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Farming on the Fringe Workshop
March 26, 2017 @ 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm
$25 – $35“Farming on the Fringe: Guerrilla Gardening on Marginal Acreage”
Sunday March 26th, 12:30-3:30 PM
Laughing Dog Farm, Gill, MA
This is a basic skills class for those who wish to grow (more of) their own high-quality, nutrient-dense food from marginal, “backyard” plots, containers, on rooftops, passive greenhouses, (or wherever) under a variety of real-life conditions. Inspired both by gleaning, “permaculture” priciples as well as the “guerrilla gardening” movement, (which teaches us to question “rules”, glean everything, and sow everywhere), inspired grower Danny Botkin will share low-tech, “alternative” propagation and season extension tactics, including “low-till” bed management, permanent sheet mulch, and the use of high and low “tunnels” to harvest high-quality sustenance around the calendar, with little machinery, capital or fossil fuel. The class includes a talk on basic permaculture gardening, followed by a farm/greenhouse tour, a pipe bending demo (for making low tunnel “hoops”), Q and A, plus farm snacks. Suggested donation: $25-$35. No one turned away. Space limited, please RSVP: 413-863-8696