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Instructor: Rachel Bess Would you like delicious fresh eggs every day from your very own chickens? Rachel will show you how easy it is to keep laying hens in your backyard year round, even in the city! Chickens make great pets, efficient bug and weed eaters and excellent soil tillers, not to mention that they provide us with wonderful fresh eggs! Learn everything you want to know about how to raise chickens in your backyard. It's easy, fun and very rewarding! Please sign in with the volunteers…See More

Create an Urban Orchard in Your Own Backyard! Even if you don’t have a lot of space to work with, you can plant a few fruit trees and enjoy a bounty of fruit from each tree. A fruit tree also makes terrific and sustainable holiday gift! Join our tree experts and learn what fruit trees to plant, what grows well and what doesn’t in the desert, the single most important thing you need to know before you buy a fruit tree and more. We will cover apples, pears, stone fruit, citrus, and other…See More

Food Preservation 101 with Cheryl RobertsSaturday, April 18th from 10:30 AM to NoonRequested Donation: $10Now that you are growing your own food learn how to preserve it so you can eat it over a longer period of time. Trying to live as a locavore and only eat what grows locally – then learn to preserve your food so you can have it when it is not in season. This basic level class will cover canning, freezing, drying and other methods, what kinds of food do best with each method and the equipment…See More