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🗓 GYO MICROGREENS RESCHEDULED 🌿 The February 15th Microgreens Workshop was postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. This will be rescheduled at a later date.
👉 MARCH WORKSHOPS 🐓 Registration is open for the March 8th Baguettes Workshop and the March 15th Raising Chickens 101 Workshop!
BAGUETTES, CRAFTSBURY 🥖 Learn to make your own baguettes with Martha Machia, who works at Salvation Farms and has worked for a number of bakeries in the area including Red Hen. Martha will lead the group in a hand-mixed baguette activity to understand the fundamentals of gluten formation, flour hydration, basic shaping techniques-all without a mixer. Every participant will go home with the dough they have made in the workshop, to be baked at home. They will also have a chance to taste baguettes. Baguette photo by Josh Peets
RAISING CHICKENS 101 🐥Interested in raising your own hens now that egg prices have skyrocketed? Deborah Hartt has decades of experience raising chickens and will lead you through the basics of raising egg layers and meat birds at home including where to get chicks, how to set up a brooder for chicks, coop basics, predator-proofing, egg-laying basics, manure management, feeders, chicken feed, waterers, and more. Participants will also gain skills and be able to practice breaking down a whole chicken.
👂SURVEY RESULTS 🎉 Thanks to all members who replied to our survey, and thanks to High Mowing Organic Seeds and Riverside Farms for the gift certificates. The results will help us with planning our future workshops! Winners of the drawing were Jamie Dutil and Nancy Riege. Congratulations!
👩🌾 GYO MEMBER QUESTIONS 🤔 Responses to a member’s question about resources to learn how to combat garden pests came in from members Peggy Newfield and Marge Gulyas. Thank you!
Both members recommended the UVM Master Gardener Helpline Phone: 800-639-2230, or online. Click below.
Ms. Gulyas also noted that Ann Hazelrigg, Director of the Plant Diagnostic Clinic for Vermont, oversees the Master Gardener Program, the UVM Pesticide Education and Safety Program and the Extension Educational Integrated Pest Management Program. Ms. Gulyas says she is an excellent speaker and may be reached at: Ann.hazelrigg@uvm.edu
Grow Your Own is a project of the Hardwick Area Food Pantry and the Center for an Agricultural Economy. The mission of Grow Your Own is to increase community food independence and well-being through shared skills, knowledge, and experience.
All workshops are from 1:30pm to 3:30pm. As always with Grow Your Own workshops, there will be time for sharing your own ideas, successes, challenges, and questions. There is a general camaraderie among those of us who love to cook and garden and preserve!
Workshops are always free. Donations are graciously accepted when you register.
Please note that Allyson Howell will be the lead point person for Grow Your Own this year. Ally is the Food Sovereignty Organizer for CAE and has been working in public health, local food systems, and community organizing for about a decade. She also partners with Northeast Kingdom Organizing on the Barton Hub and other projects. If you have any questions, concerns, or want to meet for coffee, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Ally at: allyson@caevt.org
Header Photo: Hillside Farm Chicks | Kelly Bogel Stokes Footer Photo: Community Gardens at Atkins Field | Elizabeth Roassano
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