Monday, March 28, 2016

Frog Holler Organiks Kicks Off Spring Gardening with Organic Composted Garden Soil

April is customer Appreciation Days at Frog Holler Organiks. Get your Frog Holler Helper Organic Composted Garden Soil with organic Biochar and Biodynamic preps 500-508 for a healthy garden, available on Saturdays 10 AM - 2 PM or by appointment. A limited supply is available this year, so get yours early.


photos courtesy Frog Holler Organiks
This Specially Blended Composted Garden Soil has a very large array of fully-composted ingredients from nature so you get a nutrient-dense growing medium to give your plants and vegetables a broad mineral and nutrient spectrum, for the biggest, healthiest and fastest growing plants possible. Now with ORGANIC BIOCHAR and RUDOLPH STEINER'S BIODYNAMIC PREPARATIONS 500-508 you'll have the best soil ever. The healthier your soil, the healthier you will be.

You won't find bags of soil like this in garden centers. This soil is alive--rich, black and moist and contains earthworms, healthy soil microbes, hyphae fungi, beneficial nematodes and all the good stuff to make your plants healthy. All our ingredients are in their natural state as nature intended good soil to be. Frog Holler never adds ANY ingredients from dumpsters, unknown yard waste, mushroom compost, GMO vegetable waste, non-organic restaurants, garbage, or medical facility waste which may contain toxins, diseases, chemical fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides, cardboard or compostable containers which have no nutritional value and may contain processing chemicals.

Every batch is tested for seed-starting and growing on. The finished product is a 100% nutrient-dense growing medium, not top soil. You can plant straight into it without burn and near 100% germination rate for starting seeds. It is not diluted with other soil or topsoil. For tomatoes that require no spraying or covering and resist diseases, use straight Biodynamic Garden Soil in a 12 inch by 12 inch base for each plant. This composted soil is also great for starting seeds and container gardening.

Price List: Large Bag (about 70 lbs.)-$15 (tax included) Super Scoop (980 lbs) $155 (tax included) BEST DEAL! Half Super Scoop (490 lbs) $80 (tax included) ONE 980 LB SUPER SCOOP IS EQUAL TO ABOUT 14 BAGS FOR $55 LESS One 70 lb bag is equal to 1.5 - 1.75 cubic feet (compacted or fluffed up). Cash only.


Delivery is also available: LARGE PICKUP TRUCK Delivery to Most of Haywood County--$65 1-2 Super Scoops SMALL DUMPTRUCK 3-6 Super Scoop Delivery LARGE DUMPTRUCK Delivery to Most of Haywood County--$100 7-20 Super Scoops or More For Delivery Quotes, Just email and ask for the Delivery Info Form.

 If you need help determining how much soil you need use this Easy Soil Calculatoror email with your garden dimensions. Get FREE directions about how to use your composted soil.

Biodynamic Planting Calendar (Maria and Matthias Thun's "The North American Biodynamic Sowing and Planting Calendar"):
  • Flower Crops: 4/4 4/13 4/21 til 3 pm 4/22 after 4 pm 4/23 
  • Leaf Crops: 4/5 after 6 pm 4/6 4/12 until 7 pm 4/14 after 7 pm 4/15 4/24-26 6 pm 
  • Root Crops: 4/2 4/3 until 7 pm 4/9 after 4 pm 4/10-11 4/18 after 7 pm 4/19-20 4/21 after 4 pm 4/22 til 3 pm 4/29-30 
  • Fruit Crops: 4/1 til 7 pm 4/8 4/9 til 3 pm 4/14 til 6 pm 4/16-17 4/26 after 7 pm 
  • Southern Transplant Time: 3/30 - 4/11 4/27 - 5/9 
The soil warms up 4/5  - Control slugs 4/14 - 15



April Gardening To-Do List For Zone 6:
  • Clean up the garden in preparation for the season ahead: Remove last year's dead plants, rake back winter mulches, and top-dress beds with compost. 
  • After you've finished preparing your beds, plant potatoes, peas, spinach, and other leafy greens as well as beets, turnips, and carrots. 
  • Put up a trellis for tall varieties of peas as soon as they sprout. 
  • Dig, divide, and replant perennials, such as helenium, fall asters, Shasta daisies, chrysanthemums, and phlox. 
  • As soon as the weather settles, plant transplants of pansies, forget-me-nots (Myosotis spp.), foxglove (Digitalis spp.), and other cool-weather flowers. 
  • Sow seeds of sweet peas, bachelor's buttons (Centaurea cyanus), and larkspur (Consolida ajacis) in flowerbeds. 
Frog Holler also offers Organic Feed for Less. They carry COUNTRYSIDE ORGANICS FEED Horse Feed, Chicken Feed, Rabbit Feed, Calf And Cattle, Goat, Llama and Alpaca, Sheep, Swine, Turkey, Dog and Cat Food. FEEDS ARE STORED IN DRY/COOL/INSECT AND VERMIN-PROOF AREAS to ensure that your poultry/livestock receive all the nutrients you are paying for. All prices include tax.  Chicken Layer Feed $34 (soy and corn-free now available) Chicken Scratch: $30 Starter or Grower/Broiler: $36 Rabbit Feed: $37 Horse: $38.

How to get to Frog Holler Organiks:
From Waynesville NC: From 23-74, take Exit 104, Go North on 209 for 3.5 miles to the first gas station Turn Left onto Ironduff Road Go about one mile to the fork Turn Left at the fork onto Tommy Boyd Road Go straight onto Gardening Frog Trail Past the Yellow and Blue House to the Parking Area in back through the gate.

From Asheville NC: Take I-40 West to Exit 24 Go South/Left on 209 to the first gas station (about 1/8 mile) Turn Right onto Ironduff Road Go about one mile to the fork Turn Left at the fork onto Tommy Boyd Road Go straight onto Gardening Frog Trail Past the Yellow and Blue House to the Parking Area in back through the gate. For GPS: Use 234 Tommy Boyd Road, Waynesville

Thursday, March 24, 2016

Flat Rock Cinema Announces 2016 Magnolia Concert Series Schedule

The Flat Rock Cinema is more than just a Movie House and Bistro Cinema (featuring great food, wine and local brews). It also offers Live local music through its Magnolia Concert Series, May through September.


The 2016 Schedule is all set and tickets are on sale now. 
  • May 1:  Hiroya Tsukamoto, guitar phenom 
  • May 15:  Tom Fisch, singer-songwriter 
  • June 5:  Al Petteway and Amy White, Grammy winners 
  • June 26:  Katie Cilluffo and Bill Altman, Jazz standards and Bossa Nova 
  • July 10:  Terry Wetton, singer-songwriter 
  • August 14:  Underhill Rose, Americana trio 
  • August 21:  Michael Reno Harrell, singer-songwriter, storyteller 
  • September 4:  Eric Brace and Peter Cooper, Grammy nominees 
  • September 18:  The Carburetors, Chicken-Fried-Country-Rock-Grass

Additional sponsors for the concert series are Morris Broadband, Hampton Inn of Hendersonville, Carolina Investment Brokers, and WTZQ FM 95.3 and AM 1600. Please show your support  for them.



The Flat Rock Cinema is located at  2700 Greenville Highway in Flat Rock NC. MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2 starts Friday, March 25, 2016.



Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Easter Weekend Events in the Mountains: Meltdown Games at Appalachian Ski Mountain

March 26 - 27, 2016     Meltdown Games / Neff Beech Bash   Appalachian Ski Mountain's classic end of the season celebration. Enjoy a full weekend of crazy events you won’t see any other time of the year, with lots of snow, sun, and skin.  

All events are free with your ski ticket purchase. Take your best shot at tons of prize categories.  Registration will be going on all day in the Alpine Ski Shop.

Appalachian Ski Mountain is located in Blowing Rock NC. 


Monday, March 21, 2016

Easter Events in the Mountains: Asheville's Easter on the Green a Popular Annual Event

March 26, 2016   Easter on the Green    This is the 7th annual Easter on the Green taking place again on Saturday,  from 2-5 PM in  Asheville's Pack Square Park. There will be Easter fun for children of all ages including age-specific Easter egg hunts, Kids Karaoke, free arts and crafts provided by Asheville Macaroni Kid and the LEAF Easel Rider, giant inflatable slides and obstacle courses, a mini-bounce for toddlers and much more. 

Get complete information online. Children will have a chance to meet the Easter Bunny and Icon Media Asheville will be on hand all day to take pictures of kids with the Easter Bunny which parents can download for free or purchase a print.

Egg Hunt Schedule:
photo courtesy of Downtown Asheville Association
  • 2:15pm – ages 5-6
  • 2:30pm – ages 7-8
  • 2:45pm – ages 4 and under
  • 3pm – ages 9-12
  • 3:15pm – ages 5-6
  • 3:30pm – ages 7-8
  • 3:45pm – ages 4 and under
  • 4pm – ages 9-12
  • 4:15pm – ages 5-6
  • 4:30pm – ages 7-8
  • 4:45pm – ages 4 and under
Photos with the Easter Bunny
  • 2:20-3pm
  • 3:20-4pm
  • 4:20-5pm
This event is sponsored by Ingles. Other sponsors include: WNC Parent, City of Asheville, The Brite Agency, Mix 96.5, 98.1 The River, 105.9 The Mountain, Icon Media Asheville and Asheville Color and Imaging.