Reminder:
Suburban Homesteading Workshops for Adults!
by Sharon Gaughan, PCLF Education
Program Director
Just a reminder that our Suburban
Homesteading Workshop series is continuing through the fall! If you haven’t already, consider signing up
for one of our two October workshops!
Small-Scale
Composting
“Feed
the soil and the soil will feed the plants – and people.” It’s an old adage,
and an important truth. Nowadays we call that “organic, sustainable practice.”
How
to do that? Adding quality compost to our gardens is the best thing we can do
for our soil and for the plants that grow in it. Composting is not difficult to accomplish – as
they say, compost happens! – but there are some things you can do to encourage
the process to happen faster and/or more effectively, and to improve the
quality of the final product. There are also things you can do wrong and we
will help you prevent those.
Following
an overview of the composting process, we’ll get our hands dirty (just a
little!) while we explore a variety of composting techniques (including worm
composting!) that you can put to use at home to feed your soil – which will in
turn feed your flowers, shrubs, vegetables and fruit.
Date: Saturday,
October 5
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00
p.m.
Cost:
$30 per person
Co-Instructors: Eric
Carlberg, PCLF Farm Manager and Sharon Gaughan, PCLF Education Program
Director
Backyard Chickens
Do
you like the idea of having fresh eggs available to you on a daily basis? Are you looking to add some animals to your
yard that will also provide you with food, fertilizer, and pest control? Are you wondering what it takes to keep a few
backyard chickens? If so, then this
workshop is for you!
Backyard
chickens are becoming increasingly popular in both urban and suburban
areas! We will discuss the basics of
backyard chicken keeping – including chicken breeds and behavior, where and how
to obtain your hens (or chicks!), how to feed and house your backyard flock,
local ordinances, and other things to consider before you get your own hens.
As
part of the workshop, we will also tour the Learning Farm chicken flocks in
their different locations on our farm, discuss the similarities and differences
between the flocks and how they are being housed, and tie those observations
back to best practices for backyard chickens.
Date: Saturday,
October 26
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00
p.m.
Cost:
$30 per person
Instructor: Sharon Gaughan, PCLF Education Program
Director
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