Agriculture & Outdoors

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Fruit Tree Cultivation Part 2

with C.J. Walke

Nov

November 10th, 2021

$15 More Info

In this two-part workshop, we will focus on organic methods to help gardeners and homesteaders establish and maintain healthy fruit trees for home fruit production.

In Part 2, we will discuss organic methods of insect and disease management in order to produce quality fruit, as well as how to best manage fruit trees as they get older and larger. This is a live online course.

Makeup class, if needed, 11/17/21.

C. J. Walke has been working for the Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners Association since 2006 and for the past decade, he has focused on providing technical services to farmers and teaching practical skills related to organic tree fruit cultivation.

Coastal Wildlife Workshop

with Ruth Hill, Senior Naturalist

Nov

November 15th to 29th, 2021

$20 More Info

Guillemots, porpoises and molas, oh my! Eagles, barnacles and whales, too!

Bring your questions, sightings, experiences and curiosity to this informal class focusing on wildlife that lives in or along our coastal waters. We'll talk about everything from birds to marine mammals, fish to crustaceans, and learn about their lives, including where, when and why you can see them, as well as changes over time and today. This is a live online class.

Makeup class, if needed, 12/06/21.

Photograph taken off Grand Manan Banks by Ruth Hill.

Original source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Honey_bee_on_a_dandelion%2C_Sandy%2C_Bedfordshire_%287002893894%29.jpg

Beekeeping – Intermediate

with Peter Cowin

Nov

November 1st to 15th, 2021

$55 More Info

This class is designed to look in more detail at key aspects of beekeeping, particularly helpful to those who wish to run several hives and get the most out of them. The course is a good follow-on from the beginner’s course. Building-up hive strength, swarm prevention, splitting hives, making nucs, disease prevention, feral colony relocation, and honey production are all covered. This is a live online class.

Makeup class, if needed, 11/22/21.

Peter Cowin, a.k.a. the Bee Whisperer, started keeping bees in the 1970s at the age of 11, and now tends to more than 130 colonies. He is a past President of Penobscot County Beekeepers Association and mentor to many local beekeepers. Peter runs a beekeeping supply store in Hampden, Maine. He sells packaged bees and produces queens, and makes hundreds of nucleus colonies for sale each year. His bees produce thousands of pounds of honey per year sold under the Bee Whisperer name. Peter has been teaching beekeeping at his honey farm and for Adult Ed for more than nine years.

Fruit Tree Cultivation Part 1

with C.J. Walke

Oct

October 27th, 2021

$15 More Info

In this two-part workshop, we will focus on organic methods to help gardeners and homesteaders establish and maintain healthy fruit trees for home fruit production.

In Part 1, we will discuss variety selection and soil preparation for planting young fruit trees, as well as how to grow a young tree in its early years before flowering and fruit production. This is a live online class.

Makeup class, if needed, 11/03/21.

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