WINTER WORM COMPOSTING CLASS
Saturday, March 6, 10:00am12:00noon
CCE-Tompkins Education Center, 615 Willow Avenue, Ithaca NY
This hands-on class teaches all youll need to
know about vermicomposting, an indoor
composting system that is easy and produces
particularly rich compost for your garden and
houseplants. Each household will go home with a
working worm bin. Fee: $10 per household Register
early, space is limited.Call: (607) 272-2292
COMMUNITY FOOD GROWING SERIES: Soils & Site Prep Techniques
Monday, March 8, 6:008:00 pm
CCE-Tompkins Education Center, 615 Willow Avenue, Ithaca NY 14850
Healthy soil is the basic building block of
healthy vegetables. This session will cover
organic soil management and a selection of
techniques used to prepare your soil for
gardening. Instructors: Pat Curran and Josh
Dolan. $5/session or $20 for the entire series.
Pre-registration required. Contact Josh Dolan at
[email protected] or call (607) 272-2292.
COMMUNITY FOOD GROWING SERIES: Food Gardening Panel Discussion
Wednesday, March 10, 6:30-8:30 pm
CCE-Tompkins Education Center, 615 Willow Avenue, Ithaca NY 14850
Dont miss this panel discussion by several
experienced food gardeners! Master Gardeners and
others with years of food growing experience will
highlight some advanced ways to maximize your
crop and extend the growing season. This
workshop will assume that attendees have had some
growing experience. For a more basic discussion
of how to get started, go to the Feb. 25 class
described above. Fee: $5/class or $20/series.
Pre-registration recommended; call (607) 272-2292.
POULTRY SCHOOL FOR SMALL FARMS
Saturday, March 13, 8:30am-4:00pm
Morrison Hall, Cornell University
Learn about pastured chickens and turkeys,
organic production, animal health, processing,
marketing and more in sessions designed for
beginning and advanced poultry producers. Topics
include improving production, processing, breed
selection, feeding, bird health, soil health,
marketing, multi-species grazing, current
management techniques and more. There also will
be a panel on Successful Farm Business and
Marketing Strategies for Small Farms, and vendors
and distributor displays. Cost is $45 per person
or $75 for 2 people from the same farm and
includes all materials and a chicken BBQ
lunch. Students with ID can attend for $30 and
children 12 & under are $15. To register
on-line, visit
<http://www.cornerstone-farm.com/>www.cornerstone-farm.com,
or call Central NY Resource Conservation &
Development (RC&D) at (604) 334-3231, ext. 4 or
email
<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]
for further information. Out-of-towners may
reserve rooms from the CU Poultry School block
at the Ramada Inn, Ithaca, for $79.95 plus tax
per night. Hosted by the Central NY Resource
Conservation & Development (RC&D), Cornell
University Department of Animal Science, and Cornerstone Farm Ventures.
COMMUNITY FOOD GROWING SERIES: Composting
Techniques
Monday, March 15, 6:00-8:00pm
CCE-Tompkins Education Center, 615 Willow Avenue, Ithaca NY 14850
Master Composter volunteers will present a
variety of small to medium scale composting
methods and a Q&A session. Fee: $5/class or
$20/series. Pre-registration recommended; call (607) 272-2292.
FRUIT PRUNING WORKSHOP
Saturday, March 20, 9:00 am-12:00 pm
Reisinger's Apple Country Orchard, 2750 Apple
Lane off Ellison Road, Watkins Glen, NY
Learn about pruning, thinning and grafting from
orchardist Rick Reisinger at his 50-acre orchard
and u-pick farm. Topics include grafting and
pruning on many apple trees of different ages and
pruning on stone fruits. Fee: $10/person. Please
prepay and preregister by March 1. Call (607)
535-7161 to register or email Roger Ort at
Schuyler County Cooperative Extension, at
[email protected] This workshop is a joint
venture of Schuyler and Yate Counties Cornell Cooperative Extension.
COMMUNITY FOOD GROWING SERIES: SEED STARTING
Monday, March 22, 6:008:00 pm
CCE-Tompkins Education Center, 615 Willow Avenue, Ithaca NY 14850
In this session, we finally get our hands dirty!
We will be sowing the first seeds of the season
such a tomatoes and cabbage, and learning how to
make our own potting soil . Instructors: Pat
Curran and Josh Dolan. $5/session or $20 for the
entire series. Pre-registration required. Contact
Josh Dolan at [email protected] or call (607) 272-2292.
COMMUNITY FOOD GROWING SERIES: TRAINING FOR GARDEN MENTORS & SITE COORDINATORS
Monday, March 29, 6:008:00 pm
CCE-Tompkins Education Center, 615 Willow Avenue, Ithaca NY 14850
For gardeners who would like to help their
community grow more food, this session will
orient new Community Food Growers into
CCE-Tompkins' Garden Mentor program, and explore
the many resources and considerations for
managing existing gardens and establishing new
ones. Instructor: Josh Dolan. $5/session or $20
for the entire series. Pre-registration required.
Contact Josh Dolan at [email protected] or call (607) 272-2292.
GARDEN NETWORK EDUCATORS MEETING
Tuesday, March 30, 6:00-7:30pm
CCE-Tompkins Education Center, 615 Willow Avenue, Ithaca NY 14850
FREE! Geared toward any formal and informal
educators interested in garden based
education. Presentations from fellow educators
on a variety of topics, share resources and
curriculum ideas, and work on strategies to
spread gardens in the community. Contact Josh
Dolan with questions or presentation proposals at
[email protected] or (607) 272-2292.
COMMUNITY FOOD GROWING SERIES: PESTS &
DISEASES
Tuesday, April 6, 7:00-8:30pm
CCE-Tompkins Education Center, 615 Willow Avenue, Ithaca NY 14850
Learn how to keep your plants healthy by
recognizing the early warning signs of plant
damage as well as some preventative measures you
can take to keep the bugs away. Instructor:
Monika Roth. $5/session or $20 for the entire
series. Pre-registration required. Contact Josh
Dolan at [email protected] or call (607) 272-2292.
INVASIVE PLANTS: HOW TO IDENTIFY & CONTROL
Thursday April 8, 6:30-8:30 pm
CCE-Tompkins Education Center, 615 Willow Avenue, Ithaca NY 14850
This class will help you ID invasive plants in
our gardens and natural landscapes. Learn each
invaders life cycle, control and eradication,
plus suggestions for natives that can be used
instead. Pre-registration required so enough
handouts will be prepared. Fee: $5. Call (607) 272-2292 to sign up.
GROWING FRUIT AT HOME
Saturday, April 17, 8:30am-2:00pm
Reisinger's Apple Country Orchard, 2750 Apple
Lane off Ellison Road, Watkins Glen, NY
Growing fruit at home can be fun and provide your
family with fresh, flavorful and nutritious food.
This full day class covers the basics youll need
to succeed with apples, pears, peaches, plums,
cherries, blueberries, raspberries, and
strawberries. It will also mention nut trees,
currants and gooseberries. Sessions cover site
selection and preparation, including soil testing
and fertilizing; critter control and small scale
irrigation; planting, pruning, pest control and
other growing practices. Optional lunch session
on the nutritional value of fruit, and techniques
for preserving the harvest. Bring your own
lunch. Fee: $25/person or $40/couple.
Preregistration is required: call Tioga County
Cooperative Extension at (607) 687-4020 or email
Molly Shaw at <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected].
COMMUNITY FOOD GROWING SERIES: SEASON
EXTENSION
Tuesday, April 27, 4:30-6:00pm
Ithaca Childrens Garden at Cass Park, Rt. 89, Ithaca NY 14850
In our cold climate, serious food growers have
developed many ways to protect their plants
during the cold spring, fall and winter
months. We will join the Ithaca Childrens
Garden learning about basic cold frame
construction and use, floating row covers, hoop
houses and cold season crop
selection. Instructor: Josh Dolan. $5/session
or $20 for the entire series. Pre-registration
required. Contact Josh Dolan at [email protected] or call (607) 272-2292.
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