Pickle Class...

We had to reschedule our pickle class to the following weekend. So now the class will be July 24th. If are intrested let me know. We will be making dilly beans, bread and buttler pickles, and talking about making classic fermented pickles.

Classes Posted!

I have finally posted our classes on our website.

Here are our Gardening Classes.

And here are our Preserving Workshops.

Class Series....

So we are thinking about this summer's classes... I am still working on details but here is the preliminary plans:

• Gardening Class Schedule: First Thursday of each month (evening)
  April Gardening Series: Seed Starting
  May Gardening Series: Laying out your garden
  June Gardening Series: Feeding your plants
  July Gardening Series: Organic pest & diseases control
  August Gardening Series: Succession planting
  September Gardening Series: Mid-summer questions
  October Gardening Series: First frosts & fall harvests
  November Gardening Series: First steps for next year

• Preserving Workshop Schedule: Third Saturday of each month
  June Preserving Workshop: Berry Jam
  July Preserving Workshop: Pickles
  August Preserving Workshop: Tomato Sauce
  September Preserving Workshop: Salsa & Summer Heat
  October Preserving Workshop: Apples
  November Preserving Workshop: Holiday Gifts

When I add them all up it looks like a lot! Especially on top of our season, but I am looking forward to them all... Please let us know if you have preliminary intrest.

First canning class...

Today we had our first ever Canning Class at the farm. It went really well, but I learned a lot, like everything ALWAYS takes longer in real life then in your head or on paper. But my "Guinea Pigs" were very kind. I had said the class would start at 4 and end around 6. We started a couple minutes after 4 but did not end until 7:30.

In that time the 6 of us made 24 jars of pepper jelly and 16 jars of salsa. Everyone went home with 3 jars of pepper jelly and 2 jars of salsa.

All in all I think it went well. I think the group opinion was not to do less but to just plan on scheduling more time.

I hope everyone walked away with the confidence to try their own canning at home. I feel like Julie in Julie & Julia "No fear! No fear!" Easy and safe as long as you follow some basic rules.

I guess more classes are in our future! Need to buy more stuff!

Wonder if there is intrest?

We are considering offering a series of gardening courses for people who want to grow more of their own food. It would go something like this the four P's of gardening:

• Fall class - Preparing your garden


• Winter class - Planning your garden


• Spring class - Planting your garden


• Summer class - Protecting your garden

They would then tie into the canning classes (which we still are hoping to offer this year!)