[ShareTompkins] CCE Kitchen Garden Tours: 8/11, 8/18, 9/8, 9/10 & 9/17

[Shira Golding]

Notable local food gardens will be open to visitors on five evenings  
in August and September for the "2009 Kitchen Garden Tours" organized  
by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County.  This year’s  
tours will feature themes of gardening in the city, a country  
“stimulus” garden, and two gardens that extensively utilize root  
cellars for winter food storage.  The first 3 garden tours are free,  
the last two have an admission fee and are limited to 40 visitors,  
however additional tours will be scheduled if these fill up.  Please  
preregister for free or fee tours by calling 607-272-2292.  Thanks!


Gardening in the City I
Tuesday, August 11, 6:30-8:00pm
306 Utica Street, Ithaca
FREE. At this address, four families gardening together have turned  
their entire back yard into a vegetable garden featuring raised beds,  
mulched rows, and a large variety of plants including artichokes,  
tomatoes, herbs, flowers, beans, peas and greens.  The garden is 40 ft  
x 60 ft. To mediate lead in the soil, 20 yards of composted manure and  
topsoil were added.  No chemicals used for pest management. NOTE: No  
formal tour is planned; meet the owners and speak with them informally  
about their gardens. So that we may track interest, please pre- 
register by calling Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County  
at (607) 272-2292.

Gardening in the City II
Tuesday, August 18, 6:30-8:00pm
3 gardens at N. Geneva & Cascadilla Streets in Ithaca
FREE.  Learn about intensive backyard gardening and a variety of  
sustainable gardening practices including water catchments,  
permaculture design, intensive raised beds, featuring herbs,  
vegetables and small fruits. NOTE: No formal tour is planned; meet the  
owners and speak with them informally about their gardens. Visitors  
should meet at 438 N. Geneva (second house from Cascadilla) and look  
for signs at each open garden. So that we may track interest, please  
pre-register by calling Cooperative Extension at (607) 272-2292.

"Country Stimulus Garden"
Tuesday, September 8, 6:00-7:30pm
77 Halseyville Road, Enfield (take Rt. 79 West, turn right onto  
Halseyville at the detour)
FREE garden tour by neighbors Joan Adler, David Dietrich and Ann Rider  
who have joined forces to grow veggies this season.  They prepared the  
site in fall with cardboard mulch topped with manure, tilled it in  
spring and have been planting and enjoying vegetables ever since.  
Visitors should park at 77 Halseyville Road in the driveway, by the  
shed. Meet at the shed and walk next door to the garden. So that we  
may track interest, please pre-register by calling Cooperative  
Extension at (607) 272-2292.


The final two Kitchen Garden Tours feature gardeners who have built  
root cellars to help preserve their harvests.  The following sites  
have an admission fee, are limited to 40 visitors each, and  pre- 
registration is required; additional tours will be added if these fill:

Home Food Gardening & Storage I
Thursday, September 10, 6:00-7:30pm
This guided tour visits the extensive vegetable and fruit gardens and  
root cellars of f Kathy, Bill and Dan Halton's farm on Danby Road. In  
1984, Bill used a construction technique from Ken Kern (The Owner  
Built Home) to build a circular root cellar dug into the hillside.  In  
1991, when they built their house, they put in another root cellar  
below ground, which they use to store the produce from their gardens.   
They have found root cellars to be very useful for storing: potatoes,  
beets, carrots, and other root crops, as well as wine, beer, and rain  
water for dyeing fiber.  The Haltons also make their own electricity  
from solar panels which stand inside the garden.  Visitors must pre- 
register for this tour by calling 607-272-2292. Tour fee for this site  
is $5/person or $8/couple, limited to 40 visitors. If tour fills we  
will start a waiting list for a second tour.

Home Food Gardening & Storage II
Thursday, September 17, 6:00-7:30pm
This guided tour visits the gardens, orchard and root cellar at  
Peasant Dreams Farm ( www.peasantdreamsfarm.com) owned by David and  
Katie Quinn-Jacobs in Ithaca.  This farm focuses on root crops for  
winter home storage and offers information about root cellaring.  The  
farm uses certified organic seed and no chemical fertilizers or  
pesticides. The gardens are a mix of raised beds, raised rows and  
larger crop plantings.  The orchard includes apple, pear, peach,  
pawpaw, northern kiwi, Cornellian cherry, and an assortment of berries  
and nuts.  The root cellar below their porch is divided into two  
storage areas: for cool/dry and cool/moist storage to accommodate  
different crops.  Chickens and Romney sheep provide manure to the  
gardens. Visitors must pre-register for this tour by calling  
607-272-2292. Tour fee for this site is $5/person or $8/couple,  
limited to 40 visitors. If tour fills we will start a waiting list for  
a second tour.


For additional information or to register, please call Cornell  
Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County at (607) 272-2292 or email growline at cornell.edu 
.


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