The Learning Garden
The February Floods are here! Despite the seemingly ever-rising tide that is inundating everything, the garden team is still hard at work in the field, seeding, planting, harvesting & hustling to keep the food flowing. In the previous storm about fourteen of the fiberglass roof panels were blown off the Shade House roof; luckily with…
2017-02-08 UPDATE: Both workshops were documented, if you missed the events you can still watch the very informative & insightful videos below: FREE Dormant Season Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop when: Saturday, February 4th, 12pm where: PAUL’S ORCHARD – S. Harbor Drive (next to Thanksgiving Coffee) In this tree pruning workshop 40 year Mendo Coast horticulturist, Gerry York…
2016 May be ending, but our Winter garden is just getting started, take a look at what we’ve been up to: click on any image for high res It ends up what was sitting at the bottom of some massive compost heaps when I got…
A Winter Solstice Celebration Benefit for Bee Bold Mendocino: the campaign to preserve bees in Mendocino County December 21, 2016 Dinner 6-7:30PM, Dance 7:30PM Caspar Community Center Tickets available at: Beekeeper’s New Years Eve Brown Paper Tickets #2716496 Harvest Market, Fort Bragg Out of This World, Mendocino To celebrate Beekeepers New Years Eve—a traditional name…
We are accepting applications for the WINTER Internship! FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM HERE Quick info: Upon completion of 80 hours of work, interns will receive a $400 stipend. Hours for the after-school internship are: Tuesday 3:30-5:30pm Wednesday 1:15-3:15pm **Rotating schedule, every other Wednesday 1:15-5:15pm Farmers Market Thursday 3:30-5:30pm Every day is different and…
BUILD YOUR OWN COMPOST SIFTER Receive detailed construction plans and see a live demo. See one at the Learning Garden at Fort Bragg High School Contact with questions 707-357-7680
by Matthew Richards I had the good fortune to attend a recent talk given by Linda Leitner the venerable head gardener at the Redwood Coast Senior Center; the topic of the talk being a remarkable perennial gourd thought to originate from Mesoamerica. It is known by many names throughout the world but “Chayote” (Sechium edule)…
Reflections on the Ecology Action 3-Day Grow Biointensive Workshop in Willits, CA by Magnolia Barrett, Learning Garden Manager Sometimes, my alarm goes off in the morning and it takes all of my strength to leave to cozy, dark nest of my bed and face the world. Sometimes, the daunting reality of the current struggles facing…
Join us for the Bee Keepers New Years Eve! New Study Confirms Pollinator Decline Threatens our Food Supply by Cornelia Reynolds, Noyo Food Forest Executive Director Sometimes data can make something you think you already know oh so much more real. Bee Bold Mendocino exists to protect bees and other pollinators critical to our…