Dulanie and Julia, great to see the new offerings! For sure we'll attend Culinary Club; we'll see re GFPC that same morning.

Here are a few shots from our first Biointensive workshop and later that day.  (Soon I'll send an update to the BfR list.)

Cheers, Carol

Our group was small and supportive. Garden volunteers at the St. Andrew's GROW BIOINTENSIVE garden attended, plus a few others from the church, plus a mother and daughter who want to start a garden but have no experience. The French farmer in the straw hat (see below for a better view) also supervised as best he could.

Standing on a too-small "digging board," Irina reaches across the bed to show the appropriate width as Franna, Patsy, and Kay look on. My camera's battery unfortunately died at this point, so further picture-taking awaited the arrival of another camera after the workshop was over. However, trust me, we did also demonstrate compost building, seed sowing, and transplanting.

Bonsoir, Monsieur Paysan!

Irina is growing onions, lettuce, and garlic in this bed. A local hula hoop factory provded the hoops that held up the shadecloth that kept the squirrels and birds away when the seedlings were young. The hoophouse will also be useful for keeping the plants warm as the weather cools, and we may replace the shadecloth with plastic soon for even more warmth.

Irina is gradually gaining confidence on the bike we recently acquired for her use. She has not ridden in 30 years!