As we near spring, it’s time to start marking your calendar with meetings, workshops and garden preparation events. Here is a list of some of the upcoming events, so you can add them to your calendar. All of these events are open to the public and new volunteers are more than welcome to join each [...]
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• Mark your calendar for several upcoming meetings about local food projects
Posted in 200 fruit trees project, education, Let's Grow Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network board of directors, Sitka Local Foods Network events, Sitka Seafood Festival, tagged Alicia Olson, ANB Hall, berry bushes, Doug Osborne, Ed Buyarski, Ed's Edible Landscaping of Juneau, education, encouragement, fruit trees, garden education, Harrigan Centennial Hall, Juneau, Kerry MacLane, Let's Grow Sitka, Linda Wilson, Lisa Sadleir-Hart, Sitka, Sitka Culinary Tour Passport event, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Fruit Tree Initiative, Sitka Local Foods Network, Sitka Seafood Festival on February 17, 2011 |
• Save the date — ‘Let’s Grow Sitka’ gardening education event is Sunday, March 20, at ANB Hall
Posted in 200 fruit trees project, education, Food choices, Fundraisers for the Sitka Local Foods Network, Gardens, Let's Grow Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network events, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, tagged Adding edibles to your landscape, all those slugs, ANB Hall, Andrew Thoms, Arti Gras Sitka Music and Arts Festival, baby chicks, berry bushes, community garden, Ed Buyarski, Ed's Edible Landscaping of Juneau, education, encouragement, farmers market, food, food security, fruit trees, garden, home greenhouses, Let's Grow Sitka, Linda Wilson, market, prepare your soil, produce, raising chickens, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Fruit Tree Initiative, Sitka Local Foods Network, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, True Value Hardware, UAF Cooperative Extension Service, White's Inc./Harry Race Pharmacy/White's Pharmacy on February 10, 2011 |
Mark your calendars, because the 2011 “Let’s Grow Sitka” gardening education event opens at noon and runs until 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 20, at the Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall on Katlian Street. Celebrate the first day of spring and get ready to garden. This annual event brings together local garden supply stores, local gardeners, [...]
• Sitka Local Foods Network board of directors to meet on Monday, Feb. 14
Posted in 200 fruit trees project, fish in school lunches project, Fundraisers for the Sitka Local Foods Network, Gardens, greenhouse, Let's Grow Sitka, Sitka Community Greenhouse and Education Center, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network board of directors, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, tagged Alaska Food Policy Council, annual meeting and potluck dinner, Blatchley Community Garden, community garden, community greenhouse, fish, food security, garden, getting more locally caught fish served in Sitka schools, Let's Grow Sitka, planting 200 apple trees, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Health Summit, Sitka Local Foods Network, Sitka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, St. Peter's By The Sea Episcopal Church, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, Unitarian Fellowship Building on February 4, 2011 |
The Sitka Local Foods Network board of directors will hold its monthly meeting from 5:30-7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 14, at the Sitka Local Foods Network’s new office in the Sitka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Building, 408 Marine St. Starting this month, meetings will move to the second Monday instead of the first. Key topics for [...]
• Sitka Local Foods Network to host annual meeting and local foods potluck on Saturday, Jan. 29
Posted in 200 fruit trees project, fish in school lunches project, Food choices, Gardens, Let's Grow Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Health Summit, Sitka Local Foods Network events, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, tagged annual meeting and potluck dinner, berries, carrots, cod, community garden, education, encouragement, farmers market, fish, food, food security, garden, halibut, herring eggs, Linda Wilson, market, potatoes, produce, projects, salmon, seaweed, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network, Sitka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, traditional foods, vegetables, venison on January 20, 2011 |
The Sitka Local Foods Network will host its annual meeting and local foods potluck from 5-7 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 29, at the Sitka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Building, 408 Marine St. This event is free and open to all Sitka residents. The annual meeting portion of the program will feature an update on all of [...]
• Sitka Local Foods Network board of directors to meet on Monday, Jan. 3
Posted in 200 fruit trees project, fish in school lunches project, Let's Grow Sitka, Sitka Community Greenhouse and Education Center, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Health Summit, Sitka Local Foods Network board of directors, Sitka Local Foods Network events, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, tagged Alaska Food Policy Council, annual meeting and potluck dinner, Blatchley Community Garden, community garden, community greenhouse, fish, food security, garden, getting more locally caught fish served in Sitka schools, Let's Grow Sitka, planting 200 apple trees, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Health Summit, Sitka Local Foods Network, Sitka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, St. Peter's By The Sea Episcopal Church, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, Unitarian Fellowship Building on December 29, 2010 |
The Sitka Local Foods Network board of directors will hold its monthly meeting from 5:30-7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 3, at the Sitka Local Foods Network’s new office in the Sitka Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Building, 408 Marine St. One of the key topics will be discussion of the Sitka Local Foods Network’s annual meeting and [...]
• St. Peter’s Fellowship Farm hosts first planting party of the season
Posted in Gardens, Let's Grow Sitka, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, Uncategorized, tagged Blatchley Community Garden, community garden, Doug Osborne, encouragement, food, food security, garden, Let's Grow Sitka, Lisa Sadleir-Hart, produce, projects, SEARHC, Sitka, Sitka Local Foods Network, St. Peter's By The Sea Episcopal Church, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, WISEGUYS men's health group on May 19, 2010 |
The first of three scheduled planting parties this month took place on Saturday, May 15, at the St. Peter’s Fellowship Farm communal garden (located by the See House behind St. Peter’s By The Sea Episcopal Church on Lincoln Street). In addition to the slideshow above (which also includes some photos from a SEARHC WISEGUYS men’s [...]
• Endless Summer Ecological Garden and Landscape is a new service for Sitka gardeners
Posted in Gardens, Let's Grow Sitka, Uncategorized, tagged ANB Hall, Endless Summer Ecological Garden and Landscape, food, food security, garden, garden and landscape planning, growing and maintenance, harvesting, herbs, Jesse Remund, landscape, Let's Grow Sitka, medicinal plants, planting, produce, Sitka, Sitka gardeners, Tracy Sylvester, vegetable gardens, vegetables on April 28, 2010 |
Jesse Remund and Tracy Sylvester are offering a new service to Sitka with their Endless Summer Ecological Garden and Landscape company. Jesse and Tracy say they can help Sitka gardeners take local food to a new level. They will help local gardeners grow vegetables, herbs and medicinal plants by providing expertise and grunt labor. They [...]
• Sitka growers to contribute to local CSA venture
Posted in Gardens, greenhouse, Let's Grow Sitka, tagged bananas, beets, berries, blueberries, bread, Brian Pierce, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), Down To Earth u-pick gardens, encouragement, Eve's Farm, Evening Star Grutter, Fabian Grutter, farmers market, Florence Welsh, food, garden, Gimbal Botanicals, green beans, greens, Hope Merritt, Judy Johnstone, kelp products, lemons, Let's Grow Sitka, limes, Lori Adams, market, oranges, Organically Grown Company of Portland Ore., pineapples, potatoes, produce, radishes, raspberries, Renee Pierce, Simple Pleasures of Alaska, Sitka, Sitka CSA, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network, Sprucecot Gardens, strawberries, The Pierce Family, The Welsh Family Forget-Me-Not Gardens, tomatoes, wild berry jelly, zucchini on March 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »
One of the latest trends in farming is Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), which enables people to buy local, seasonal food directly from the farmer. Renee and Brian Pierce, who own the locally made kelp products and wild berry jelly shop Simple Pleasures of Alaska, are working with Sitka growers to start a small CSA venture [...]
• Florence Welsh updates her popular garden guide for Sitka
Posted in education, Let's Grow Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network events, tagged berries, carrots, drainage, edible and ornamental plants, education, encouragement, farmers market, Florence Welsh, food, fruit trees, herbs/mints, insects, invasive plants, Let's Grow Sitka, lettuce, organic, potatoes, produce, sand, seaweed, seed starting, Sitka, Sitka Farmers Market, Sitka Local Foods Network, slugs, The Welsh Family Forget-Me-Not Gardens, vegetables on March 18, 2010 |
One of Sitka’s best known gardeners is Florence Welsh, who heads up The Welsh Family Forget-Me-Not Gardens. The Welsh family has been gardening in Sitka since 1984, and the garden on Davidoff Street has been used to teach other gardeners what works in Sitka. Several years ago Florence wrote a guide to help other gardeners [...]
• Photo album from the 2010 ‘Let’s Grow Sitka!’ available
Posted in education, Fundraisers for the Sitka Local Foods Network, Let's Grow Sitka, Photo galleries, Sitka Local Foods Network events, tagged ANB Hall, carrots, community garden, community greenhouse, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), education, encouragement, fish, Florence Welsh, food, garden, Let's Grow Sitka, market, potatoes, produce, projects, Sitka, Sitka Local Foods Network, Sonja Koukel, St. Peter's Fellowship Farm, UAF Cooperative Extension Service on March 15, 2010 |
The Sitka Local Foods Network extends a big thank you to the more than 200 people who stopped by Sunday, March 14, for the “Let’s Grow Sitka!” garden show at Alaska Native Brotherhood Hall. If you stopped by, you were able to check out booths from local gardeners who sell their surplus veggies, learn about [...]
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