Korean Natural Farming Workshop

This just in from Linda of the Dancing Tomato Farm Carlisle:

There were a number of folks who expressed interest in being able to make their own fertilizers, compost activators, soil builders and seed soaks, and this will be a great place to learn just how to do it.

May 3 at Overlook Farm in Rutland through NOFA.  Less than 45 minutes away. 

Attached are some flyers related to the workshop.

- Dave

KNF flyer.pdf - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3i83O27YAaDV0kzRVh2MkJQYUk/edit?usp=sharing


Mail-in Registration Form .pdf - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3i83O27YAaDTkRueGxnVEt2QWM/edit?usp=sharing

AMERICAN OAKS: A GENUS TO LOVE

April 2, 7 pm
Tim Boland, Director of the Polly Hill Arboretum on Martha's Vineyard
At the Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway
Grow Native Massachusetts: Every Garden Matters---Every Landscape Counts
Our American Oaks are extraordinarily diverse, display complex ecological relationships, and play an important planetary role in ecosystem stability. For a calendar, go to: http://www.grownativemass.org/programs/eveningswithexperts

2014 SPRING PLANT SALE

MIDDLESEX CONSERVATION DISTRICT (www.middlesexconservation.org)
Support local conservation and agriculture! Choose from garden supplies, shrubs, trees, fruits, berries, ground covers, perennials. Place your orders by March 31: Pick up at the sale on April 25 or April 26.

Reminder - TUES FEB 25th 7:00PM - 2014 Cousins Field Garden Kick-Off Meeting

It's hard to believe as we gaze out our windows, but the 2014 growing season is approaching. Kitty has been kind enough to reserve the Fowler Library Lower Level Community Room at 7pm on TUESDAY FEB 25th for our 2014 garden planning meeting. Light refreshments will be provided.

Please let us know as soon as possible if you do not plan on continuing at the garden for this coming season. We have a long waiting list and would want to invite new participants to the planning session. We've done our best to make sure we included everyone in this email who participated in 2013, but if you notice we have missed anyone, please let us know.

Given schedules, it may be that you are unable to attend this meeting time. If so, please let us know and we will make arrangements to get the information to you. Also if there are any agenda items that you'd like to include, please let us know.

Agenda will follow shortly.

Looking forward to Spring and a great growing season!

Donna DeAngelis and Ted Guertin
Cousins Field Community Garden Co-Coordinators

The Main Course: Museum of Science - NOW THROUGH APRIL 13, 2014

Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture through April 13, 2014
Dig in to sections devoted to growing, transporting, cooking, eating and celebrating! Explore the complex food system that brings what we eat from farm to fork. Learn how food is produced and moved throughout the world, and gain a renewed understanding and appreciation for the food you eat.

CLIMATE SOLUTIONS: MEETING THE CHALLENGE

“Eco-Mind: Changing the Way We Think to Create the World We Want" with Frances Moore Lappé

SAVE THE DATE - Friday, March 14, 2014, 7 - 9 PM
Trinitarian Congregational Church, 54 Walden St., Concord, MA

Frances Moore Lappé is the author or co-author of 18 books including the three-million copy “Diet for a Small Planet". Her most recent work, Eco-Mind, (released by Nation Books in September 2011) is the winner of a silver medal from the Independent Publisher Book Awards in the Environment/Ecology/Nature category.

ConcordCAN!, joining with five other local sponsors, is pleased to announce that the next major speaker in the “Climate Solutions” speaker series will be renowned author and speaker Frances Moore Lappé. Save the date now; and stand by for further details!!
Frances Moore Lappé brings her brilliant and original mind to deeply consider the question of how best to approach the climate crisis. In her Concord appearance on March 14, she will assure us “that solutions to global crises are right in front of our noses, and our real challenge is to free ourselves from self-defeating thought traps that keep us from bringing these solutions to life.” In keeping with her upbeat message, the event will open with the lively music of local singer-guitarist, Tom Yates. There will be a book signing and reception at the conclusion of her remarks.

Wildness in Our Midst: The Middlesex Fells

Bryan Hamlin, Botanist and Chairman, Friends of the Fells
Tuesday, February 18 at 7 PM
Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway
Grow Native Massachusetts: Every Garden Matters---Every Landscape Counts

The Middlesex Fells Reservation has an impressive diversity of 30 different habitat types that spring from its unique geology, topography, hydrology, soil, and climate. These habitats support a rich diversity of flora and fauna that is unusual for a metropolitan setting. Come learn about the exceptional biodiversity of this urban forest, first set aside as a reservation in 1894. We will then consider how these local plant communities can enlighten the design of our own gardens. Dr. Bryan Hamlin is the lead author of a nine-year study of the Fells’ flora published in 2012, and is the President of the New England Botanical Club. Check out this link for their calendar: http://www.grownativemass.org/programs/eveningswithexperts