Back to Basics Meeting Agenda Shaping Up
Next Meeting, Sunday, April 18 at 2:30 PM at the Nelson County Library 2:30 - 4:30 PM. Free and open to all.
8521 Thomas Nelson Highway (Route 29 Southbound), Lovingston, VA 22949-0321 (above Visitor’s Center and just past light at Food Lion Shopping Center). Please RSVP. Call 434-361-1969 or email Roxanne at roxannelouise@verizon.net. Bringing snacks to share is appreciated!
AGENDA: Requests –
Does anyone have kefir to give away that you could bring to the meeting?
Anyone know anything about beekeeping?
Anyone grow worms? mushrooms?
Do you know how to build a greenhouse?
What are your favorite non-toxic sprays/management of pests on fruit trees? Any other tips on orchard tree care?
Know how to build a pond?
tap into a spring?
Know anything about raising llamas or alpachas or angora rabbits – animals you don’t have to kill to make money?
Has anyone ever trained a dog or goat or donkey to pull a cart?
Does anyone have or know about electric bicycles or cargo bikes?
What are your favorite ways of weed/bug control in a garden?
How about using chickens for bug control in a garden without losing them to predators? What do you need to do/know to get started with raising chickens?
For those of you who have not seen them, Ron Mauer will again be bringing some show and tell items for those who have not seen them.
Well Bucket - shown last spring
Composting toilet - shown last spring (got some interesting looks too as it sat on my deck!)
Fire Starters Anyone can have a hands on experience. Shown this winter.
Dehydrator The Excalibur, simply the best
Cook Stoves A variety of emergency cookstoves.
TH-F6A A hand held amateur radio transciever – not shown before.
Tim Watson may be bringing Lauras Garden in the Box idea.see http://inthekoop.com/
He distributes prepackaged heirloom seeds that can be started on your window sill, then transplanted to the garden to better assure brown thumbs can have their home grown supply of vegetables too.
Kombucha - Roxanne has two babies to give away. First come, first serve.
As mentioned yesterday, Gary Duden will talk about what he and others he knows are doing via preparedness, and also be showing Slim Spurling devices. While Ann Marie Dujany showed a couple of items last summer, many of you are not aware of these amazing devices. See http://www.slimspurling.com
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