There may still be cold and snow on our horizon, as well as in the garden this morning, but the plants and the soil know that it is
springtime. And so do we here in The Cullowhee Community Garden! 
Wow, we sure have been busy since that last blog post on this
site. Apologies for not keeping you all updated more. We have planted many of
our fruit trees in the style of a
Food Forest along the western edge of the
garden area.
We completed and planted our blueberry mounds along our main
pathway.
We have been removing invasive plant species, we cleaned out the
beautiful black willow tree (Salix nigra)
next to the shed,
and have landscaped around it
and throughout the garden with
native shrubs and wildflowers that were donated to us by the plant vendors from
the 2013 Cullowhee Native Plants Conference.
We have formed our planning committee, and held the first
meeting of the year. The committee is using the consensus-based decision making
process. You can read more about that here: www.consensusdecisionmaking.org
Currently our Community Volunteer Workdays are on Wednesdays
from 3 pm until dusk, and every Saturday from 10 am until 2 pm. Common tasks
include planting, weeding, spreading mulch, helping us with small
infrastructure projects, and much more. Also, look for educational programs
that we will begin offering in conjunction with the NC Cooperative Extension
Service. We will keep you posted on that.
Please share with us suggestions and ideas for educational
topics that you would like to see offered in The Cullowhee Community Garden, or
if you would like to present on a topic that you know a lot about. You can also
suggest other knowledgeable members of our community who you think could offer
a great workshop for us.
Kale Yeah!