Garden Planning Think about your garden goals for this year. If you keep a garden journal, look back and see what you’d like to do differently. Break out some graph paper and start drawing. Consider joining us Jan. 3 at 10 a.m. for Smart Garden Research, a workshop to help you navigate the...
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New Series Focuses on Homestead Skills
This month, we’re launching the Homestead Educational Series, a set of monthly classes dedicated to self-sufficiency and sustainability. The series is open to adults interested in learning a variety of practical skills and approaches for the home. No experience is necessary. “This Homesteading...
Winter as a Time for Rest and Getting Ahead
For any avid gardener, winter is a time of conservation and rehabilitation. I'm glad, in a way, that the toil has ended and I get a bit of rest from all the tasks that feel never-ending. But I'm still drawn to next season's plan. I'm scouring heritage seed catalogs in an attempt to add some new...
Three Seeds, One Community: Join Us This Growing Season
Tired of watching your grocery bills go up, up, up? Have you ever wanted to grow your own food but don't know where to start? This spring, the Orleans Community Seed Share is launching a program designed just for you. Three Seeds, One Community gives beginning gardeners free seeds, detailed...