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Have you ever wanted to make your own fermented vegetables? It's easy and affordable to make you own, so you can enjoy the flavor and probiotic health benefits of raw organic kraut and kimchi using the vegetables from your garden or local farmer's market! This short introductory discussion and fermentation demonstration will give you all the basic info you need to make your own fermented vegetables in glass jars or stoneware crocks. We will talk about the history, discuss favorite ingredients, and share some recipes, while we chop and sample a few fresh varieties.

About Turtle Turtlington: T. Turtlington is a gardener, artist, avid food fan, and fermentation fanatic. He started making ferments 12 years ago and has enjoyed the fun and the nutrition ever since. He has taught with the likes of legendary fermenters such as Frank Cook and Sandor Katz, and is included in the book The Art of Fermentation.

Chick Season is Here! Join Brian and Gregg for an informative no cost seminar, where they will discuss the basic and inportnt aspects of back yard chicken keeping: What you need to get started; How to set up a brooder; how to keep your chickens healthy; Breed consideration and proper day to day care.

About Brian and Greg: Brian and Gregg have over 25 years of experience in keeping back yard chickens. For the past six years, they hve provided education on backyard chicken keeing for Soil Born Farms and the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op. They werd recently featured on local Sacrmento area television!

Throw away those plastic trays and start using soil blocks to propagate your seeds. Soil blocks are fun and easy to make, create zero waste, reduce transplant shock, and provide a healthy environment for your starts. Learn how to make soil blocks, how to use them, and the challenges and rewards of switching to soil blocks.

About Rob Chase: Rob operated an organic farm on the shoreline of CT for 10 years, distributing produce through a local CSA, as well as selling at farmer's markets and to local restaurants, before retiring to Grass Valley in 2015. He has always started his plants from seed and has been using soil blocks for more than 15 years.

Join the class and learn: The Soil Food Web, Innoculation of Microbes, Feed your Soil not your plants (composts, teas, chips, biochar), and Enzymes

About Alexandria Irons, Queen of the Sun LLC: Alexandria Doner-Irons is a local cannabis cultivator and consultant, she is the founder of Royal Crest Cannabis and Queen of the Sun LLC as well as a UCCE Master Gardener of Nevada County. She is passionate about sustainable agriculture, having a degree in Natural Science and background in environmental science she hopes to share her knowledge of soil science and regenerative techniques to improve our soils health. Come and learn how to grow your own medicine while improving your soils health.

There are so many different ways to fertilize organically, how is one to choose? In this class we will explore soil analysis and how to interpret the results. We will discuss the importance of annual testing and how to improve soil fertility over time.

About Sarah: Sarah has been gardening in the foothills for many years. She is the Product Development Manager for Peaceful Valley and teaches multiple classes on her different areas of expertise.

Planting a garden this year and curious about when to start seeds for best germination? Wondering when the ideal time to harvest herbs for culinary or medicinal purposes is? Just look to the moon for guidance! Traditional people all over the world have followed Moon based calendars to know when to do what! Get reintroduced to the Sun and Moon through a short Astronomy 101, and learn how the lunar rhythms can be easily tracked through the seasons providing you with ancient knowledge of exactly when to cultivate, plant, feed and harvest the vegetables, fruits, herbs and flowers from your garden or field.

About T. Turtlington: T. Turtlington is an artist, gardener and student of the stars. His classes combine science, math and a touch of the mystical, resulting in an experience that is rational, yet poetic. He has been working with Moon Calendars in his organic gardening practice for over 15 years.

Learn about what flowers and greenery to plant to create an almost year round cutting garden that will continue to produce for years to come.

About Linnie Linnie McNaughton has been gardening in the foothills for over 30 years. In 1995 Linnie originated Green Blessing making fine, handcrafted, small batch olive oil and goat's milk soaps and a wide variety of herbal bath and body products.

Join the Class and learn about: Soil Analysis, PH, CEC, Organic Matter, Soil Structure, Cover Crops, Dry Amendments, Unlocking the minerals in your soil with microbiome.

About Alexandria: Alexandria Doner-Irons is a local cannabis cultivator and consultant, she is the founder of Royal Crest Cannabis and Queen of the Sun LLC as well as a UCCE Master Gardener of Nevada County. She is passionate about sustainable agriculture, having a degree in Natural Science and background in environmental science she hopes to share her knowledge of soil science and regenerative techniques to improve our soils health. Come and learn how to grow your own medicine while improving your soils health.