I’ve been busy planning my workshops for the next several months and beyond. Here’s a list of what I have confirmed and some that are just possibilities at this point. Remember, conference registrations can make nice gifts! (as can books – click my Book Reviews category in the side bar.)
Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group
Practical Tools and Solutions for Sustaining Family Farms conference, KY.
Dates: January 29-30, 2016 (pre-conference Jan 27-28)
Location: Lexington Convention Center, 430 West Vine Street, Lexington, KY 40507
Registration: $199 including Taste of Kentucky banquet
http://www.ssawg.org/2016-conference-program
Pam’s Workshop: Friday, 9:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Intensive Vegetable Production on a Small Scale — Learn techniques for raising large amounts of food on small acreages. Pam Dawling, who raises vegetables for a 100-person community on 3.5 acres, will discuss direct sowing and growing of transplants, close spacing, raised beds, irrigation, disease and pest management, and season extension techniques. This session will be valuable for small market farmers and urban farmers who want to maximize production with limited space.
Book Signing: Thursday, January 28 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Date: Sun, Feb 28, 2016 2-4 pm
Location: Culpeper County Library, 271 Southgate Shopping Center, Culpeper, VA 22701
Workshop topic: talk about my book, research, importance, etc. for 30 – 45 minutes, then 15 – 30 minutes Q&A. CSA Farmers at an info table. (National CSA sign up day)
Signing and selling books.
Organic Growers School, Asheville, NC
Dates: March Fri 11-Sun 13 2016.
Location: University of North Carolina Asheville, UNCA
Workshop topics: Growing Great Garlic – Planting, harvest, curing, storing and the selection of planting stock are comprehensively covered in this workshop. As well as both hardneck and softneck bulb garlic, this workshop covers “byproduct crops” such as garlic scallions and scapes, which are ready early in the year when new crops are at a premium.
Intensive Vegetable Production on a Small Scale — Raise large amounts of food on small acreages. Learn about crop planning and record-keeping, growing and maintaining healthy soils, using crop rotations, cover crops, organic mulches and the basics of compost making (and growing). Compare methods for direct sowing and growing transplants. Learn about plant spacing, raised beds, irrigation, disease, pest and weed management, and season extension techniques. For both small market farmers and urban farmers who want to maximize production with limited space.
Handouts
Workshops are 1.5 hours each
Signing and selling books.
New Country Organics, Waynesboro, VA
Small class, about 15 people
Date: Saturday March 26, 10am-noon.
Location: New Country Organics 801 2nd Street Waynesboro, VA 22980 To be confirmed
My contact: Jillian Lowery jillian.lowery@newcountryorganics.com
www.newcountryorganics.com 540-184-1956 844-933-3337
Workshop topic: Succession Planting
Handouts
Selling and signing books
Mother Earth News Fair, Asheville, NC (to be confirmed)
Anticipated Weekend Attendance: 15,000
Dates: Saturday April 9 – Sunday April 10, 2016 (to be confirmed)
Location: Western North Carolina Agricultural Center, 1301 Fanning Bridge Road,
Fletcher, NC 28732
Registration: $25 weekend pass.
Workshops: (to be decided)
Book-signing
Louisa Master Gardener class tour of TO gardens
Date: Thursday, April 21
Location: Twin Oaks Community
Dates: September 9-10 2016
Location: Monticello, near Charlottesville, Virginia
Tickets: TBD
Workshops: To be decided
Book-signing
Mother Earth News Fair, Seven Springs, Pennsylvania. (to be confirmed)
Anticipated Weekend Attendance: 18,000
Dates: Friday-Sunday September 23-25, 2016
Location: Seven Springs Mountain Resort, 777 Waterwheel Drive, Seven Springs, Pa. 15622
Registration: $20 weekend pass
Workshop topics to be decided
Book-signing
New Country Organics, Waynesboro, VA (to be confirmed)
Date: Saturday October??, 10am-noon. About 15 people
Location: To be confirmed: New Country Organics 801 2nd Street Waynesboro, VA 22980
My contact: Jillian Lowery jillian.lowery@newcountryorganics.com
www.newcountryorganics.com 540-184-1956 844-933-3337
Workshop topic: Cold Hardy Winter Vegetables
Handouts
Selling and signing books
Mother Earth News Fair, Topeka, KS (to be confirmed)
Anticipated Weekend Attendance: 12,000
Dates: October 22-23, 2016
Location: One Expocentre Dr., Topeka, KS 66612
Registration: $20 weekend pass
Workshop topics to be decided
Book-signing
Photo McCune Porter
Meanwhile, here and now, on the ground, a photo of our much-beloved Ruby Streaks, in our Eat-All Greens patch, being used as salad greens.