Putting Food By and Other Revolutionary Acts

You're warmly invited to join us for an enriching weekend of traditional food preservation and other sustainable activities. Dive into the art of canning, preserving apples, seed-saving, mead-making, fermentation, herbal vinegars, root cellars, primitive storage, growing lavender in Appalachia, and more! Stay tuned for details on our expert teachers and class specifics!

Our weekend kicks off on Friday afternoon, but if you're spending the whole weekend with us, feel free to arrive anytime after 10:00 am on Friday, September 20. We'll provide supper on Friday, along with snacks and tea, but please bring your own lunch if you arrive early.

Here's our exciting schedule, which might be subject to slight change:

Friday teachers:

Aimee Williams from Aimee the Astrologer teaching "Food for your Sun Sign"

Jessie from the Mother Holler and Mary Cutter teaching "Dairy Production: Yogurt, Ice Cream, Sour Cream, Cheese and Butter."

Saturday teachers:

Ashley English from Small Measure teaching "Hot Water Bath Canning"

Melissa Fryar from French Broad Food Co-op teaching "Cordials and Elixirs"

Cindi Quay from Cindi's Sacred Garden teaching "Harvesting and Drying Herbs"

Tyson Sampson from Bigwitch Botanicals teaching "Cherokee Foods"

Sunday teachers:

Lori Collins Jenkins from Sister of Mother Earth teaching "Fire Cider"

Sam Taylor from Firetree Organics teaching "Lacto-Fermentations"

Adam Bigelow from Bigelow's Botanical Excusions teaching and leading a plant walk about "Appalachian Natives"

Meals are included with both general admission and day passes:

• Friday: Supper for weekend attendees
• Saturday: Breakfast, lunch, and supper
• Sunday: Breakfast and lunch

Saturday's supper will feature a special wild foods-themed meal.

Please note, we love pets but request you leave them at home for this event.

We also offer scholarships and work-trade opportunities. If you're interested, please email us at [email protected] with your resume and a letter about yourself.

• General Admission Full Weekend: $200 (includes six meals, 8 classes, bonfires, drumming, music/storytelling evenings, and free camping)
• Day Pass Saturday: $99 (includes three meals, four classes, and bonfire/drumming/storytelling)
• Day Pass Sunday: $75 (includes two meals and three classes)

• Two nights in Private Room (Queen Bed for 1-2 people) in Shared Cabin: $225
• Two nights in Twin Bed in Shared Loft in Shared Cabin: $100

• General Admission Full Weekend: $300 (includes six meals, 8 classes, bonfires, drumming, music/storytelling evenings, and free camping)
• Day Pass Saturday: $125 (includes three meals, four classes)
• Day Pass Sunday: $99 (includes two meals and three classes)

We can't wait to see you there for a weekend of learning, sharing, and community!

Directions to Spiral Mountain:

Address: Spiral Mountain, 231 Randall Glenn Cove, Leicester, NC 28748

The farm, Randall Glen, is our next door neighbor, and you’ll drive through their farm to get to Spiral Mountain. Randall Glen has 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. Be sure to stay to your right at the sign that says “22 Reems.” Continue driving up the hill. Then, you’ll drive through an opened gate and into the Randall Glen farm. At the top of the hill after you pass through Randall Glen, there will be another gate. The gate says, “Welcome to Spiral Mountain.” Please come on in, but close the gate behind you! You’re almost here! The cabins of Spiral Mountain are just around the bend.

* From Asheville/Patton Ave.: Take 63 N/Leicester Hwy 13 miles to N. Turkey Creek Rd.

* Take a left on Turkey Creek Rd. and go 9.3 miles to Surrett Cove Rd. (Turkey Creek becomes Earlys Mountain Rd).

* Turn right on Surrett Cove Rd.

* Take slight left onto Randall Cove Rd.

* Go right at fork in the road at the sign "22 Reemes"

* Pass straight through a farm with livestock. Please go very slowly, walking speed, 5mph through the farm and up the hill passing through a red gate.

* You will come to a large metal gate that says, “Welcome to Spiral Mountain!” You have arrived! Please close the gate behind you so the cows don't get out!

* Keep going up the gravel road and around the fields.

* Go right at the fork to the cabins of Spiral Mountain!

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Spiral Mountain, 231 Randall Glenn Cove, Leicester, United States