EAT OUR YARDS: Home-scale Dairy and Chickens

EVENT: EAT OUR YARDS LECTURE SERIES WHEN: March 1^st – April 5^th 2017
LOCATION: Morrell Meeting Room, Curtis Memorial Library

Eat Our Yards – Food for Thought to Plant Your Plot

Join us for a series of lectures meant to help anyone turn their yard into an edible paradise. Learn to decorate your front lawn with edible ornamentals, turn your backyard into a living kitchen pantry, or grow your own medicine. Beginner gardeners can benefit from talks on vegetable gardening strategies, while experts at small-scale growing can expand their skills with knowledge of perennial fruits and vegetables. All can explore gardening beyond traditional crops with the series’ lectures on how novices can care for bees, mushrooms and livestock. Bring your questions, leave with notes, and grow with us! FMI 725-5242 ext. 228 or honsrud@curtislibrary.com

This program is FREE and open to the public. For more information, visit www.curtislibrary.com/eatouryards

Schedule: 

March 1^st, Wednesday 6:30 – 8 PM

Guidance on Town Zoning for Animals and Pest-free Yards (Including Browntail Moths)

Heidi Nelson – Brunswick Animal Control

Mary Ann Nahf  – Harpswell Conservation Commission

March 3^rd, Friday, 12 – 1 :30 PM

Vegetable Gardening in Maine

David Elliott—Master Gardener and Instructor for Landscape for Life

March 8^th, Wednesday, 12 – 1 :30 PM

Citrus Trees and Indoor Food Gardening

Joanne Suley – Skillins Greenhouses

March 13th, Monday, 12 – 1 :30 PM

Home-scale Dairy and Chickens

Laura Grady  – Two Coves Farm

March 21^st, Tuesday, 6:30– 8 PM

A Medicinal Garden in Your Yard

Katie Munn  –  Anchor Rose Apothecary

March 23^rd, Thursday, 6:30– 8 PM

Perennial Vegetables for Maine

Aaron Parker—Edgewood Nursery

March 29^th, Wednesday, 12-1:30 PM

Backyard Bees

Mike McNally— Cumberland and Sagadahoc Beekeepers Associations

March 29^th, Wednesday, 6:30 – 8 PM

Planning a Garden for Preserving

Kate McCarty —University of Maine Cooperative Extension

March 30^th, Thursday, 6:30 – 8 PM

Grow Your Own Mushrooms

Ben Whatley—Whatley Farm

March 31^st, Friday, 12-1:30 PM

Edible Ornamentals

Lisa Fernandez — The Resilience Hub

April 3^rd, Monday, 12-1:30 PM

Types of Gardens and Library Resources

Hazel Onsrud – Curtis Memorial Library

April 5^th, Wednesday, 6:30 – 8 PM

Transform Your Community: Permablitz!

Heather Foran— The Resilience Hub