I know you know that it is a good idea to stop and reflect on the past growing season to make sure you learn all the lessons you’re supposed to learn. And from year one at Tourne-Sol, where I farm, we always made a point of doing a season review every fall. But it wasn’t until year … More The Farm Season Review Challenge
I’ve put together a FREE masterclass called 6 Secrets To Grow BIG GARLIC. I give this workshop every year at the Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue Garlic Festival. It’s a standing room only event where folks come to learn the magic of GREAT GARLIC! This year, with all the COVID craziness, I’m not sure what’s going to happen. So I’m bringing the … More Tired of TINY GARLIC?
After months of anticipation, my first online spreadsheet course is just about here! This week I’m giving two live webinars that will lead into the course. The webinar is called Build A Better Farm Crop Plan (without all the copy pasting, endless columns, and thousands of open tabs) It is about The 3 Things I … More Build A Better Farm Crop Plan
Last weekend was the latest ECOSGN gathering. It was amazing! ECOSGN is the Eastern Canadian Organic Seed Growers Network. This year we met in Montreal at Santropol Roulant for 2 half days of activities and then came to Tourne-Sol Farm where I led a tour. Listening To The Indigenous Seed Keepers Panel Tourne-Sol Farm Tour … More Meeting Up With My Seed Folks for ECOSGN 2019!
Eastern Canadian Organic Seed Grower’s Network fall meeting is in Montreal on Nov 15 and 16. … More Two Days Of Seed Workshops In Montreal This November!
The third biennial ECOSGN (Eastern Canadian Organic Seed Growers Network) Seed Conference is coming! This year ECOSGN has teamed up with ACORN (the Atlantic Canadian Organic Regional Network) to have the ECOSGN conference at the ACORN fall conference. The Details Where: Moncton, NB at the Delta Beauséjour When: November 28–30, 2016 How to register: Click … More ACORN hosting 2016 ECOSGN seed conference
Below is the official information for 6 webinars broadcast from OSA’s Organic Seed Growers Conference. I am one of the speakers in Seed Economics: How to Make Growing and Selling Seed More Profitable. If you’re interested in listening, make sure to register for the webinars! The Organic Seed Alliance (OSA) is hosting their 8th biennial Organic … More Organic Seed Growers Conference Webinars
In December I was a guest on the Permaculture Voices podcast. I spoke with Diego Footer about the profitability of growing seeds for sale, differences between growing seed crops and market vegetable crops, and how much space a seed crop actually takes. You can listen to the podcast here. This podcast is a lead up … More Talking Seeds On Permaculture Voices Podcast
I’m excited to be part of a seed webinar this afternoon at 4PM Eastern. I’ll be talking about how we approach selecting seed plants on our farm. I’ve got some pictures lined up! If you’re interested in listening in all the details are below. (Or you can just register here: https://rsvp.momentumconferencing.com/RSVP/event/1243) There is no … More Seed Webinar today
This weekend is the Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue garlic festival. I’m always excited about the festival but I’m extra excited for this one because we’ve got two new workshops on the slate. One of those workshops is all about Black Garlic with Andrew Craig from Major Craig’s. What is Black Garlic? Well come on out to the workshop … More 2015 Ste-Anne Garlic Festival – August 22, 2015