[ShareTompkins] Fwd: Dryden Community Garden Offers "Grow Your Own" Class in Sustainable Pest Management for the Home Garden

[Shira Golding]

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> From: Rachel Firak <rfirak at gmail.com>
> Date: May 16, 2011 8:43:54 PM EDT
> To: <sustainable_tompkins-l at list.cornell.edu>, List Serve <TC-HSC-L at cornell.edu 
> >, <nwaeg-l at cornell.edu>
> Subject: Dryden Community Garden Offers "Grow Your Own" Class in  
> Sustainable Pest Management for the Home Garden
> Reply-To: Rachel Firak <rfirak at gmail.com>
>
> This Tuesday night, the Dryden Community Garden will offer a FREE  
> class in sustainable pest management practices for the home garden,  
> taught by Dryden resident and gardener Kerra Quinn. Family and  
> friends are welcome, and snacks will be provided!
>
> May 17th, 6:30-8 pm: Pests in the Garden with Kerra Quinn
> There's nothing more delicious than a juicy, ripe homegrown tomato  
> or freshly-picked ear of corn. The problem is, humans aren't the  
> only ones that think so! Longtime gardener and Dryden Community  
> Garden founder Kerra Quinn will lead a discussion on small scale,  
> ecologically friendly pest control for animals, birds and bugs in  
> the home garden. The class will be taught in sections based on type  
> of defense instead of type of pest: Prevention via 1. scent;  2.  
> sounds;  3. visual;  4. physical barriers; and combinations of  
> those. Bring your own tips, questions and experiences!
>
> Kerra: "At introductions I'll ask people to tell the location of the  
> garden they have, either a home plot or community, in the village or  
> outside, etc. because there are some forms of pest control that  
> involve using other animals but that isn't applicable to community  
> gardens or village gardens, and some audio prevention you can use in  
> rural areas but that your neighbors in the village would not  
> tolerate..."
>
> More upcoming classes:
>
> June 21st, 6:30-8 pm: Weeds 101 with Antonio DiTomasso
> Weeds. They're one of the gardener's worst enemies, but one of the  
> forager's best friends! Learn about weed control in the garden and  
> also some uses for wild plants. Which weeds are edible (and tasty)?  
> Which have a history of medicinal use? Come to learn and share!
>
> The Dryden Community Garden will be hosting "Grow Your Own" classes  
> on the third Tuesday of each month at the Dryden Community Center  
> Cafe. Families are welcome and snacks will be provided! Is there a  
> topic you'd like to see covered in an upcoming class? Email Rachel  
> at rfirak at gmail.com and we'll do our best to get it on the schedule.
> -- 
> Rachel Firak
> Program Assistant
> Groundswell Center for Local Food & Farming
> PO Box 6679
> Ithaca, NY  14851
>
> Are you an aspiring farmer or market gardener? Check out  
> Groundswell's sustainable agriculture education programs at www.groundswellcenter.org 
> !
>

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