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SUMMARY:Conscious Beekeeping
DESCRIPTION:Conscious Beekeeping\nPractical Organic Approaches for Healthy Bees & Growing Apiaries with Bill Day\nIn this special half-day workshop\, we will review the basics of how to create conditions in which our bees can thrive\, including hive location\, forage\, managing Varroa\, and deterring bears. Then we’ll cover essential springtime tasks: Assessing hive strength\, recognizing problems\, supering\, and making splits. Weather permitting\, we’ll spend much of the morning at the hives in the Pfeiffer Center garden. Bring your questions and observations! There will be ample time for discussion. \nBonus Afternoon Session\nAfter lunch\, you are welcome to join us for an optional walk to one of the bee yards on the farm for an open conversation and demonstration. \nAbout The Instructor\nBill Day cares for the Pfeiffer Center’s 25-hive apiary and conducts beekeeping workshops for the Pfeiffer Center and at PASA’s annual winter conference. He has kept bees following biodynamic principles for about fifteen years. Learn more about Bill here. \nCOVID-19 Protocols\nPlease visit this page for information about COVID-19 safety measures.
URL:https://threefoldcommunityfarm.org/event/conscious-beekeeping/
LOCATION:Threefold Main House\, 285 Hungry Hollow Rd\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Beekeeping
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SUMMARY:Midwinter Intensive
DESCRIPTION:Dear Community\, \nDue to the overwhelming number of Covid cases nationally\, and within the Threefold Community\, we are sad to announce that we are postponing the Midwinter Intensive out of an abundance of caution. \nAll tickets will be refunded\, and we look forward to seeing you all next year. We apologize for any inconvenience. \nWishing everyone a Healthy New Year\, \nThe Farm Team \n\n  \n 
URL:https://threefoldcommunityfarm.org/event/cosmic-earthly-nutrition-midwinter-intensive/
LOCATION:Threefold Main House\, 285 Hungry Hollow Rd\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Midwinter Intensive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210507T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210507T130000
DTSTAMP:20260530T161925
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SUMMARY:Conscious Beekeeping: Practical Organic Approaches for Healthy Bees and Growing Apiaries
DESCRIPTION:With Bill Day\nIn this special half-day workshop\, we will review the basics of how to create conditions in which our bees can thrive\, including hive location\, forage\, managing Varroa\, and deterring bears. Then we’ll cover essential springtime tasks: Assessing hive strength\, recognizing problems\, supering\, and making splits. Weather permitting\, we’ll spend much of the morning at the hives in the Pfeiffer Center garden. \nBring your questions and observations! There will be ample time for discussion. \nBonus afternoon session: After lunch\, Bill will lead a walk to one of the bee yards on our farm for an open conversation and demonstration. \nBill Day cares for the Pfeiffer Center’s 25-hive apiary and conducts beekeeping workshops for the Pfeiffer Center and at PASA’s annual winter conference. He has kept bees following biodynamic principles for about fifteen years. \nCOVID-19 Protocols: Please visit this page for information about COVID-19 safety measures at Pfeiffer Center workshops.
URL:https://threefoldcommunityfarm.org/event/conscious-beekeeping-practical-organic-approaches-for-healthy-bees-and-growing-apiaries-3/
LOCATION:Threefold Main House\, 285 Hungry Hollow Rd\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Beekeeping
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210417T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210417T170000
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SUMMARY:Begin a Vegetable Garden
DESCRIPTION:With Mac Mead\nThis workshop is for anyone who wants to start a vegetable garden\, incorporating basic skills for new gardeners. Topics covered will include: planning the garden (what goes where and when)\, preparing the soil\, fencing the garden\, planting and raising seedlings\, companion planting\, making and using compost\, and weeding and mulching. Participants will walk away with the information and hands-on experience they need to get started this spring in their own garden. \nThe general context will be that of organic and biodynamic gardening\, although details about specific biodynamic practices will not be included. The workshop is highly recommended for those without previous gardening experience who are interested in attending the Pfeiffer Center’s One-Year Part-Time Training in Biodynamics. \nMac Mead has farmed and gardened biodynamically for nearly forty years. As a co-worker at the Fellowship Community from 1975 until 2005\, Mac learned biodynamic methods directly from former co-workers of Ehrenfried Pfeiffer. Mac was the resident farmer at the Fellowship Community’s Duryea Farm from 1997 until 2005\, and has been Program Director of the Pfeiffer Center since 2007. \nCOVID-19 Protocols: Please visit this page for information about COVID-19 safety measures at Pfeiffer Center workshops.
URL:https://threefoldcommunityfarm.org/event/begin-a-vegetable-garden-2021/
LOCATION:Threefold Main House\, 285 Hungry Hollow Rd\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gardening
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200918T123000
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SUMMARY:Autumn Tasks for Beekeepers: Secrets of Winter Readiness
DESCRIPTION:With Bill Day\nSummer brings many challenges to the bees\, and winter is fast approaching. Labor Day to Thanksgiving is the beekeeper’s opportunity to ensure that your bees have all they need to overwinter successfully and build up strong next spring. \nThis half-day workshop will focus on timely tasks every beekeeper should have in mind to ensure healthy hives and successful overwintering. Topics covered will include assessing hive health; assessing honey stores; when to super\, and when to take off boxes; harvesting honey; when and how to feed; monitoring and managing varroa; management options for weak hives; and more. \nWeather permitting\, most of the morning will be spent with our hives in the Pfeiffer Center garden. \nBonus afternoon session: After lunch\, Bill will lead a walk to one of the bee yards on our farm for an open conversation and demonstration. \nBill Day cares for the Pfeiffer Center’s 25-hive apiary and conducts beekeeping workshops for the Pfeiffer Center and at PASA’s annual winter conference. He has kept bees following biodynamic principles for fifteen years. \nCOVID-19 Accommodations\nTo ensure everyone’s safety\, registration for this workshop is limited; no walk-ins will be accepted on the day of the workshop. The workshop is now fully booked. To join a wait list\, please email info@pfeiffercenter.org. Information about COVID-19 accommodations at Pfeiffer Center public events can be found here.
URL:https://threefoldcommunityfarm.org/event/autumn-tasks-for-beekeepers-secrets-of-winter-readiness/
LOCATION:Threefold Main House\, 285 Hungry Hollow Rd\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Beekeeping
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200509T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200509T130000
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SUMMARY:Grow Your Apiary Naturally with Splits and Swarms
DESCRIPTION:With Bill Day\nGet off the package treadmill! \nIn this half-day workshop\, Pfeiffer Center beekeeper Bill Day will present the biology of queen-rearing and swarming (the honeybee’s natural form of reproduction)\, and how to apply that knowledge to catching swarms and making your own splits. Weather permitting\, much of the workshop will take place in the Pfeiffer Center garden\, where Bill will demonstrate the techniques discussed in the classroom. \nYou will leave this workshop with clear guidelines on how to propagate your own hives and “get off the package treadmill.” \nBill Day has been keeping bees for fifteen years. He is the beekeeper and beekeeping instructor at the Pfeiffer Center\, and also keeps bees at Bluefield Farm in Blauvelt\, NY. \nTHIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
URL:https://threefoldcommunityfarm.org/event/grow-your-apiary-naturally-with-splits-and-swarms/
LOCATION:Threefold Main House\, 285 Hungry Hollow Rd\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Beekeeping
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200425T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200425T170000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20200316T210428Z
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SUMMARY:Conscious Beekeeping: Practical Organic Approaches for Healthy Bees and Growing Apiaries
DESCRIPTION:With Bill Day\nWhat can beekeepers do to help our bees thrive and flourish? Starting from a consideration of the honeybee colony from the biodynamic point of view\, we will look at swarming as an expression of the bees’ vitality • healthy rhythms of life in the hive\, and how to support them • learning to discern when to intervene and when to let your bees work out their problems on their own • working with top bar and Warré hives • the Varroa mite • and more. \nAmple time will be left for discussion and questions. Weather permitting\, we’ll visit the Pfeiffer Center’s apiary\, where techniques discussed in the classroom will be demonstrated. \nBeginning beekeepers are encouraged to also attend Friday’s half-day introductory workshop. \nBill Day has been keeping bees for fifteen years. He is the beekeeper and beekeeping instructor at the Pfeiffer Center\, and also keeps bees at Bluefield Farm in Blauvelt\, NY. \nTHIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN POSTPONED. PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR SCHEDULE UPDATES.
URL:https://threefoldcommunityfarm.org/event/conscious-beekeeping-practical-organic-approaches-for-healthy-bees-and-growing-apiaries-2/
LOCATION:Threefold Main House\, 285 Hungry Hollow Rd\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Beekeeping
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200424T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200424T173000
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SUMMARY:Conscious Beekeeping: Introductory Workshop for Beginners
DESCRIPTION:With Bill Day\nThis half-day orientation for beginning beekeepers will cover: Basic biology of the honeybee colony; rhythms of the year and the beekeeper’s role in the life of the hive; a discussion of “alternative” hive styles; siting your hives; and the basics of working with bees. \nWeather permitting\, we will visit the Pfeiffer Center’s apiary\, where we’ll open a hive and illuminate topics discussed in the classroom. \nBeginning beekeepers who plan to attend the Conscious Beekeeping workshop on Saturday\, April 25 are strongly encouraged to also attend this workshop. \nBill Day has been keeping bees for fifteen years. He is the beekeeper and beekeeping instructor at the Pfeiffer Center\, and also keeps bees at Bluefield Farm in Blauvelt\, NY. \nTHIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN POSTPONED. PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR SCHEDULE UPDATES.
URL:https://threefoldcommunityfarm.org/event/conscious-beekeeping-introductory-workshop-for-beginners/
LOCATION:Threefold Main House\, 285 Hungry Hollow Rd\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Beekeeping
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200117T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200120T140000
DTSTAMP:20260530T161925
CREATED:20190912T131814Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200103T150707Z
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SUMMARY:Midwinter Agriculture Intensive: The Four Elements and the Farm Individuality
DESCRIPTION:With Mac Mead\, Megan Durney\, Cynthia Hoven\, Harald Hoven\, Kim Pace\, Sea-Anna Vasilas\, and Sherry Wildfeuer\nThis year’s Midwinter Agriculture Intensive will explore the cosmic and earthly expressions of the four elements by illuminating the interweaving forces of Earth\, Water\, Air\, and Fire: how they manifest in polarities and what is born in between. The art and practice of eurythmy is interwoven throughout the program to provide an artistic lens through which we can actually experience spiritual content and truths. \nThrough our personal experiences\, group conversations\, and presentations\, we hope to shine light on the unseen forces and relationships that influence the cycle of the seasons\, the metamorphosis of the plant\, the four kingdoms\, the work of the nature spirits\, and the biodynamic preparations. \nThis long weekend is truly a unique educational and social opportunity to broaden and deepen your understanding of the role of biodynamics in the development of humanity and agriculture. Join us! \nSchedule\n \nFaculty\nMAC MEAD\, a biodynamic farmer since 1975\, mentors the Pfeiffer Center and Duryea Farm Leadership Team and is lead faculty of the Pfeiffer Center’s adult education programs. Mac regularly speaks at conferences of the Biodynamic Association (BDA)\, the Northeast Organic Farming Association\, and the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture. In 2016\, he was an invited speaker at “The Spirit of Sustainable Agriculture\,” a conference of the Harvard Divinity School. \nMEGAN DURNEY coordinates the daily work of the Pfeiffer Center and Duryea Farm\, and is an instructor in the Pfeiffer Center’s One-Year Part-Time Training in Biodynamics. A Biodynamic Association board member\, Megan has served on the core planning group for the BDA’s national conference\, conducted workshops at BDA national conferences\, and hosted many young farmer meet-ups. Megan joined the Pfeiffer Center as an intern in 2006 and became a staff member in 2010. In 2014-15\, she studied seed saving under Harald Hoven at Raphael Garden in Fair Oaks\, CA. \nCYNTHIA HOVEN has worked as a eurythmy teacher\, performer\, and therapist for over 35 years. Her work has also included in-depth teaching of biodynamic students and practitioners in collaborative workshops with her husband. She worked as a key professor at Rudolf Steiner College in Fair Oaks\, CA\, for over 25 years\, where she also founded and directed a full-time eurythmy training program. She now offers extensive workshops in China\, Taiwan\, Guatemala\, and elsewhere. \nHARALD HOVEN founded and ran Raphael Garden at Rudolf Steiner College (Fair Oaks\, CA) from 1987 to 2007. There he trained close to 100 apprentices\, created a seed-saving and breeding program\, established biodynamic adult education at RSC\, and operated a year-round 70-member CSA. Since his retirement from RSC in 2017 he has consulted for\, trained\, and mentored biodynamic farmers in the US and abroad\, focusing on preparation making and biodynamic practices. \nKIM PACE manages the Duryea Farm dairy\, in addition to supporting all aspects of farm operations at the Pfeiffer Center and Duryea Farm. Kim first met biodynamics while studying under Harald Hoven at Raphael Garden in Fair Oaks\, CA. In 2016\, Kim stepped away from Waldorf kindergarten teaching to become a full-time apprentice at Raphael Garden\, followed by a stint at Fulcrum Farm in Grass Valley\, CA\, where she helped tend a small herd of Scottish Highland cows. \nSEA-ANNA VASILAS has been teaching eurythmy internationally since 2011\, after graduating from the four-year eurythmy training at Eurythmy Spring Valley in Spring Valley\, NY. She first encountered eurythmy through her work with biodynamic agriculture and has continually been inspired by the living relationship between biodynamics and eurythmy. Sea-Anna earned her M.A. in performance eurythmy from Alanus University\, and is currently a member of the Eurythmy Spring Valley faculty and ensemble. \nSHERRY WILDFEUER is the editor of the Stella Natura Biodynamic Planting Calendar\, a co-worker at Camphill Village Kimberton Hills\, PA\, and a long-time active member of the Anthroposophical Society and the Agriculture Section of the School of Spiritual Science. \nReading\nRudolf Steiner\, The Agriculture Course\, Lectures 1\, 2\,  and 4.\nRudolf Steiner\, “The Christmas Imagination\,” Lecture 2 from Four Seasons and the Archangels.\nRudolf Steiner\, Man as Symphony of the Creative Word\, Lecture 7. \nMeals and Lodging\nThe registration fee includes five meals at Threefold Café: Dinner on Saturday and Sunday\, and lunch on Saturday\, Sunday\, and Monday. Lodging is not included in the conference fee; visit this page for information about visitor housing options in the Threefold community.
URL:https://threefoldcommunityfarm.org/event/midwinter-agriculture-intensive/
LOCATION:Threefold Main House\, 285 Hungry Hollow Rd\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Midwinter Intensive
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191116T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191116T170000
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SUMMARY:Beekeeping for the Future
DESCRIPTION:With Bill Day\nIf you are thinking about getting honeybees next spring\, now is the time to prepare. This one-day workshop will address questions all aspiring beekeepers need to ask as they prepare to embark on this spiritual yet profoundly nature-bound journey. For beekeepers with one or two years’ experience\, this workshop is a great opportunity to take stock\, ask questions\, and learn new perspectives. \nThe workshop will be organized around the beekeeper’s essential role in nurturing the hive organism. What can we as beekeepers do to create conditions in which our bees can thrive? What are the most up-to-date natural and holistic methods\, and how do they work? \nTopics covered will include: the biology of the hive organism and the beekeeper’s role in fostering healthy hives; working with different hive designs; sources of bees; siting your hives; biodynamic methods for managing varroa and other health issues; record keeping; beekeeping as a path to heightened powers of observation and awareness; and much more. \nThe day will include a visit to the Pfeiffer Center’s apiary. Weather permitting\, we will open a hive and demonstrate techniques discussed in the classroom. \nBill Day has been keeping bees for fifteen years. He is the beekeeper and beekeeping instructor at the Pfeiffer Center\, and also keeps bees at Bluefield Farm in Blauvelt\, NY.
URL:https://threefoldcommunityfarm.org/event/beekeeping-for-the-future/
LOCATION:Threefold Main House\, 285 Hungry Hollow Rd\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Beekeeping
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190907T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190907T130000
DTSTAMP:20260530T161925
CREATED:20190711T202308Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190806T164142Z
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SUMMARY:Preparing Your Hives for Winter
DESCRIPTION:With Bill Day\nLabor Day to Thanksgiving is the time to make sure your hives have everything they need to survive the winter months and meet the spring ready to build up and thrive. \nIn this half-day workshop\, Pfeiffer Center beekeeper Bill Day will share his checklist for winter readiness\, the reasoning behind it\, and how to apply it. Weather permitting\, most of our time will be spent at the hives in the Pfeiffer Center garden. \nYou will leave this workshop with clear guidelines for evaluating your hives\, and steps to take to prepare them for the coming winter. \nBill Day has been keeping bees for fifteen years. He is the beekeeper and beekeeping instructor at the Pfeiffer Center\, and also keeps bees at Bluefield Farm in Blauvelt\, NY.
URL:https://threefoldcommunityfarm.org/event/preparing-your-hives-for-winter/
LOCATION:Threefold Main House\, 285 Hungry Hollow Rd\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Beekeeping
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190427T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190427T170000
DTSTAMP:20260530T161925
CREATED:20181112T220106Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190424T145358Z
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SUMMARY:Conscious Beekeeping
DESCRIPTION:With Bill Day\nThe growing popularity of small-scale beekeeping is good news for the bees\, but it also raises its own set of challenges. Rarely does a small-scale beekeeper encounter Colony Collapse — but every beekeeper must contend with Varroa mites\, scant forage\, and scarce high-quality package bees and nucs. \nWhat can we do to help our bees thrive and flourish? Starting from an understanding of the honeybee colony as an organism unlike any other found in nature\, we will consider: Swarming as an expression of the bees’ vitality • healthy rhythms of life in the hive\, and how to support them • when to intervene and when to let your bees manage on their own • increasing your apiary naturally with splits and swarms while breeding better\, locally-adapted queens • alternative hive designs • managing Varroa • and more. \nWeather permitting\, we’ll visit the Pfeiffer Center’s apiary\, where techniques discussed in the classroom will be demonstrated. \nBeginning beekeepers are strongly encouraged to attend the optional Friday afternoon beginner’s workshop. \nBill Day first learned beekeeping from Gunther Hauk as an intern at the Pfeiffer Center in 2001-02. He is the Pfeiffer Center’s beekeeper and beekeeping instructor. He also keeps bees at Bluefield Farm in Blauvelt\, NY.
URL:https://threefoldcommunityfarm.org/event/conscious-beekeeping-practical-organic-approaches-for-healthy-bees-and-growing-apiaries/
LOCATION:Threefold Main House\, 285 Hungry Hollow Rd\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Beekeeping
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190426T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190426T173000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20190708T143732Z
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SUMMARY:Conscious Beekeeping: Special Session for Beginners
DESCRIPTION:With Bill Day\nThis half-day orientation for beginning beekeepers will cover: Basic biology of the honeybee colony; rhythms of the year and the beekeeper’s role in the life of the hive; alternative hive designs; siting your hives; and the basics of working with bees. \nWeather permitting\, we will visit the Pfeiffer Center’s apiary\, where we’ll open a hive and illuminate topics discussed in the classroom. \nBeginning beekeepers who plan to attend the Conscious Beekeeping workshop on Saturday\, April 27 (see below) are strongly encouraged to register for this session. \nBill Day first learned beekeeping from Gunther Hauk as an intern at the Pfeiffer Center in 2001-02. He is the Pfeiffer Center’s beekeeper and beekeeping instructor. He also keeps bees at Bluefield Farm in Blauvelt\, NY.
URL:https://threefoldcommunityfarm.org/event/conscious-beekeeping-special-session-for-beginners/
LOCATION:Threefold Main House\, 285 Hungry Hollow Rd\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Beekeeping
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190413T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190413T170000
DTSTAMP:20260530T161925
CREATED:20181112T204156Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181130T033230Z
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SUMMARY:Begin a Vegetable Garden
DESCRIPTION:With Mac Mead\nThis workshop is for anyone who wants to start a vegetable garden\, incorporating basic skills for new gardeners. Topics covered will include: planning the garden (what goes where and when)\, preparing the soil\, fencing the garden\, planting and raising seedlings\, companion planting\, making and using compost\, and weeding and mulching. Participants will walk away with the information and hands-on experience they need to get started this spring in their own garden. \nThe general context will be that of organic and biodynamic gardening\, although details about specific biodynamic practices will not be included. The workshop is highly recommended for those without previous gardening experience who are interested in attending the Pfeiffer Center’s One-Year Part-Time Training in Biodynamics. \nMac Mead has farmed and gardened biodynamically for nearly forty years. As a co-worker at the Fellowship Community from 1975 until 2005\, Mac learned biodynamic methods directly from former co-workers of Ehrenfried Pfeiffer. Mac was the resident farmer at the Fellowship Community’s Duryea Farm from 1997 until 2005\, and has been Program Director of the Pfeiffer Center since 2007.
URL:https://threefoldcommunityfarm.org/event/begin-a-vegetable-garden/
LOCATION:Threefold Main House\, 285 Hungry Hollow Rd\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gardening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190118T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190121T143000
DTSTAMP:20260530T161925
CREATED:20181016T200921Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190109T172936Z
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SUMMARY:The Seed: Chaos\, Cosmos\, and Soil
DESCRIPTION:The 2019 Pfeiffer Center Midwinter Agriculture Intensive \nWith Mac Mead\, Megan Durney\, Harald Hoven\, and Beth Corymb\nUsing Rudolf Steiner’s agriculture course as a foundation\, we will explore “the seed” in its dynamic and complex relationship to the depths of the Earth\, the expanses of the cosmos\, and the agricultural individuality. Working in large and small groups\, through art\, movement\, plant observation\, and hands-on seed work (threshing and winnowing)\, we will delve into the mysteries of the seed-forming process. \nThis long weekend is truly a unique educational and social opportunity to broaden and deepen your understanding of the role of biodynamics in the development of humanity and agriculture. Join us! \nSchedule\n\nThe schedule is subject to change. \nFaculty\nMac Mead has farmed and gardened biodynamically for nearly forty years. As a co-worker at the Fellowship Community beginning in 1975\, Mac learned biodynamic methods directly from former co-workers of biodynamic pioneer Ehrenfried Pfeiffer. Mac has gardened and farmed on every scale\, from handwork to field-scale vegetables\, tended an orchard\, and managed dairy cows. Mac was the resident farmer at the Fellowship Community’s Duryea Farm from 1997 until 2005\, and has been the Pfeiffer Center’s Program Director since 2007. \nMegan Durney came to the Pfeiffer Center as an intern in 2007\, following stints as a WWOOFer and post-Katrina AmeriCorps volunteer. As the Pfeiffer Center’s Head Gardener\, Megan trains and supervises interns\, directs the creation of each year’s planting calendar\, manages produce sales (including the Pfeiffer Center’s CSA and farm stand)\, and directs production of Pfeiffer Center herb salt\, teas and salves. She also conducts the Neighbor to Neighbor afterschool program. \nHarald Hoven\, a German-trained biodynamic farmer\, founded and directed Raphael Garden at Rudolf Steiner College in Fair Oaks\, CA (1987-2017). Besides training nearly 100 apprentices\, Raphael Garden offered biodynamic adult education\, a 70-member year-round CSA\, and a large seed-saving and plant-breeding program. Turtle Tree Seed carries a large selection of Raphael Garden-developed seeds. Since retiring from RSC\, Harald has consulted for and mentored biodynamic farmers\, primarily in California. He also travels and teaches internationally\, focusing on preparation making and biodynamic practices. \nBeth Corymb is the founder\, with her husband Nathan\, of Meadowlark Hearth Biodynamic Seed Initiative\, based on Beth’s grandparents’ 492-acre homestead in western Nebraska. Beth and Nathan began biodynamic farming and seed-saving at Camphill villages in the early 1980s; in 1994 they founded the Turtle Tree Biodynamic Seed Initiative\, and in 1998 they combined Turtle Tree’s seed work with social therapeutic work at Camphill Village Copake\, NY. Beth holds a degree in piano performance and researches how agriculture\, the cosmos\, and music intertwine with and augment each other. The Corymbs are committed to reintegrating seed growing into everyday agriculture on diverse\, sustainable\, human-scale farms. \nArtistic Activities\nEach day will feature interval singing as a group led by Beth Corymb. In addition\, attendees will choose between eurythmy with Brigida Baldszun or clay modeling (faculty to be announced). \nRecommended Reading\nRudolf Steiner\, Man as Symphony of the Creative Word\, lecture 7\, and lecture 2 of Rudolf Steiner’s Agriculture lectures. \nMeals\nThe course fee includes five meals provided by Threefold Café: lunch and dinner on Saturday and Sunday plus lunch on Monday. In addition\, the nearby Hungry Hollow Co-op Natural Foods Market serves organic take-out\, and there are many restaurants within driving distance. \nHousing\nIf you need housing\, you must make separate arrangements. Rooms are available in our dormitory\, Holder House; in homes of community residents; and in nearby hotels. For housing information\, please click here. \nPlease note: This is not an introductory course. Participants are expected to be familiar with Rudolf Steiner’s agriculture lectures and to have some working knowledge of biodynamics.
URL:https://threefoldcommunityfarm.org/event/the-seed-chaos-cosmos-and-soil/
LOCATION:Threefold Main House\, 285 Hungry Hollow Rd\, Chestnut Ridge\, NY\, 10977\, United States
CATEGORIES:Midwinter Intensive
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