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SUMMARY:(Benicia) Composting for Households
DESCRIPTION:Composting for Households\n6-7:30 pm\, Heritage Presbyterian Church\, Benicia \nMichael Wedgley of Soilogical BioSolutions and Designs will be discussing three different methods of household composting\, including worm composting\, passive composting\, and the more complex thermophilic composting. This presentation will be an introduction to composting. Michael also will host a composting demonstration during the annual food forest tour on April 22. Register here! \nThis class is generously funded by Republic Services \nAbout Michael Wedgley: \nMichael Wedgley is a permaculture designer and a certified Soil Food Web Lab Technician. He specializes in edible and native landscapes\, as well as applied microbiology for the elimination of pesticides and fertilizers. As a Soil Food Web Lab Technician\, he assesses the microbiome of soils to help growers and gardeners understand the biological needs of their soil.
URL:https://sustainablesolano.org/event/benicia-composting-for-households/
LOCATION:Heritage Presbyterian Church\, Benicia
CATEGORIES:garden,permaculture,soil
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SUMMARY:(Online) Intro to Permaculture
DESCRIPTION:Intro to Permaculture\n5-6:30 pm\, Register for Zoom link \nDiscover how to create sustainable and self-sufficient ecosystems by observing and mimicking nature. Michael Wedgley of Soilogical BioSolutions and Designs will go over the basics of permaculture in this online class. Learn how to apply permaculture principles to design your home\, garden and community! Learn more and register here.
URL:https://sustainablesolano.org/event/online-intro-to-permaculture/
LOCATION:Online/Zoom
CATEGORIES:garden,online,permaculture,soil
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SUMMARY:(Vacaville) Growing Edible Mushrooms at Home
DESCRIPTION:Growing Edible Mushrooms at Home\n1-2:30 pm\, Vacaville Cultural Center Library \nClass is full. Please register for waitlist. \nIn this Growing Mushrooms 101 class you will be introduced to the science behind growing these delicious fungi and will walk through the process of setting up a grow bag that could produce about 3-5 pounds of mushrooms. Farmer Mac will show us how to care of the growing body of mycelium\, how to harvest\, and what to do to receive a second harvest. Participants will take a bag home. Class size is limited\, so register here to attend.
URL:https://sustainablesolano.org/event/vacaville-growing-edible-mushrooms-at-home/
LOCATION:Vacaville Cultural Center Library
CATEGORIES:garden,mushrooms,soil
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SUMMARY:(Benicia & Vallejo) Annual Demonstration Food Forest Tour
DESCRIPTION:Have you ever seen a food forest? Are you interested in growing your own food or want to replace your lawn with a more sustainable landscape? Our Annual Food Forest Tour is back! Do not miss out on the chance to tour our demonstration edible gardens fed by secondary water (roofwater and/or laundry-to-landscape greywater system) in Benicia and Vallejo! \nLearn more and register here! \nLearn simple techniques that you can apply to your own yard to create a vibrant\, food-producing ecosystem using water wisely. Ask our food forest keepers questions\, enjoy the gardens\, be inspired and get ideas on how you can work these design principles into your own yard! \nHow it will work: \n\nYou can choose to tour for the whole day or for half a day on Saturday\, April 22\nBenicia Demonstration Food Forest Gardens will be open 10-1 pm\nVallejo Demonstration Food Forest Gardens will be open 1-4 pm\n\nItinerary pickup and special events: \n\n9-11 am: A detailed itinerary with garden locations will be distributed at Avant Garden in Benicia (400 First St.) This itinerary will include all of the demonstration food forest gardens in Benicia (open in the morning) and Vallejo (open in the afternoon).\n9 am: Author and owner of Native Sun Gardens\, Joshua Burman Thayer\, will give a talk at Avant Garden on California Food Forests\, he will have copies of his book Food Forests for First Timers available for purchase.\n12-1 pm: Itineraries for the Vallejo garden sites (open in the afternoon) will be available at Vallejo People’s Garden: located behind 1055 Azuar Dr(Global Center for Success BLDG 733)\n12 pm: John Davenport\, owner of Cali Ground Troops\, will be giving a talk on permaculture and will provide a guided tour of the newly established Pollinator Pathway garden recently installed near Vallejo People’s Garden\n\nThis tour is supported through the Solano County Water Agency \n$10 suggested donation
URL:https://sustainablesolano.org/event/benicia-vallejo-annual-demonstration-food-forest-tour-2/
LOCATION:Benicia & Vallejo Gardens
CATEGORIES:food forest,garden,local food,tour
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SUMMARY:(Fairfield) Seventh Day Adventist Food Forest Expansion
DESCRIPTION:Learn to transform a growing space into a perennial food forest garden from 4-7 pm on Thursday\, April 27\, and Tuesday\, May 2. \nLearn more and register here! \nJoin us to learn about sustainable food production and help install a market garden and demonstration food forest garden to provide food to underserved communities in Fairfield! \nThis public\, hands-on installation workshop series will create a demonstration food forest garden at the Fairfield Community Seventh Day Adventist Church\, providing an opportunity to learn about permanent beds\, hedgerows\, and permaculture. \nThis project is in partnership with Fairfield Community Seventh Day Adventist Church. \nThursday\, April 27 \n\nLearn how to prepare a growing space for a perennial food forest and lay irrigation to ensure its success.\nVolunteer tasks: Plant\, move woodchips\, and lay irrigation lines\n\n* wear mask. closed toe shoes\, sun protection\, bring gloves and water \n 
URL:https://sustainablesolano.org/event/fairfield-seventh-day-adventist-food-forest-expansion/
LOCATION:Fairfield Community Seventh Day Adventist Church
CATEGORIES:food forest,garden,installation
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SUMMARY:(Fairfield) Growing Mushrooms in Your Garden
DESCRIPTION:Growing Mushrooms Outside in Your Garden\n1-2:30 pm\, City Church Fairfield \nClass is full. Please register for waitlist. \nMushrooms have so many benefits\, not just for our physical and mental health but for the soil as well. Even though not all mushrooms are edible\, in this Growing Mushrooms 101 class you will be introduced a strain that is quite happy to grow in your garden and equally delicious and safe to prepare in your kitchen\, the King Strafarian or lovingly known in the mushroom community as the Garden Giant. You will learn about the science behind growing these delicious fungi\, some of their benefits and will walk through the process of inoculating a garden bed and pathways. Then take spores home to inoculate your own garden beds.
URL:https://sustainablesolano.org/event/vacaville-growing-mushrooms-in-your-garden/
LOCATION:City Church of Fairfield
CATEGORIES:garden,mushrooms,soil
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