Sorry I won't be able to make this w/e workshop but am very interested in future sessions. Any idea when the next mushroom & forest ag workshop will be? Tony Del Plato
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 11:14 PM, burns <[email protected] > wrote: > FINGER LAKES PERMACULTURE INSTITUTE > > presents > > Mushroom Weekend: Permaculture workshops on homegrown mushrooms, forest > farming and ecology > > May 16 & May 17, 2009 > > Saturday at Cayuta Sun (http://www.cayuta.org) > > 11 a.m. > Mushroom Inoculation with Steve Sierigk > This hands-on workshop will take participants step-by-step through mushroom > inoculation of cut logs using > plug spawn. We will inoculate logs both for the Finger Lakes Permaculture > Institute and for your purchase. > Participants will take home one log for their workshop fee. We will provide > tools, but bringing your own cordless > drill would be appreciated. > > 1 p.m. > Food Forest Design with Kay McGrenaghan Cafasso > Learn about the concept of forest gardening. Design for edibles in the > different ecosystem niches of forests. We will > walk the grounds to identify some onsite species we can incorporate into a > food forest as well as discuss species not > onsite at Cayuta Sun that may be beneficial in a potential forest garden > design. > > 3 p.m. > Forest Ecology Walk with Steve Gabriel > Hike through the forests of the Cayuta Sun property area while discussing > forest ecology and sharing tools to assess > and design forest management plans for long term health and productivity. > Participants will develop an > understanding of forest patterns and succession processes that tell a story > of the past and define the future of these > incredible systems. > > Sunday at Ramp Hollow Community Farm (http://www.sapsquatch.com) > > 11 a.m. > Mushroom inoculation with Steve Sierigk > This hands-on workshop will take participants step-by-step through mushroom > inoculation of cut logs using plug > spawn. We will inoculate logs both for The Ramp Hollow farm and for your > purchase. Participants will take home > one log for their workshop fee. We will provide tools, but bringing a > cordless drill is appreciated. > > 1 p.m. > Agroforestry Strategies with Josh Dolan > Walk through the forest and learn about plans for our maple syrup sugarbush > and explore the other yields these > healthy woods have to offer. Follow the seasons of work from firewood and > lumber harvesting in fall and winter to > maple sugaring in late winter on through the ramp harvest and mushroom > inoculation in spring. Discuss future > crops and projects that could be introduced into the woodland. > > Visit each location’s website for driving directions. > A $20-50 donation to the Finger Lakes Institute is requested for a day of > workshops. > Registration and online payments can be made at > http://www.fingerlakespermaculture.org > Finger Lakes Permaculture Institute, P.O. Box 54, Ithaca, NY 14850. > (607) 227-0316 <[email protected]> > > *Please forward to friends, family, and colleagues who would enjoy these > workshops* > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > http://www.flxpermaculture.net > regional regenerative resources > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > > _______________________________________________ > For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, > please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ > > RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: > [email protected] > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins > Questions about the list? ask > [email protected] > free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org > -- Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. - Buddha _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
