When: 11:00am – 2:00pm, Sunday Oct. 13th
Where: Laughing Dog Farm, Gill, MA

This hands-on workshop and community “bender” this Sunday at Laughing Dog Farm focuses on season-extension, using low cost, homemade, un-heated “tunnels” or “hoophouses” to keep alive cold-hardy crops, around the calendar in our mercurial New England climate.

From 11-12:00 Farmer Danny “Dog” Botkin will give a detailed review of principles and practices of cold weather gardening, including seed/plant selection, timing, propagation/harvesting techniques, frost “proofing”, and other cultural practices.

Then, after sharing spicy, homegrown soup (heirloom squash with native, with roasted chestnuts, fresh salad and goat cheese, oh my!) …we’ll venture outside to observe the high and low tunnels “in action”, to answer questions, and to take turns bending EMT steel conduit into “hoops” on our own, home-made jig. Participants who bring their own pipes (10′ long x 3/4″ width) are welcome to bend them here Sunday, as well…

The workshop concludes with a demonstration of a low-tunnel hoophouse assembly and an opportunity for further questions and group discussion… Suggested donation is $35 for the class and lunch. Hope to see folks “hungry” to learn winter gardening and keep hope alive. RSVP requested…

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Daniel Botkin
farm manager
Laughing Dog Farm
www.laughingdogfarm.com