Quick pick for this Saturday afternoon before the rains start! We’ll have oranges and lemons.
Please let me know if you are available and I will send the meeting point information.
Bring gardening gloves and water. A hat and eye protection is also recommended.
Thank you!
Come and pick this Saturday afternoon! It’s a great way to meet your neighbors and fellow volunteers! And your efforts feed hungry families and help reduce food waste!
Please let me know if you are available and I will send the meeting point information.
Bring gardening gloves and water. A hat and eye protection is also recommended.
We will bring picking equipment.
Thank you!
Stay from 2-4pm for Gardening 101: Everything You Need to Know as a Beginner Gardener taught by Jeff Bridge of Ploughshares Nursery. You will learn how to: choose soil, watering tricks, avoid common mistakes, and the basics of fertilization. Bring your questions and garden conundrums for Jeff to answer after the demonstration. Tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door.
Hi Gleaners,
Still have a few citrus trees to be picked. The Alameda Food Bank is very happy with all the fresh organic fruit we’ve been bringing in.
Let me know if you can join us on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 17 and I’ll send the location details.
Thank you for everything you do!
with Lori Slicton, Old Schoolhouse Raw Honey
February 20, 2018, 7 to 8:30 pm
Rhythmix Cultural Works, 2513 Blanding Avenue, Alameda
Join us for an introduction to the wonderful world of bees and beekeeping. We’ll learn about the importance of bees and beekeeping and why the urban food farmer might want to add them to her plot. Then Lori will provide us with an overview of beekeeping and we’ll taste some Alameda honey.
About our speaker: Lori Slicton lives in Alameda and keeps honeybees both in Alameda and in the Sonora foothills. Through Old Schoolhouse Raw Honey, she makes and sells honey, natural remedies, and other bee-related products.
Come and pick this Saturday afternoon! It’s a great way to meet your neighbors and fellow volunteers! And your efforts feed hungry families and help reduce food waste!
Please let me know if you are available and I will send the meeting point information.
Bring gardening gloves and water. A hat and eye protection is also recommended.
We will bring picking equipment.
Thank you!
with Maricelle Cardenas of Stopwaste.org
Learn about spring pests with Master Gardeners of Alameda County (MGAC).
Hi pickers!
It’s been a while, but we finally got an all call to pick oranges and possibly lemons and tangerines.
Please let me know if you are available (no need to respond if you are not):
Sunday, April 29, from 1-3PM
I’ll let you know the location when you reply to info@alamedabackyardgrowers.org or call 510-239-7425.
Thank you!
Jillian Saxty
Project Pick Coordinator
PS Be sure to visit our Alameda Backyard Growers booth this Saturday at the Alameda Earth Day Festival!
with Birgitt Evans & Marla Koss