Current and Upcoming Backyard Organics Events & News
Look for us on “Good Day Wisconsin, Tuesday April 16
We will be at Gardens of the Fox Cities talking with Good Day Wisconsin regarding organic land care. look for us on tv at 6:45am, Tuesday April 16
Master Gardeners Program Starts
First meeting to start the process of being a “Master Gardener”. March 19.
Lunch and Learn with Boldt Construction
Workshop and questions and answers session on the tools and techniques of organic land care presented by Todd Rockweit and Gardens of the Fox Cities. April 17
Organic land Care Workshop
Todd will be discussing chemical free ways to maintain a healthy, beautiful lawn. Learn about compost teas, soil pH, microorganisms and other soil enhancements in addition to proper mowing and aeration techniques. Wednesday, April 24 at 6:30 pm at Gardens of the Fox Cities, 1313 Witzke Blvd., Appleton
Sustainable Fox Valley
meeting with the Community Foundation to discuss the Sustainable Neighborhood Demonstration Project grant March 14
Nature’s Pathways article comes out February 2
click the link below for the article;
Organic land care workshop, Coughlin Center – Oshkosh, February 1, 2013
Providing education on organic lawn and land care to a group from Learning while in Retirement from 10am until 11:30am
Attending the MOSES Organic University during the Organic Farming Conference – La Crosse, Wi
Feb 21 – 23
will be attending a class and multiple workshops which will help provide more value to our customers and improve our products and service.
Spending time with Dr. Elaine Ingham at The Rodale Institute
Feb 25 – March 1
This is my second trip to Rodale in the past year. I am always interested in trying to improve what we do and what better way than to spend some time with the most influential person in the field of organic land care and organic agriculture. This trip I will be spending time being trained on evaluating biological activities in your soils.
Dr. Elaine Ingham, Chief Scientist
Dr. Elaine Ingham is a world-renowned soil microbiologist who continues to study the microbial life of the soil, which in large part explains why organic “works.” Elaine founded Soil Foodweb, Inc. in 1996, helping farmers all over the world to grow more resilient crops by understanding and improving their soil life. She is also an affiliate professor at Maharishi University of Management in Iowa and has served in academia for three decades.
Backyard Organics will be presenting an educational program on organic land care and the use of compost teas at Gardens of the Fox Cities throughout 2013. check back later for specific dates.
For more information and to register for the class click here
Backyard Organics receives another AOLCP accreditation.
Backyard Organics has just attended the 2012 Accreditation Course in Organic Land Care at the University of Worcester, Massachusetts and now has 2 out of the 4 people in the state with the Accredited Organic Land Care Professional (AOLCP) rating.
Jan, 2012.
Check out our organic land care articles written for Nature’s Pathways
We are typically contributing an article each month. Also, Backyard Organics will be featured in their April edition, look for us then.
