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Saturday, May 25, 2024, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- Calypso Farm & Ecology Center
- 4780 Old Nenana Highway
- Fairbanks, AK, 99709
- United States
PART 2: Soil & Tools
Grow your own food, free of pesticides, herbicides and chemicals! This four-part series will cover ecological gardening methods such as soil care, weed and pest management, tools and bed design, techniques for planting and seeding, garden maintenance, and more.
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Saturday, May 18, 2024, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
- Calypso Farm & Ecology Center
- 4780 Old Nenana Highway
- Fairbanks, AK, 99709
- United States
PART 1: Intro to Organic Gardening
Grow your own food, free of pesticides, herbicides and chemicals! This four-part series will cover ecological gardening methods such as soil care, weed and pest management, tools and bed design, techniques for planting and seeding, garden maintenance, and more.
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Saturday, May 11, 2024, 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
- 1421 Cordova Street
- Anchorage, AK, 99501
- United States
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Wednesday, May 8, 2024, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
- 301 Research Court
- Kodiak, AK, 99615
- United States
Raising Poultry on Kodiak
Panelists include Alison and Sam Starr of AKlectic Farm, Kelli Foreman of Heritage Farm, Ian Zacher of Feirme Béar Donn, and Bill Dunker of ADFG. Bill will be presenting on how to set up effective electric fences to protect your birds from bears.
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Monday, May 6, 2024, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
- 712 West 12th Street
- juneau
- United States
Master gardener training provides a broad horticultural background and includes the topics of botany, soils, vegetable production using organic and conventional techniques, integrated pest management, greenhouses, lawns, houseplants, trees/shrubs, flowers and invasive plants. This class is geared specifically for growing conditions in Southeast and coastal Alaska.
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Saturday, May 4, 2024, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
- University of Alaska Southeast
- 1332 Seward Ave
- Sitka, AK
- United States
Join Karen Denis McIntyre of Creative Native for a two-day evening series on creating and working with salmon skin leather. Karen is of Yup’ik and Irish descent and learned how to work with fish skin in June 2014. She has continued to learn from others while creating fish skin baskets, leather, and jewelry as well as teaching classes.
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Friday, May 3, 2024, 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- University of Alaska Southeast
- 1332 Seward Ave
- Sitka, AK
- United States
Join Karen Denis McIntyre of Creative Native for a two-day evening series on creating and working with salmon skin leather. Karen is of Yup’ik and Irish descent and learned how to work with fish skin in June 2014. She has continued to learn from others while creating fish skin baskets, leather, and jewelry as well as teaching classes.
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Wednesday, May 1, 2024, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- UAF University Park Building
- 1000 University Ave
- Fairbanks
- United States
This in-person class teaches the fundamentals of gardening in Alaska. Topics include planning, botany, soil science, soil sample interpretation, organic and conventional fertilizer recommendations and much more.
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Wednesday, May 1, 2024, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
The Alaska Agrivoltaics team will present solar opportunities in Alaska, the state’s unique climate and soil characteristics, and takeaways from their recent stakeholder survey. Through a FARMS grant, the University of Alaska team will investigate how row crops and forage crops perform under a utility-scale solar farm. FEATURING BOARD MEMBER GLENNA GANNON!