FREE Tree & Fruit System Design Workshop!
fruit & tree system design
Work and Learn: Fruit Tree System Design – FREE workshop!
Saturday, May 18th
9:30am – 3:30pm
Earle Family Farm
Center Conway, NH
Earle Family Farm, a 30 year old highly diversified organic farm, in South Conway, NH will be hosting a hands-on work and learn day in their small orchard. We will actively design a healthy environment for young apple and pear trees using permaculture methods. This will include contour swales for water retention, reusing orchard trimmings and hedge and roadside brush trimmings to create brush beds that initially aid as solar traps, then humus as they decay back into soil. We will be planting comfrey as a living mulch, and some herbs to attract beneficial insects. We will share a pot luck lunch at noon.
Co-hosted by G.A.L.A and NOFA-NH!
More info at http://nofanh.org/
G.A.L.A. Hosts “Self Reliance Workshop Series” Starting Wednesday, May 8th!
Want to learn about local medicinal herbs, how to make a beautiful holiday wreath, weave rope from materials found in your backyard, or make sauerkraut and other fermentation basics?
Join G.A.L.A. and Jack Mountain Bushcraft School for a “Self Reliance Workshop Series” taking place on the second Wednesday of each month starting in May at 5:30pm at the Barn at Moody Mt Farm. All workshops are $15 for GALA members, $35 for non-members, in addition to varying materials costs listed below.
Each workshop is designed so all participants leave with a new skill as well as something physical to take home that reflects that new skill (example: a tin of ‘Heal All Salve”, a rain barrel, or a jar of sauerkraut.)
Workshops are open to the public. Registration is limited to 12 people per workshop on a first come first serve basis. Register by calling 603-539-6460 or emailing contact@galacommunity.org
For more information about upcoming workshops, visit www.galacommunity.org. See you there!
May 8: Custom Rain Barrel Creation
Place: The Barn at Moody Mountain Farm
Instructor: Josh Arnold, Director of G.A.L.A.
Materials Cost: $50.00
June 12: Backyard Medicinal Herbs: Brew Bug Spray and Healing Salves
Place: The Barn at Moody Mountain Farm
Instructor: Jessica Cole, Certified Herbalist & owner of Sumner Brook Herbals
Materials Cost: $5.00
July 10: Bushcraft Rope and Packframe Making
Place: The Barn at Moody Mountain Farm
Instructor: Tim Smith, Maine Guide, and director of Jack Mountain Bushcraft School
Materials Price: $0.00
August 14: Fire and Knife Skills
Place: The Barn at Moody Mountain Farm
Instructor: Tim Smith, Maine Guide, and director of Jack Mountain Bushcraft School
Materials Price: It is recommended to bring a knife. To learn the speculations of the knife and to purchase one ($12.00) visit http://www.jackmtn.com/gear.html – knives.
NO WORKSHOP for SEPTEMBER 2013
October 9: Make Homemade Sauerkraut
Place: The Barn at Moody Mountain Farm
Instructor: Virginia “Ginny” Taylor, homesteader and farmer at the Farm at Frost Corner
Materials Price: $25.00
November: DIY Eco Friendly Household Cleaners
Place: Ossipee Main St. Building 10 Moultonville Rd Ossipee
Instructor: Emily Richey, Program Manager at G.A.L.A.
Materials Price: $15.00
December 11: Holiday Wreath Making
Place: Ossipee Main St. Building, 10 Moultonville Rd Ossipee
Instructor: Jessica Cole, Certified Herbalist & owner of Sumner Brook Herbals
Materials Price: $5.00
More about the workshop series and instructors . . . . . .
In recent years, a great re-skilling of America has begun to take place – the relearning of traditional skills that were once used in everyday life. These traditional skills can not only be fun and rewarding, but also help you increase your personal reliance and resiliency. G.A.L.A. and Jack Mountain Bush Craft School have collaborated to help teach some of these invaluable skills, utilizing the knowledge of local experts.
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