Rot Carnival is our big fall soil party: a time to put the beds to bed, prepare the ground for next year's planting, and maybe even let go of some things we've been holding onto for a while (leaves, etc).

This year's theme is soil critters: the bugs and worms and oddly shaped microbes that are such a big part of turning what's leftover into the next round of life. 

Work: 

Sheet mulching sites for next year’s planting

Play: 

Pumpkin Smash

Scarecrow Making

Wiggly Wiggly Wiggly Wiggly Red Worm

Rest & Digest: 

Compost Tea Lounge

Wild Wine Taste Test (21+) 

Lunch (Provided): Golden Chicken Stew, Bread, & Fruit Crisp 

What to Bring: Gloves, layers, wheelbarrows and shovels and rakes, your Halloween jack-o-lanterns for the pumpkin smash, untreated cardboard, a bin of (chemical-free!) yard debris if you like, old clothes and hats suitable for scarecrows. Creepy crawly costumes welcome, not required :-)