Spend an afternoon at Laughing Tree Cove learning the old-fashioned art of making and preserving apple butter with celebrated author and Appalachian foodways teacher, Ashley English.

We'll work together learning hands-on the art of apple butter creation and the science of water-bath canning along the way. You'll leave with your own jar of apple butter, class notes, and the knowledge to make it and safely can your own produce at home.

*Space is limited so advance tickets are required.

Exchange: $65 per person. All supplies are included.

About Ashley (http://smallmeasure.com/):
Ashley English is the author of eleven books, including five books in her Homemade Living Series (Canning & Preserving, Keeping Chickens, Keeping Bees, Home Dairy, and Home Apothecary); A Year of Pies; Handmade Gatherings; Quench; A Year of Picnics; The Essential Book of Homesteading; and Southern From Scratch. She also does a good deal of teaching, as well as freelance writing, both digital and print, and has been featured in a number of major publications. Ashley lives in Candler, NC with her husband Glenn, two young sons Huxley and Alistair, and a menagerie of animals.

Laughing Tree Cove is a 16-acre forested gathering/learning place in the shadow of Mt. Pisgah in Candler, NC, where people recover embodied stewardship skills and build lasting community connections through hands-on practice alongside kindred spirits.

**This is a private residence, so exact address provided after tickets are purchased.