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...garden is also a great way to save money on groceries!  At the completion of this workshop you will leave with your own seedling calendar based on your veggie choices for 2016.  ***This is a great workshop for beginers!*** Price: $50 Workshop includes: CHOOSING YOUR VEGETABLES Weekly Consumption, Size of Your Garden, V...

...garden is also a great way to save money on groceries!  At the completion of this workshop you will leave with your own seedling calendar based on your veggie choices for 2016.  ***This is a great workshop for beginners!*** Price: $50 Workshop includes: CHOOSING YOUR VEGETABLES Weekly Consumption, Size of Your Garden, ...

...garden, care for your growing veggies, and harvest them.  It will be a very hands-on workshop so wear your gloves and boots – you will be getting dirty, and guaranteed to enjoy every minute of it! We will begin by defining the garden space – where is the best place to plant to allow for easy moving throughout the garde...

What are your needs – Birds for eggs or meat? Purchasing – Day olds vs. two or three week old chicks? When to get them? Heat lamps Organic vs. conventional – What are the different requirements for each? Chicken coop options – Shelters, pens, chicken tractors, free range, free run, roosting Feed – different timelines f...

What are your needs – Birds for eggs or meat? Purchasing – Day olds vs. two or three week old chicks? When to get them? Heat lamps Organic vs. conventional – What are the different requirements for each? Chicken coop options – Shelters, pens, chicken tractors, free range, free run, roosting Feed – different timelines f...

...garden – garden plan, planting diagram, harvest chart, time/funds available. Methods - straw bale gardening, vertical gardening, container gardening, interplanting, companion planting. Seed choice – days to maturity, canning. Materials – potting up space, water, seeding log, brush, tools. Seeding Where to put seed tray...

Demand for organic food in Canada is steadily increasing, with annual sales reaching $3 billion in recent years. Eco Farm Day is a social event dedicated to organic farming.  Gain excellent information, training, and explore commerce opportunities. Eco Farm Day takes place at The Ramada Inn (805 Brookdale Ave, Cornwa...

You're invited to take part in the Greenbelt Fund's Local Food Symposium on February 3 and 4, 2015. A forum for sharing ideas, innovations and successes about Ontario Food.  Held at Queen's Landing in Niagara-on-the Lake, the symposium will consist of two full days with site-visits, round table discussions, and keyno...

  Expect wildflowers, ferns, grasses and sedges, as well as trees and shrubs. Hundreds of books on related topics will also be available. Chat with knowledgeable experts to help you make the right choices for your planting project. All plants come from ethical growers and are locally sourced.  

Learn how to unlock the productive capacities of your property. Create edible perennial plant systems that work together like forests do. Move beyond theory to learn the hands-on tricks of the trade.   About this course and location: Professional & Hands-On Permaculture Instruction. A Stunning Boreal Forested Set...

This one-day course will focus on the regulatory and technical aspects of rainwater harvesting (RWH) systems for both residential and ICI (Industrial, Commercial, Institutional) buildings. Technical aspects discussed include: Rainwater catchment and conveyance Tank selection and sizing Rainwater treatment Make-up ("to...

Price: $1250.00 Accommodations (tent camping) & meals included. This course includes the application of permaculture principles to food production, home design, construction, energy conservation and generation, and explores alternative economic structures and legal strategies supporting permaculture solutions. Cour...

...gardening basics permaculture design and practices companion planting (plants that compliment or protect each other) dynamic accumulators (plants that accumulate nutrients & feed the soil) plant selection starting new gardens and soil building cover crops & mulches composting