AZ Herb Forum2024-03-28T13:51:06Zhttps://azherb.ning.com/groups/southeastvalleypermies/forum/feed/allWater harvesting/permaculture design series starting Jan 19!https://azherb.ning.com/groups/southeastvalleypermies/forum/water-harvesting-permaculture-design-series-starting-jan-192016-01-04T14:53:18.000Z2016-01-04T14:53:18.000ZLindsay Ignatowskihttps://azherb.ning.com/members/LindsayIgnatowski<div><p>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 interested in coming, please make sure to pre-register online. The course fee allows you to bring a friend or other members of your household. Feel free to message me with any questions. Thanks and happy new year!</p><p>Lindsay</p><p></p><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><strong>Quench Your Thirst for Knowledge with <em>Hydrate Tempe</em></strong></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p><font color="#000000"><span>Time/Date: January 19 </span><span>– February 23,</span> <span>Tuesday evenings from 6</span><span>:30 – 8:00 p.m. </span></font> <span>Location: 24</span> <span>Carrots Natural Caf</span><span>é and Urban Juicery, 1701 E Guadalupe Rd, Tempe </span></p><p>Learn how to create a sustainable backyard oasis at WMG’s six-part <em>Hydrate Tempe</em> project series. Each presentation includes a mini-project to create an action plan for your home. Hydrate with fresh smoothies and juices, and soak in knowledge about greywater, composting, and building a rain garden. Join us for your favorite topics or attend the full series to build a comprehensive site plan.</p><p><span>$20 registration fee per household includes project folder and activities, a rain gauge at the first session you attend, and a fresh fruit smoothie from 24 Carrots. Sign up for the first session on January 19 to be entered in a raffle to win a free 55-gallon rain barrel! Learn more and sign up online at </span><a href="http://watershedmg.org/hydrate" target="_blank">watershedmg.org/hydrate</a><span>. </span></p><p><strong>Series Schedule</strong></p><ul><li><strong>January 19 – Hydrate Your Home & Community</strong><br />Convert our yearly 8" of rainfall into thousands of gallons of rain for your plants. </li><li><strong>January 26 – Hydrate Your Plants</strong><br />Create a beautiful landscape with native plants and trees</li><li><strong>February 2 – Hydrate Your Yard</strong><br />Harvest the rain with only a shovel</li><li><strong>February 9 – Hydrate Your Food</strong><br />Use rain tanks to support your vegetable garden</li><li><strong>February 16 – Hydrate Your Soils</strong><br />Turn waste into resources and build healthy soils</li><li><strong>February 23 – Hydrate With Greywater</strong><br />Harvest greywater to complete your backyard oasis</li></ul><p></p></div></div></div></div></div><p></p><p class="attachment"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}5020573500,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank">hydrate-tempe-schedule-web.jpg</a></p></div>Vegan Tempe permies!!! Where you at?!?!?!https://azherb.ning.com/groups/southeastvalleypermies/forum/vegan-tempe-permies-where-you-at2015-11-28T04:23:59.000Z2015-11-28T04:23:59.000ZZack Williamshttps://azherb.ning.com/members/ZackWilliams<div><p>Hello everyone!</p><p>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 permaculture :)</p><p>Hope you're all having a happy holiday season!</p><p>Cheers!!</p><p>-Zack</p></div>Seeking local growers to participate in new Tempe Farmers Markethttps://azherb.ning.com/groups/southeastvalleypermies/forum/seeking-local-growers-to-participate-in-new-tempe-farmers-market2013-12-04T01:21:38.000Z2013-12-04T01:21:38.000ZChip Satterlundhttps://azherb.ning.com/members/ChipSatterlund<div><p>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.</p><p> </p><p>If you have plants you have grown yourself, seeds, starts, compost, and other related regenerative agriculture projects / products you have produced we’d love to have your participation.</p><p> </p><p>We really want this venture to be a true farmers market, featuring local agriculture, local food and have a small percentage of local crafts!</p><p> </p><p>Please see attached the application as well as a flyer about the Community Exchange Table (English and Spanish versions).</p><p> </p><p>If you would like a booth of your own, please complete the application and return to Cindy Gentry at <a href="mailto:cgentry2@cox.net">cgentry2@cox.net</a>.</p><p> </p><p>If you would like to share a table with others at the Community Exchange, please contact Chip Satterlund at <a href="mailto:chipsatt@cox.net">chipsatt@cox.net</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Feel free to share with any backyard gardeners or master growers or farmers you know, as well as any small-scale food vendors please.</p><p class="attachment"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}5020498253,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank">TCAA FM Vendor App 2013.pdf</a></p><p class="attachment"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}5020498270,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank">1 page flyer JPEG.jpg</a></p><p class="attachment"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}5020497699,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank">1 page flyer - Spanish.jpg</a></p></div>Aquaponics Class Tonight, April 10https://azherb.ning.com/groups/southeastvalleypermies/forum/aquaponics-class-tonight-april-102013-04-10T16:06:25.000Z2013-04-10T16:06:25.000ZSheri Schmeckpeperhttps://azherb.ning.com/members/SheriSchmeckpeper<div><p>Just a last minute reminder, the SupUrban Farm is offering an <strong>Introducing Aquaponic Gardening</strong> class tonight, April 10 from 7 pm to 8:30 pm. here in Gilbert, near Baseline and Greenfield Roads.</p><p>Learn about the benefits of aquaponics, how it works, what it takes to build a system, different methods, and how to cope with challenges. Everything a new aquapon needs to know! So please come if you want to learn about aquaponics and get your questions answered.</p><p>We'll also be holding two other aquaponics classes this month: Aquaponic Garden Design, a workshop in which you will design your system, and Aquaponic Siphons, a discussion class on how siphons work and how to use them in your system.</p><p>Register for classes here: <br /> <a href="http://www.supurbanfarm.com/store/products/category/classes/">http://www.supurbanfarm.com/store/products/category/classes/</a></p><p>Or call to reserve a seat & pay at the door: 480-889-4374</p></div>Chickens in Chandler, oh my!https://azherb.ning.com/groups/southeastvalleypermies/forum/chickens-in-chandler-oh-my2012-08-07T17:37:24.000Z2012-08-07T17:37:24.000ZRenu Kaur Sidhuhttps://azherb.ning.com/members/RenuKaurSidhu<div><dl class="discussion clear i0 xg_lightborder"><dd><div class="description" id="desc_2008067Comment324048"><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Please help make backyard chicken raising legal in Chandler!</p><p>Some friends and I are on the city council's agenda for a study session the <strong>13th of August at 7p.m</strong>. Come one, come all to help support this cause!</p><p>Anyone who wants 3 minutes to speak gets 3 minutes, or you can even get added to the agenda yourself; make a quick call to the city clerk at 480-782-2180. The latter is only for Chandler city residents, presumably. Otherwise anyone who wants to show support should come.</p><p>Is there anyone in the healthcare profession that could dispel the fear of backyard chickens leading to bird flu and such? This is a void we need filled...</p><p>We plan to meet at a friends' place at 6 o'clock that evening to plan strategy; any and all are welcome to join. If you can attend, I'll send you the address directly.</p><p>as for <strong>Chandler City Hall</strong>'s location: <a href="https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=210625633456536215571.0004c6239085e83252a07&msa=0" target="_blank">https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=210625633456536215571.0004c623...</a></p><p>Thanks, and I hope to see you there.</p></div></div></dd></dl></div>Exploring a Milk Cow-op for fresh, raw, non-homogenized milkhttps://azherb.ning.com/groups/southeastvalleypermies/forum/exploring-a-milk-cow-op-for-fresh-raw-non-homogenized-milk2012-06-19T15:39:43.000Z2012-06-19T15:39:43.000ZSheri Schmeckpeperhttps://azherb.ning.com/members/SheriSchmeckpeper<div><p>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 share the product, which is raw, non-homogenized milk. It would work something like this:</p><p><strong>Costs:</strong></p><ul><li>There would be a "membership" cost, to fund the initial setup, including the cow.</li><li>There would be a periodic (monthly or quarterly) payment to fund supplies, maintenance, replacement costs, breeding costs, etc.</li></ul><p>I don't know what all this would add up to yet, but it will definitely be less than keeping a personal cow. If there's enough interest, I'll research the costs to see if it's feasible.</p><p>The way we're thinking about this, the membership can be sold, so the initial funds can be recouped if you decide not to continue.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Duties:</strong></p><p>Each contributor would be assigned times to milk & clean, based on their membership. <br /></p><p><strong>Benefits:</strong></p><ul><li>Raw milk and cream from your own cow.</li><li>You only get the milk you use, and don't have to deal with excess.</li><li>The costs are shared by all "members."</li><li>You can have a cow and milk even if you live in a subdivision.</li><li>You get training on how to milk the cow.</li><li>You don't have to be a cow expert. Most of the care, breeding, calfing, etc. would be taken care of for you. <br /></li></ul><p>If you're interested or have any questions, please respond to this post or email me at FarmAndGarden@i4ie.com.</p></div>Tour de Coops and Southwest Valley Permieshttps://azherb.ning.com/groups/southeastvalleypermies/forum/tour-de-coops-and-southwest-valley-permies2012-05-12T02:02:16.000Z2012-05-12T02:02:16.000ZMatthew Newtonhttps://azherb.ning.com/members/MatthewNewton<div><p><span class="font-size-2"><span><strong>Call for Coops and an invitation for Southwest Valley Permies Group to have a presence at one of the coops!</strong></span> The tour is educational as well as fun, and we want to expose the group to a large audience. </span><span class="font-size-2">If you have an interesting coop (or know someone who does), <em><strong>and</strong></em> would like to host a table for your group at the same location, we want you! We have allotted up to 10 coop locations as examples of the VPA's website groups such as yours.</span></p><p>If you are interested, please contact coops@vpaaz.org for an application. If you want more information, or would like to join the TdC committee, we are having an information session at Urban Beans, May 20, from Noon-2 o'clock. </p></div>Organic Bee Club- East Valleyhttps://azherb.ning.com/groups/southeastvalleypermies/forum/organic-bee-club-east-valley2012-04-30T22:43:19.000Z2012-04-30T22:43:19.000ZDawn Mhttps://azherb.ning.com/members/DawnM<div><p>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 experienced treatment free beekeepers who live in other parts of Arizona just in case I missed something. Nope, there aren't any. Beekeepers who treat their bees with chemicals and have only used one type of hive box can be unwelcoming to those who choose not to treat bees or who use other hive styles. I wish them them well even though I get the sense that the feeling is not mutual.</p><p>So, what to do? Start one. I'd rather join one, but if I need to start one instead, I will do what needs to be done. If anyone reading this is already trying to start one. I want to join your club instead of starting one of my own. You can call the shots and I'll show up with cookies and tea. ;-)</p><p>Anyone wanting to start this with me should know that I am not an expert. I’ve read a few books and articles, I have two hives, I took a class and I attended a beekeeping conference. I consult with more experienced beekeepers on large non-local email lists and groups as well. I’m trying to start a local organic bee club only because there isn’t one for me to join. I know there are other organic beekeepers in the area that would benefit from shared knowledge and the occasional extra set of hands.</p><p>Because I'm the one starting it and I live in Mesa, I'd like to focus on Organic Beek's in the East Valley. To save my time and money, I'd like to avoid driving all over the place to connect with people. So far I've created a Facebook group as a rallying point. It seemed like the easiest way to start. If someone has a better (free) way to start an online meeting place please speak up. One person who has expressed an interest so far does not use Facebook.</p><p><strong>If you are a beekeeper in the East Valley and you'd like to join me in this, let me know.</strong> I plan to keep it simple with quarterly face to face meetings and some sort of online communication. I'm new to Valley Permaculture Alliance so I'm not sure if I can use it as a communication site for a bee club.</p><p>What is Organic/Treatment Free Beekeeping?</p><p>1. No chemicals. If the bees wouldn't forage for it themselves, it probably does not belong in the hive. There are limited exceptions to this. Using lemongrass oil to bait a box or using a smoker to calm bees are examples of reasonable exceptions.</p><p>2. Hive Boxes. It does not matter what kind of hive box you prefer. They have there pro's and con's. Pick the one best for you.</p><p>3. Feeding bees anything but their own honey should only be done in few instances. A newly installed package of bees is an example of a time to feed sugar. They do not come with honey in the package and may need a few days of sugar water before they settle into their new home. Once your hive is established, never take more honey than your bees can affort to give. HFC is never ok. </p></div>Poultry Processing (butchering)https://azherb.ning.com/groups/southeastvalleypermies/forum/poultry-processing-butchering2011-10-03T16:42:41.000Z2011-10-03T16:42:41.000ZSheri Schmeckpeperhttps://azherb.ning.com/members/SheriSchmeckpeper<div><p>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 home with your own Poultry Processing Workbook that will help you when you're ready to process your own birds.</p><p>This is a hands-on class, so you'll be able to get involved as much as you'd like according to your comfort level. We'll be processing around a dozen ducks. If you can process a duck, you can process a chicken!</p><p>We're also building an automated plucking machine (aka: Whizbang chicken plucker). So we'll start with hand plucking for the experience, but will allow the machine to do most of the work for us! After class, we'll give a little tour of our hydroponics setup for those who are interested.</p><p>If you want to come, but aren't sure if you'll be able to make it, please sign up anyway and let us know that you're a "maybe." Doing so lets us plan supplies in advance and I'll be able to send you any updated information.</p><p><a href="http://supurbanfarm.wordpress.com/2011/09/28/class-registration/">http://supurbanfarm.wordpress.com/2011/09/28/class-registration/</a></p><p>I'll send directions to those who register.</p><p>Thanks!</p></div>Moringa Seeds, citrus budding branches?https://azherb.ning.com/groups/southeastvalleypermies/forum/moringa-seeds-citrus-budding2011-04-13T23:05:54.000Z2011-04-13T23:05:54.000ZTrevor Rayhttps://azherb.ning.com/members/TrevorRay<div><p>Oops... was supposed to post that last question under discussion, not the comments. :)</p><p> </p><p>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 :(</p><p> </p><p>Does anyone have Moringa seeds to give or sale?</p><p> </p><p>While I'm throwing it out there... does anyone have anyone have a thornless Mexican Lime tree, or Bearrs/Persian lime or Keffir lime? I'm hoping to bud some onto a potted tree that I hope to be a culinary tree.</p><p> </p><p>THanks!</p></div>Anyone sew?https://azherb.ning.com/groups/southeastvalleypermies/forum/anyone-sew2010-06-24T17:53:41.000Z2010-06-24T17:53:41.000ZKerryhttps://azherb.ning.com/members/Kerry<div><p>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 sold at an annual fashion show that can raise money for...PPG, the sewers, organizations we are involved in or something else we feel is a good cause.</p><p>I am a basic sewer, not super skilled. Just thought it might be fun and rewarding???</p><p> </p><p>We can meet weekly or biweekly - not sure where yet?</p><p> </p><p>We can offer sewing insturction to people that want to help?</p><p> </p><p>Any thoughts...ideas...interest? Please let me know.</p><p> </p><p>Take care</p><p>Kerry</p></div>Lasagne Compost (Fire Hazard?)https://azherb.ning.com/groups/southeastvalleypermies/forum/lasagne-compost-fire-hazard2010-04-22T02:12:45.000Z2010-04-22T02:12:45.000ZGrace Marie Newtonhttps://azherb.ning.com/members/GraceMarieNewton<div>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 newspaper, weeds and kitchen scraps. I thought at some point the sun would bake the seeds so they would not sprout. Now the news is saying dry weeds can be a fire hazard. Should I be worried?<br /></div>Where do I begin?https://azherb.ning.com/groups/southeastvalleypermies/forum/where-do-i-begin2010-04-19T18:40:50.000Z2010-04-19T18:40:50.000ZJeff Morrowhttps://azherb.ning.com/members/JeffMorrow<div><p>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?</p></div>Poly Gardens- Still needs some start up helphttps://azherb.ning.com/groups/southeastvalleypermies/forum/poly-gardens-still-needs-some2010-02-04T17:13:27.000Z2010-02-04T17:13:27.000ZJehnifer Niklashttps://azherb.ning.com/members/JehniferNiklas<div><p>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 in the garden.</p><p> </p><p>The fun starts around 9. Come on out if you can! When approaching from Power and Williams Field, you go left at the round about, right on N Campus Loop, then Left on Twining. Garden is North of where Twining and Tahoe intersect. Thanks in advance for your help!</p></div>