Hi all, I work for VPA partner Watershed Management Group, and I'd like to let you know about an upcoming project series we're holding to help people learn about rainwater harvesting, greywater, native plants, composting, and more. If you're interest
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Just wanted to reach out and see how many of you are in Tempe! I'm always looking to meet new vegans and I'm hoping some of you are looking to do the same! Let's get some coffee or tea or something and talk about all things permacult
Read more…New Farmers Market opening in Tempe seeks backyard growers, master gardeners and small-scale producers! The Market is a program of the Tempe Community Action Agency, and will operate Saturday mornings starting January 11, 2014.
If you have plants yo
Read more…Just a last minute reminder, the SupUrban Farm is offering an Introducing Aquaponic Gardening class tonight, April 10 from 7 pm to 8:30 pm. here in Gilbert, near Baseline and Greenfield Roads.
Learn about the benefits of aquaponics, how it works, what
Read more…Please help make backyard chicken raising legal in Chandler!
Some friends and I are on the city council's agenda for a study session the 13th of August at 7p.m. Come one, come all to help support this cause!
Anyone who wants 3 minutes to speak gets 3 m
I live in the north Gilbert area, and was wondering if anyone would be interested in a milk "cow-op." The idea is that we share a milk cow. This means we share the cost of a cow & setup (we have the space), share the milking and cleaning duties, and
Read more…Call for Coops and an invitation for Southwest Valley Permies Group to have a presence at one of the coops! The tour is educational as well as fun, and we want to expose the group to a large audience. If you have an interesting coop (or know someone
Read more…A common piece of advice for new beekeepers is to join a bee club. In Arizona there are no choices for Organic Beekeepers. When I started my research the first thing I did was try to find one to join. I searched online and I've asked a few very ex
Read more…If anyone is interested, we'll be holding a poultry processing class on October 16, at 2pm in Gilbert. We'll covering preparation, butchering, plucking, and evisceration (gutting), and will talk about the differences between types of birds. You'll go
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I saw a few weeks ago a post about the East Valley Gardening Club having a sale and having Moringa seeds available. I had wanted to attend, but things came up :(
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I have this idea... not sure it will amount to anything - tends to work out this way with my BIG ideas. I would like to start a sewing group that remakes old clothes (from good will, tag sales or donations) into new fashions. The clothes can be sol
Read more…I did not follow directions and threw all weeds, flowering, budded and seed pods together. I put down a think layer of newspaper to stunt the growing weeds in the ground and to deter any seeds to sprout in the ground. I wanted to continue layering n
Read more…This might sound like a rather open question, but I've got to start somewhere. Where do I begin to setup a permaculture at my house? What are the most important first steps?
Read more…The community garden at the ASU Polytechnic is holding one more work party this Saturday (2-6-10) in hopes of finishing all the start up stuff, aka bunny fence installation, fruit tree planting (3 more to go) and wood chips spread out on the pathways
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