We usually just do this once a year in May. Michael Burns
> 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 locations 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 > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Michael Burns http://www.cayuta.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Earn your permaculture design certificate. 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