At least 17 instructors will present the course topics, which include history and philosophy of organic gardening, site planning and plant physiology, water and xeriscaping, soil and soil amendments, plant taxonomy, weed control, season extension, pruning, seed saving, seed starting and transplanting, annuals and perennials, insect interactions, plant pathology, genetically modified plants, tree planting and maintenance, composting / vermicomposting, vegetable gardens, and backyard habitat.
Optional Saturday field trips include a trip to an urban farm, a garden that grows medicinal and edible wild plants, the historic garden at Wylie House, and the permaculture garden in Green Acres neighborhood. There will also be a look at predators in the garden, a pruning primer and a lab at IU.
Read more at the Herald Times Online site>
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Showing posts with label Organic. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Monday, August 10, 2009
Unusual duel of blooms & bees - Horticulture and honey mission cross swords over pesticide use
Kohima/New Delhi: It is a strange duel in India’s Northeast — between organic honeybees and inorganic flowers — that threatens the “organic label” and exposes the growing rural-urban divide.On the one hand, is a small village on the Myanmar border that is a model for exploiting a multi-crore rupee honey market abroad.
Away in the big towns of Nagaland, the rich and famous want capital-intensive floriculture to be the mainstay for the state.
The result is a clash between a pioneering Nagaland Honey and Bee Mission and the government’s obsession of some years, floriculture. Read more of the article by NISHIT DHOLABHAI at the Telegraph site>
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Ben Lomond, CA: Class: How To Start a Winter Vegetable Garden
Tuesday, Aug 18 9:00a to 3:00p at Love Apple Farm, Ben Lomond, CA
Learn how to start and tend a winter vegetable garden. Growing a garden in winter is possible with our mild California climate. Winter gardens are not just limited to greens and cabbage. We will discuss over 20 different kinds of winter vegetables, and sow a flat to take home to tend and transplant. read more
Price: Tuition: $55 Materials: $20
Phone: (831) 588-3801
Age Suitability: Teens and up
Learn how to start and tend a winter vegetable garden. Growing a garden in winter is possible with our mild California climate. Winter gardens are not just limited to greens and cabbage. We will discuss over 20 different kinds of winter vegetables, and sow a flat to take home to tend and transplant.
Learn how to start and tend a winter vegetable garden. Growing a garden in winter is possible with our mild California climate. Winter gardens are not just limited to greens and cabbage. We will discuss over 20 different kinds of winter vegetables, and sow a flat to take home to tend and transplant. read more
Price: Tuition: $55 Materials: $20
Phone: (831) 588-3801
Age Suitability: Teens and up
Learn how to start and tend a winter vegetable garden. Growing a garden in winter is possible with our mild California climate. Winter gardens are not just limited to greens and cabbage. We will discuss over 20 different kinds of winter vegetables, and sow a flat to take home to tend and transplant.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Canadian Horticultural Therapy Association (CHTA) annual conference,"Good for the Soil, Good for the Soul"
Guelph - The 2009 CHTA conference, "Good for the Soil, Good for the Soul", highlights ways in which horticultural therapy (HT) and therapeutic horticulture (TH) nurture both the earth and ourselves. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn more about organic gardening techniques and to dig deeply into the connections with nature that make HT and TH programs so effective.
The CHTA is delighted to welcome Marjorie Harris as the keynote speaker on Saturday, September 19th. One of Canada's best known garden writers, Marjorie has written 15 gardening books, including The Healing Garden and Pocket Gardening. Her latest book is a reissue of Ecological Gardening: Your Path to a Healthy Garden.
Read more>
The CHTA is delighted to welcome Marjorie Harris as the keynote speaker on Saturday, September 19th. One of Canada's best known garden writers, Marjorie has written 15 gardening books, including The Healing Garden and Pocket Gardening. Her latest book is a reissue of Ecological Gardening: Your Path to a Healthy Garden.
Read more>
A growth opportunity
By KIM PALMER
Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
At 5 p.m. on a recent Tuesday, when many workers were heading home, employees at one downtown Minneapolis public relations firm capped off their workday by getting their hands dirty in a Delano, Minn., farm field. Together, they picked beans and beets, pulled weeds and hoed the pumpkin patch at the organic vegetable garden sponsored by their employer, Haberman & Associates.
"It's an experiment," said co-founder and CEO Fred Haberman, who hatched the idea earlier this year with business partner Liz Morris Otto, who hosts the garden at her hobby farm.
Read more>
Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
At 5 p.m. on a recent Tuesday, when many workers were heading home, employees at one downtown Minneapolis public relations firm capped off their workday by getting their hands dirty in a Delano, Minn., farm field. Together, they picked beans and beets, pulled weeds and hoed the pumpkin patch at the organic vegetable garden sponsored by their employer, Haberman & Associates.
"It's an experiment," said co-founder and CEO Fred Haberman, who hatched the idea earlier this year with business partner Liz Morris Otto, who hosts the garden at her hobby farm.
Read more>
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
How to get rid of scale insects on houseplants organically
| Scale insects on indoor plants present a tricky problem in many respects. They can be easily overlooked until the population builds up to a troublesome level. Once detected, repeated efforts are necessary to eradicate them. And now, horticultural experts are advising against the use of the most common ecologically-oriented home remedy, dish detergent. Read more: | |
| How to get rid of scale insects on houseplants organically Source: examiner.com | |
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
US: Purshade reduces sunburn and improves grade, driving higher value for apple growers worldwide
| Solar plant protectant helps organic and conventional growers stay competitive US: Purshade reduces sunburn and improves grade, driving higher value for apple growers worldwide Read more: | |
| US: Purshade reduces sunburn and improves grade, driving higher value for apple growers worldwide Source: freshplaza.com | |
Thursday, June 25, 2009
New Organic Vegetable Production Guides Now Available
Guides Assist Farmers Who Are Transitioning to Organic; Selling to Processors
ALBANY, NY (06/22/2009)(readMedia)-- New York State Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker today announced the availability of organic production guides for growers of certain vegetable crops. The new guides provide information for farmers on how to grow organic carrots, peas, snap beans, and cucurbits, which includes winter squash and cucumbers, for the processing sector.
"There is a growing interest from food processors here in New York State to procure local and organically grown vegetables," the Commissioner said. "We also have farmers who are seeking to transition to organic production and are in need of specific information on how to grow certain crops. These production guides were developed in response to both of those desires and are the first in what we hope will be a series of useful and practical production guides for those seeking to transition into organic."
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ALBANY, NY (06/22/2009)(readMedia)-- New York State Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker today announced the availability of organic production guides for growers of certain vegetable crops. The new guides provide information for farmers on how to grow organic carrots, peas, snap beans, and cucurbits, which includes winter squash and cucumbers, for the processing sector.
"There is a growing interest from food processors here in New York State to procure local and organically grown vegetables," the Commissioner said. "We also have farmers who are seeking to transition to organic production and are in need of specific information on how to grow certain crops. These production guides were developed in response to both of those desires and are the first in what we hope will be a series of useful and practical production guides for those seeking to transition into organic."
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Monday, June 22, 2009
Organic production assistance available
TRAVERSE CITY -- A federal program to assist organic growers and farmers wanting to convert to organic production has been extended by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Up to $950,000 is available in Michigan through the USDA's Environmental Quality Incentives Program. The application deadline has been extended to June 26. The program will help pay for 20 different conservation practices including conservation crop rotation, cover crop, nutrient and pest management, grazing and forage harvest management. The incentive program covers up to 75 percent of the estimated cost for implementing new conservation measures.
More information and application forms are available from local USDA Service Centers. Information is also available online at www.mi.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/eqip.html.
Up to $950,000 is available in Michigan through the USDA's Environmental Quality Incentives Program. The application deadline has been extended to June 26. The program will help pay for 20 different conservation practices including conservation crop rotation, cover crop, nutrient and pest management, grazing and forage harvest management. The incentive program covers up to 75 percent of the estimated cost for implementing new conservation measures.
More information and application forms are available from local USDA Service Centers. Information is also available online at www.mi.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/eqip.html.
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