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15 Jan A New place to hike and rock climb
Two local articles were published about Hickory Nut's new place to hike and climb in Hickory Nut Gorge. At a ceremony Dec. 14 hosted by Conserving Carolina at Myers’ and Lawson’s Laughing Waters Retreat butting up against Bearwallow Mountain, about 130 people turned out to celebrate...
18 Jun We Now Have a Roof on the Model Home in Hickory Nut Forest
Our builder has been moving right along on the model home. We now have all the doors, windows, rough electric, rough plumbing, chimney for the wood stove, and the heating ductwork is going in today. Next week we will get the insulation and drywall if...
23 May New Trail Fence in the Orchard
We just completed building a new fence for the hiking trail that goes around the apple orchard headed up Little Bearwallow Mountain. We used locust posts and rails collected from dead trees on the land. After we cut and hauled the wood, we drilled the...
21 May New Green Home Construction
Our new solar-green home is under construction in Hickory Nut Forest. The walls are up and the roof will go on soon. It will be a 3-bedroom passive solar house with a large porch and deck to enjoy the outdoors. If you are considering a...
08 Aug 10th Anniversary
10th Anniversary of Hickory Nut Forest and Laughing Waters On Saturday, August 30th, 2014, we will celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Hickory Nut Forest and Laughing Waters. When we began this project back in 2004, we had no idea it would evolve into what it has...
12 Jun Foxgloves
I just finished transplanting into larger pots about a hundred little foxgove plants i started from seeds this year. i brought these back last year from the coastline of wales and saved them. i wasn't sure they would make it, but so far they are...
04 Jun Our Community Garden This Year
It is so fun to see the little veggie starts growing into full blooming plants. We are already eating lettuce, arugula, kale, mustard greens, kohlrabi, broccoli and some herbs. The squash plants, potatoes, tomatoes, beans are peas are all getting bigger. I think the manure...