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Drip Irrigation: Parts & Repairs at Drip Coffee Lounge, just south of Sheridan on 7th Street
September 23, 2009 from 6:30pm to 8pm
Drip Irrigation: Parts & Repairs Instructor: Vynnie McDaniels Drip Coffee Lounge Requested donation: $10 (cash or check) RSVP: Limit 25 people, you must RSVP to guarantee a seat, this includes guests. Coffee and drinks only available for sale until…
September 15, 2009
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Fruit Trees with Greg Peterson at Home & Garden Expo Center-Scottsdale
September 19, 2009 from 12:30pm to 2pm
Fruit Trees with Greg Peterson Home & Garden Expo Center-Scottsdale 13802 N Scottsdale Rd Scottsdale 85254 Requested donation: $10 (Cash or check only) Learn what fruit trees to plant, what grows well and what doesn’t in the desert, the single most…
September 14, 2009
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Herb Garden at Madcap Theaters, Tempe
September 3, 2009 from 7:30pm to 8:30pm
Herb Garden Thursday, September 3rd, 7:30 - 8:30 PM Location: Madcap Theaters, Tempe Fee: $10 ticket covers both events Instructor: Doreen Pollack An herb garden is a great way to ease into edible gardens. Herbs do well in the Arizona heat and keep…
August 19, 2009
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The Five Zeroes of Solar Energy with Dru Bacon at Home & Garden Expo Center - Peoria
August 8, 2009 from 9:30am to 11am
The Five Zeroes of Solar Energy with Dru Bacon Saturday, August 8, 2009 9:30 - 11:00 AM Requested Donation: $10 (Cash or check only) Still trying to determine how to add solar energy to your life, home or business? This new solar class will show yo…
August 3, 2009
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PPG covers a very diverse range of areas regarding sustainability but the one subject which I have not seen on here (unless my blind eyes fail me) is pertaining to the storage of dried foods. While I joined the site to learn a great deal more about…
July 16, 2009
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August 19, 2009 from 6:30pm to 8pm
Raising Chickens in Your Backyard with Rachel Bess Wednesday, August 19th, 6:30 – 8:00 PM Location: REI - Tempe Requested donation: $10 Rachel will show you how easy it is to keep chickens in your backyard. Chickens in Phoenix? You bet! Chickens ma…
July 13, 2009
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Turning Apples to Applesauce in One Morning! at The Urban Farm (Outdoor Kitchen)
July 19, 2009 from 8am to 12pm
Turning Apples to Applesauce in One Morning! Date: Sunday, July 19th, 8:00 AM – Noon Instructor: Heather Welch Location: The Urban Farm (Outdoor Kitchen) Cost: $15 (Cash or check only) RSVP: Limit 20 people The apples are ripening all over the area…
July 1, 2009
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Food Preserving 101 at Drip Coffee Lounge, just south of Sheridan on 7th Street
July 15, 2009 from 6pm to 7:30pm
Food Preserving 101 Date: Wednesday, July 15th, 6:00 – 7:30 PM Instructor: Heather Welch Location: Drip Coffee Lounge Requested donation: $10 (Cash or check only) RSVP: Limit 20 people Coffee and drinks only available for sale until 6 PM! Preserve…
July 1, 2009
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July 11, 2009 from 9:30am to 11am
RSVPing for Part 1 in the series reserves your spot in all four parts of the series. Designing a Vegetable Garden - Part 1 of 4 with Heather Welch Saturdays 9:30 to 11:00 AM 7/11, 7/18, 7/25, 8/1 Requested Donation: $10 each class ($40 for the seri…
July 1, 2009
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Composting - Getting The Good Dirt at Drip Coffee Lounge, just south of Sheridan on 7th Street
July 8, 2009 from 6pm to 7:30pm
Composting - Getting The Good Dirt Wednesday, July 1st, 6:00 – 7:30 PM Requested Donation: $10 (Cash or check only) RSVP: Limit 20 people Coffee and drinks only available for sale until 6 PM! In this hands-on workshop, we will explore the myriad of…
July 1, 2009

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49 years young, been interested for years in gardening, sustainability and ecology interests and issues. Recently started to take steps to indulge and make it happen. Am loving it so far. Can't learn enough. Love the outdoors and have an immense respect and appreciation for life and nature.

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At 5:36pm on August 21, 2009, Heather Welch said…
Hi Robert,
Thank you so much for your comments about the class, it is always nice to hear that people enjoy it! And I am so glad that your interest in hanging gardens was piqued. I do not have any pictures loaded onto the computer yet but they will be coming online soon. As a brief description, the structure encompasses approximately a 20x30 area. It was designed to have the spiral curve of a nautilus shell, if you looked at it from the sky. The bones of the structure are rebar bent, welded and set into the ground, so that from ground level you walk into an archway with a 4' garden bed on each side that spirals into an open sitting area in the middle. Each piece of rebar is connected to the next by chicken wire, which is easy to move for different plants but sturdy enough to hold up the heavy melons and squash. Excepting pumpkins. :) Hope that helps. :) I will get pics up soon and I am also hosting a tour in oct. if you would like to check it out in person:
http://azhomegrownsolutions.ning.com/events/tour-haven-sustainable
Thanks, Heather
At 11:35am on July 27, 2009, green shoes said…
I sure am interested in viewing that movie. Please do let me know when you set up a viewing. I still am persuing better food storage and am perplexed at the options available...plastic: buckets and mylar bags or tin cans which are worse than plastic according to an article I read in the latest MEN.
At 3:43pm on July 15, 2009, Janine said…
Ah, I see Charles' comment below about the 20% fee. Why so high? Why not 10%?
And the 'men needing work'...as do women. ok ok, off to see if I can get my lab not smelling like a 'cat house' as Steve just said. I dropped a bottle of fragrance oil. lol
At 3:37pm on July 15, 2009, Janine said…
ROFL...how did you know my fear was in exploding pressure cookers??? yeppers, that's the fear. My mother instilled it in me as a child. That would be cool to see it done by someone who knows how. My hubby isn't afraid of pc's, but he doesn't know how to can.
At 7:08pm on July 14, 2009, Charles Calbom said…
Hey Robert, I am no computer junky, I don't know when you sent it, but I got your interest in a co-op. Oh ya I'm gonna do it some way and on some level. Co-operativism is a just, sane, and rational way of organizing a society. I am putting in my first "hope to make a little cash" plants in right now (fall warm season seedlings). I am also putting togeather a Community Exchange in conjunction with The Downtown Market. So first I gotta see if I can grow intensive vegetables. I also got to finish what I have started with The Community Exchange. We almost have a plan ready. It will be a place you can sell excess produce for a 20% fee. I'm planning on doing my initial selling there. After all that than the next step is a worker/grower co-op on a much larger scale. Phoenix has a lot of potential commercial garden sites, and a lot of men needing work. Timing is everything. Chow, keep with me.
At 5:01pm on July 13, 2009, Janine said…
Hi, I don't get up that early for nobody but God and nothing except fishin'. Since there's no place to fish here, and we go to church Saturday nite, it ain't happenin'. I also paid attention today to the fact it's outside. Since I get heat stroke, I'm not going to do cooking outside on a hot day. So I won't be there.
I do want to learn how to can though. Right now, I'm afraid of pressure cookers, and haven't gotten over that fear in years, so it's a goal. just call when you wanna come over. bring the other half, she MAY get interested on seeing our garden. it's small but it's good. and it doesn't take MUCH effort, except for the blasted watering all the time, even with the drip.
At 2:49pm on July 13, 2009, Janine said…
oh honey! YOU were up early! Why don't you come look at our garden? It's bigger, yet cut back now. the beefsteak tomato is trying to ripen, it quit for a bit.
Yes, I am heavy into herbalism. my website is www.BlueSageNaturals.com
Feel free to come over when we are distilling or any other time. I love to show off the garden. LOL and we have 4 muscovies, Bandit [m], Zorro [m], Half Dome [f] and Mama.
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