2009 - August 20th
Here comes squash!
In this update:
The next FGF course is set up and ready to go! NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS - More information: http://www.everdale.org/node/182
Upcoming workshops and Events:
Mushroom Cultivation - Sunday,September 20th 2009
Market Garden Crop Rotation - Sunday, September 27th 2009
Funding for Farmers - Training, infrastructure and more! - Funding Chart: http://www.everdale.org/node/253
With the help of other farmers we have begun a chart of funding options to help farmers improve their farm businesses. Funding for training to vegetable wash stations to drilling wells to row cover is possible to access through the programs in this chart.
Potatofest - Saturday August 29th - in it's 7th year! - www.localorganic.ca.
Introduction To Permaculture Course - Peterborough - Starting September 10th (Thursday) - 7 pm -- 9 pm Peterborugh
Newsletters and postings:
August's ONOrganic - This months OMAFRA Organic Newsletter - PDF - HTML - Back issues
APPLE Trees - There's been talk and much interest in free apple trees however to move this project forward we still need a volunteer to come forward to coordinate the effort. Please email growingfarmers@everdale.org if you are intererested. Estimated 3 hours per month for 3 months.
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Links of the week: http://www.soilandhealth.org/ - amazing free no strings library of agricultural classics in PDF for download. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGGUfYFdFrc - Truck Farm part 1 and 2 are now out! A new definition of what's possible!
Details and further information:
Fruit & Nut Tree Grafting Workshop, Permaculture Design Instruction and Rare Fruit & Nut Tree Auction at NEO's Chescott Farm - Sunday September 20th, 2009
This extraordinary one day event will feature one of Canada's preeminent fruit and nut tree grafting experts whose skill in nursery stock production and permaculture design are practically unparalleled in eastern Canada. Ken Taylor of Windmill Point Farm and the Green Barn Nursery has over 30 years of experience grafting and growing on his 70 acre family farm on Ille Perrot just west of Montreal.
Following registration and coffee (9am), Ken will lead the morning workshop featuring grafting techniques and tips associated with production of rare and exotic fruit trees (9:30-12:00). Having participated in a similar event this spring in Wakefield Quebec, I have no doubt that the proceedings will be as entertaining as they are informative so be prepared to have a laugh while taking notes. A good grafting or box knife would also be a good thing to bring.
Starting around noon participants will enjoy a delicious, vegetarian lunch prepared with organic ingredients and freshly harvested garden produce by NEO's own team of farmer-chefs. Please let us know ahead of time if you have any specific dietary considerations. After lunch participants are free to explore the farm and get to know their fellow permaculture enthusiasts (12:00-1:30).
In the afternoon Ken and farmer/host Ryan Hayhurst will lead a field walk discussing design elements important to the development of edible forest and market gardens, which Ryan himself has been installing at Chescott Farm over the last few years to the best of his ability! (1:30-3:00)
After a short break to set the stage, we will then proceed with an 'animated' live auction of precious fruit and nut trees hardy to zone 4, as well as many rare and exotic species suitable for indoor-outdoor growing as Ken has demonstrated with his Green Barn project at Windmill Point Farm. We'll wrap up the day with a few more questions from the audience and some light snacks. (3:30-5:00)
The cost for the full slate of events is $85, which includes morning coffee and snacks, a hearty vegetarian lunch, and afternoon snacks during the live auction.
For those wishing to attend for the afternoon's proceedings only, a $35 admission rate is available, while those only wishing to partake in the live auction can expect a $15 admission.
A limited number of work-trades are being offered on a first come first serve basis, with family discounts also negotiable.
Registration by phone (519)519.5136, email (ryan@NEOrganics.ca) or snail mail (P.O. Box 469 Clarksburg, ON N0H 1J0). Registrations received by September 1st will receive a $10 discount (full day only - $75 total) and cheques can be made payable to Niagara Escarpment Organics.
Don't miss out on this one-of-a kind event and the chance to become part of the local food revolution!
"Think Global, Eat Local."
www.NEOrganics.ca
Starting September 10th (Thursday) - 7 pm -- 9 pm at Sadleir House Lecture Hall, 751 George St N
This introductory course first presented in the spring of 2009, focuses on the food producing aspects of permaculture design, with an emphasis on perennial edible landscapes, and exploring what it means to allow nature to do the work, while increasing yields and decreasing inputs.
This course is spread over four weeks to allow some study, review and field trips.
Reg. price $40, Student/Seniors $20. Pre-registration required with Registrar Joan Michaels 705 743-8032 or joanttp@cogeco.ca