Events & Education Listings
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July 3-5 Natural Beekeeping with Ross Conrad - back by popular demand! Space limited to 30 people. Cost is $225 with meals (Friday supper to Sunday lunch). Accommodations available for Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights in Juniper Lodge ($55 for your first night, $40/night for the rest) and Sunshine House ($40 for your first night, $25 for the rest). Tenting is available for 6 people ($15/night). Presented by Windhorse Farm (www.windhorsefarm.org). To view short video with Ross, visit www.chelseagreen.com/authors/ross_conrad. Register with Jim at jim@windhorsefarm.org or 902-543-6955.
July 11 Sustainable Gardening Workshop Series, Summer: Into the Flow: 10 AM - 5 PM This workshop, the second of three in Windhorse Farm's 2009 gardening series, will focus on the summer vegetable garden. Harvesting, general garden maintenance, and troubleshooting common summertime issues will be addressed, as well as planting for the oft neglected fall crops. Come join Windhorse farm for an active and hands-on experience with seasoned organic growers in the beautiful gardens at Windhorse Farm! For more information or to register, contact Peter (902) 543-6955; e-mail: pfeige66@gmail.com OR 902-543-6950. Windhorse Farm is located in New Germany, NS.
July 11 & August 22 The Basics of Building with Straw Bale; A 3-part series (part 1 occured June 6th). Interested in getting started on a straw-bale home? Join us to learn some of the basics of straw-bale design in a three-part series of summer workshops. The workshops will consist of a balance of theory, history and hands-on practice. Participants will have a chance to see two existing homes and will have a chance to practice new skills on a load-bearing home that is under construction. June 6: Rubble Trench Foundations: Theory and design; July 11: The Framing Components of Straw Bale; August 22: Putting it All Together: Raising the walls and roof. Cost: $75 per workshop, or register for all 3 sessions for $200! Cost includes a home-cooked organic lunch. Bursaries are available on a needs basis. For more information, please contact alison@fallsbrookcentre.ca or 375-4310. Falls Brook Centre is located at 125 South Knowlesville Road, Knowlesville, New Brunswick.
July 15 Free Organic Field Crop Tours PEI. For more information contact Andy Hammermeister 902-893-7256 or e-mail at AHAMMERMEISTER@nsac.ca. Lunch included. Includes legumes, grains and oilseed crops. Transportation required. Free.
July 17-19 Permaculture & Natural Building Workshop. The first in our Lifeboat Series* of 2009 workshops. Permaculture Centre at Highland Farm, Belmont NS. Have fun learning how to build simply with natural materials! Prepare to get muddy! Bring humour & inspiration! This hands on workshop, led by Kim Thompson, will focus on construction of an cob oven, and using a variety of earth plasters as a renovation strategy. Permaculture principals will be integrated into all aspects of the weekend. The workshop begins with an organic supper on Friday, followed by a talk and tour of the newly installed permaculture design site with Alex Denicola. Saturday we will cob construct an outdoor bread oven, a wall, and do lots of earth plastering followed by a campfire/ social (BYO). Sunday morning we'll complete some of the projects, finish-up with lunch and a closing circle. All meals are included (we're an organic vegetable farm too!). There are a few room beds, and lots of dry barn space and tenting sites available. Cost is $175 inclusive. Partial work scholarships available for two people. Enrollment is limited to 12, so please register early by emailing--alexdenicola@hotmail.com <mailto:emailing--alexdenicola@hotmail.com> , or calling alex at #792-7041, and sending $50 c/o alex to 1217 Belmont Rd. RR2 Newport NS B0N2A0. Balance due on arrival. Bring sleeping bags, pillow, flashlights--all the usual--and WORKCLOTHES for sure!! We'll be glad to help arrange carpooling too. DIRECTIONS: (from Halifax)Hwy 101 towards valley--exit 3/ Mt.Uniake--left --20 min to #215e, turn right towards Brooklyn--5km--bear right thru village, straight under flashing light(1/2k), bear left at hilltop Y intersect(1/2k), then bear right(thru another Y) on 215 and then a quick left on Belmont rd. We're 4k up that road on the right. #1217 Belmont rd.--drive back to 3rd barn. you can also get to Brooklyn via #14 from 101 exit 5. *There will be a Lifeboat Series workshop on August 30-31, and another October 3-4, 2009. These will focus on Permaculture design principles, and includes lots of hands on learning too.
July 22 Free Organic Field Crop Tour - New Brunswick: For a full schedule and more details or to register, Contact ACORN 1-866-322-2676 or e-mail admin@acornorganic.org. Don't miss this chance to see these different crops in the field with expert consultants on hand. It's free, lunch included! We'll be visiting farms with soybeans, buckwheat, milling wheat and flax, oats, and oilseed, all in Western New Brunswick (Woodstock area).
July 27: Intensive Grazing for Cattle Workshop. Hosted at Kipawo Holsteins Farm in Grand Pre, NS. For more information contact Organic Milk Producers Cooperative by email mgarand@nsac.ca of phone 902-896-3481.
July 29: Sheep and Goats: What they can do for you - Webinar 1 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. NCAT specialists Linda Coffey and Margo Hale will discuss: Multiple benefits of sheep and goats; Selecting breeding stock; Evaluating animal health; Marketing meat, milk, and wool products, including organic; Your questions about sheep and goat production. Register at: http://www.attra.ncat.org/webinars2009/sheepandgoat.Free.
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