Workshop Series
Visit this link to see workshops provided throughout the spring, summer, and fall of 2010 by members of the Albuquerque Backyard Farms Collaborative, a group of organizations committed to teaching people how to grow healthy food and herbs in their own backyards:
ALBUQUERQUE BACKYARD FARMS WORKSHOPS
Next Workshop: Watering Systems - Drip, Soaker Hoses, Hand Watering, Connecting with Rainwater Harvesting, Sunday, April 18, 1 - 4 PM, with Zoe Wilcox and a Guest Instructor, email melanie@melanierubincoaching.com for pre-registration, cost, and location information
First 2010 Workshop in the series was: Sun, March 7, 1 - 4 pm, The Source, 1111 Carlisle SE
Planning and Planting to Take Your Garden to the Next Level
With Yvonne Scott of www.outrageousgardens.com
Cost: $10 - $15, sliding scale
This workshop helped participants plan a garden for spring, summer, fall, and winter. They learned what to seed directly into the ground, what to raise as seedling for transplant (and how), how to best support the plants in their gardens from previous seasons, and how to transplant most effectively. We also addressed best uses for your winter compost, and how to prepare existing beds for greatest success this year. For more info about The Source visit www.thesourceabq.com .
Other Workshops in 2010
Note: Locations, times, and presenters vary.
To pre-register and for more information, call 261-3214 or
email melanie@melanierubincoaching.com.
To pre-register and for more information, call 261-3214 or
email melanie@melanierubincoaching.com.
May 15 Gardening in the Heat of the Summer: Hot crop planting, dealing with garden pests, and sun protection.
May 29 Beekeeping: Learn the basics of raising bees in your backyard while you keep both yourself and the bees safe and healthy!
June 12 Raising Urban Chickens: Entertain yourself, family, friends and neighbors while you get the best eggs in the world from your own backyard.
Aug 14 Healthy Nutrition from your Backyard: Understand how to have a very healthy diet, and learn how you can meet many nutritional needs from what you raise in your own back yard. Includes cooking instruction.
Aug 28 Food Conserving: How to can and dry food to keep it through the winter, and how to build a root cellar that can keep many of your crops.
Oct 1 Fall Gardening: Fall planting for fresh vegetables throughout the winter, and preparing for next year with composting and sheet mulching.
Summer, 2009 workshops included:
1. Site Assessment and Permaculture Design for the Backyard Farm
with Zoe Edrington and Melanie Rubin
2. Garden Planting
with Yvonne Scott, Zoe Edrington, and visitors from the
Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
3. Rainwater Harvesting and Greywater Systems
with Alberto Lopez and Zoe Edrington
4. Raising Urban Chickens
with Zoe Edrington
5. The Basics of Beekeeping
with Casey Paul
Learning, growing, sharing, having fun, being outside, enjoying nature, eating good food, getting exercise, and being with our neighbors, families, and friends. Does it get any better than that?
