Welcome to the Valley Permaculture Alliance, a local 501C3 non-profit education organization that offers classes, training, activities, tours, events and demonstrations on various aspects of sustainable living around the Greater Phoenix Valley. You can read more about the VPA on the ‘About Us’ page, and explore the many groups and resources this Ning “social networking site” has to offer, as well as customize your own Profile Page and connect with new like-minded friends.
We encourage you to browse the discussions, blogs, videos, comments to get a feel for our incredibly resourceful community, and to share your interests as well. There are many volunteer opportunities to assist with classes and events, so please let me know if you are interested in helping out when available.
We offer a variety of classes to our members on a donation basis (usually $10 to $25) that goes toward venue hard-costs, also to our experienced and knowledgeable instructors, as well as to support the non-profit in providing quality education for improving our health, our communities and environment. See what classes you may be interested in attending atwww.phoenixpermaculture.org/events - and feel free to contact us with any questions.
"Michelle-
I would be interested in the three birds-I live in Laveen and have a little over an acre where I partially free range my small mixed flock-they have a coop at night so they're safe. I currently have 7 teenage hens (4 american game, 2 who…"
I have a few too many birds at the moment (way more than expected hatched from my batch of Trader Joes eggs) and I'm looking to rehome three of them. They're white leghorns, hatched almost exactly a year ago (on Halloween), and are really good…
"She's beautiful: I would love to take her off your hands. I currently have one chicken and she needs a companion. ;) Please contact me: swvalentine@gmail.com and we can discuss pickup details. Thanks Michelle, Simona"
"Thanks Sheri for that great advice! She is younger and that's how I introduced her (and her sister that didn't make it through the summer heat) to the flock. The older girls seemed fine with them until they had to share their food and roosting bars…"
"She's pretty! Is she a new one to the flock, or younger than the others? Sometimes, you can use a cage or fence to separate the pickers from the pickee for a while and they get used to each other and stop picking. Well, they stop picking evilly.…"
Trying this again as the last time was a study of Murphy's Law...I have a hen that's getting picked on by my other girls and I'd like to find a new home for her. She's a beautiful girl that only recently started laying and was hatched in…
I have a hen that's getting picked on by my other girls and I'd like to find a new home for her. She's a beautiful girl that just started laying last month, hatched in February. I'm hoping to get $15 for her and we're located just north of McDowell…
Hey all, I'm looking to add some Cream Legbars to my flock and am putting in an order to Greenfire Farms to ship in the next few weeks. I'm not quite up to the minimum number, so does anyone want to pick up a few rare birds? They have true Swedish…
"I don't have any experience with the type of injury your chicken has, but one of our hens did have a severe injury to both of her feet about 5 weeks ago. Her feet were pinned under the frame of the chicken coop when we moved it. They were badly…"
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Welcome to the Valley Permaculture Alliance, a local 501C3 non-profit education organization that offers classes, training, activities, tours, events and demonstrations on various aspects of sustainable living around the Greater Phoenix Valley. You can read more about the VPA on the ‘About Us’ page, and explore the many groups and resources this Ning “social networking site” has to offer, as well as customize your own Profile Page and connect with new like-minded friends.
We encourage you to browse the discussions, blogs, videos, comments to get a feel for our incredibly resourceful community, and to share your interests as well. There are many volunteer opportunities to assist with classes and events, so please let me know if you are interested in helping out when available.
We offer a variety of classes to our members on a donation basis (usually $10 to $25) that goes toward venue hard-costs, also to our experienced and knowledgeable instructors, as well as to support the non-profit in providing quality education for improving our health, our communities and environment. See what classes you may be interested in attending atwww.phoenixpermaculture.org/events - and feel free to contact us with any questions.
Thanks!
Mischa
Valley Permaculture Alliance