. The community potluck is still going on. Looking forward to it.
The Meadhouse Meadary of Brevard has had to reschedule their mead tasting scheduled for this Thursday. We will still have our community potluck and community discussion. We look forward to an amazing time together. On Thursday, July 29th, the Meadhouse of Brevard will be doing a presentation on bees, honey and making mead and treat us to a tasting of their product. We will start with a zero-waste potluck at 6 pm and the presentation will start at 6:30 pm. If you are able, please bring a covered dish to share, preferably plant based, and your own non-disposable place setting. [...]
Help Wanted: $20 an hour. Compost service demand is exceeding our ability!
We need help! We have more demand for composting services than we can handle. We are looking for someone to help us increase composting in the county. We have about 6 - 8 hours of work a week, some flexible hours. We can provide all the training. If you are interested, please let us know. We would love to help someone start their own company and help provide services we can't keep up with. You can email us at jbwkjc@gmail.com or call at 304-482-3062. Thanks! Kim & John
Our gathering with Mountaintrue at the Cedar Mountain Canteen was fabulous.
We had our first gathering of 2021 June 3rd at the Cedar Mountain Canteen with a presentation from Anna of Mountaintrue and learned how to be good neighbors to the Little River, which is beside our beer garden. It was magical seeing everyone together for the first time in over a year. The food was fantastic and it was a joyous occasion. We learned the results of our first water test in the Little River and it was excellent! Thanks to everyone who joined us. It was wonderful to be together again. [...]
Join us for a potluck on Thursday June 17th at 6 pm & and a class on about applied mycology from Leif
We will host a potluck on Thursday June 17th at 6 pm at the Cedar Mountain Canteen. Please bring a covered dish to share and your own non-disposable place setting. Plant-based meals are encouraged and all dishes are welcome. Everyone is welcome to join us. We look forward to getting together. At 6:30 pm we will enjoy an informal talk by Leif Olsen about applied mycology and focus on having plenty of Q&A about topics people are interested in. Leif Olson is an environmental scientist and educator with a background spanning ecological field research, environmental chemistry, soil health management and [...]
SEED libraries (especially Natives), another great way to share, to support our ecology
Seed Library - another great way of sharing and saving our environment What is this? You may have seen some of these little free library boxes around that people use to share books. The idea behind these seed libraries is similar in that people can share seeds. We hope this works well so we share seed, ESPECIALLY NATIVES! Have you spotted one in T Cty yet? Who wants to build one for your neighborhood? Expect to see them soon, at the Canteen, St. Paul's Episcopal, at the RR Native Plant Garden in Brevard ... and/or .....? How do I use [...]