Bitterroot Valley Food System
Community Food Project (CFP) and related events
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Permaculture Workshop - with Michael Pilarski - A Permaculture Approach to Food Production & Biomass in Agriculture and Gardening. Cost: $ 20 to $30 sliding scale, at the door.
Saturday, Feb 27, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, Human Resource Council Bldg, 316 N 3rd St., Hamilton, NE entrance.
Focus on gardening and small-scale farming (up to 10 acres). Low external inputs. Building soil, water harvesting, irrigation, getting the most production from a small space, vertical gardening, stacking, forest gardens, sun traps, perennial crops, native plants, permaculture design, zonation, rolling permaculture, integrating livestock, hedgerows, etc.. Where to start, stepwise evolution. In the biomass section of the workshop we will consider how to use all kinds of organic matter to improve crop production, soils, and ecosystem functioning. From household compost to shrub prunings, to spoiled hay, to wood chips, to whole tree trunks, stumps, slash piles and forest thinning projects. Small scale to large scale considerations. From wheelbarrows to dump trucks and heavy equipment.. How to sequester our carbon and eat it too. Energy from biomass, via creating hot water in composting, pyrolysis, biochar (Terra preta), charcoal, hugelkulturs (biomass mound gardens), mulching, etc. Contact Jill (below), or www.friendsofthetrees.net for Michael.
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(and - - see the cool picture below - what is it made of?)
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