Backyard Abundance calendar of events and classes. http://www.backyardabundance.org/DesktopModules/EventsCalendar/feed.aspx?PortalID=0&ModuleID=385&TabID=65&CategoryID=4 en-US fred.meyer@BackyardAbundance.org fred.meyer@BackyardAbundance.org Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:45:26 GMT Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:45:26 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blog RSS Generator Version 2.5.5.8863 <p>Red Fern Farm is offering a tour of its property. The farm sells a wide variety of nuts and fruits.</p> <p>Visit their website:&#160;<a target="_blank" href="http://www.redfernfarm.com">http://www.redfernfarm.com</a></p> <p>We will be showing off the chestnut trees during harvest time. You will get to see the nuts on the trees and ripe nuts falling to the ground. Feel free to try your hand out at harvesting chestnuts. We will also be talking about paw paws, persimmons, Asian pears, hazel nuts, and the newest craze: Aronia berries.</p> <p>We plan for an afternoon of touring and talks. We start out at the house, under the carport, at 1:00 with handouts and a brief farm history. We then walk around the grounds near the house showing off and talking on paw paws, persimmons, Asian pears and hazels. Since we landscape with permaculture principles, the ground near our home is always interesting.</p> <p>After the home ground tour we head over to the “Across–the-road” fields which are located 1/3 of a mile from our home. Feel free to walk or to drive the short distance. The fields contain two large plantings of Chinese chestnut. Also across the road is our 2.5 acre Aronia Berry planting. This Aronia Berry patch was planted during the summer of 2007. It is interplanted with paw paws, chestnut, black walnut, and heart nut.</p> <p>We won’t be serving any lunch, but feel free to bring a picnic blanket and lunch and dine around our house or under the chestnut trees before the tour begins.</p> http://www.backyardabundance.org/ClassesandEvents/Calendar/tabid/65/ctl/ViewDetail/Mid/385/ItemID/112/d/20100918/Default.aspx http://www.backyardabundance.org/DesktopModules/EventsCalendar/feed.aspx?tabid=65&EntryID=112 Sat, 18 Sep 2010 19:00:00 GMT <p>James Nisly is putting the finishing touches on his 3,000 sq ft commercial root cellar. Come hear about his plans for the storage space and his experiences getting the cellar built. Presenters will discuss planning, building, and storing products in a root cellar.</p> <p>Free for Practical Farmers of Iowa members; $10 for non-members. Sponsored by Ceres Foundation. For more information, contact James Nisly at 319/936-6510, organicgreens@earthlink.net</p> http://www.backyardabundance.org/ClassesandEvents/Calendar/tabid/65/ctl/ViewDetail/Mid/385/ItemID/129/d/20101016/Default.aspx http://www.backyardabundance.org/DesktopModules/EventsCalendar/feed.aspx?tabid=65&EntryID=129 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 15:00:00 GMT