2012 Spring Summer Education Series

Productive Vegetable Gardening Workshop

Saturday, March 17, 9am to 12pm, DP Corbet Building, University of Maine

Learn to enhance your enjoyment and the productivity of your home garden through the application of simple techniques. Roland Dupuis, from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, will cover topics including garden planning, soils and fertility, seedling production, watering and weed and pest management. Cost $15 per person.

Basic Energy Conservation Course

Saturday, June 9, 8am to 5:30pm, Ellsworth City Hall

This course is a practical guide to Solar Energy. It includes a handyman’s guide to lowering your energy footprint and saving you money. The information presented is intended to educate homeowners and farmers who are looking to save some money and help the planet at the same time. The course covers the construction of both homemade and commercial solar panels, battery banks, solar hot water heaters, solar hot air systems, solar ovens and solar distillation. If you are interested in saving several hundreds of dollars a year by learning how to build a thirty gallon solar hot water heater out of recycled parts for under $100, or maybe a solar heated water trough that doesn’t freeze in the winter, this course is for you. Cost $30 per person. Snacks are included, lunch is on your own.

Farm Pond Management Workshop

Friday June 22, 1pm to 5pm, Treworgy Orchards, Levant

Would you like to learn how to take better care of your farm pond and about the plants and animals that call your pond home? This workshop will focus on water quality, fish management, aquatic plants, animals, insets and maintaining and managing your pond. Portions of this workshop will be outside, please dress accordingly for weather conditions. Cost $10 per person.

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