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    Organic Gardening - Food for a Small Planet Pre: Co: What's the difference between conventional and organic gardening, and why should we care? Isn't all farming natural? These and other questions will be addressed in an overview of the organic way to garden.
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    Your Backyard is an Organic Oasis Pre: Co: How can you restore and enhance what nature once put in your yard? Free yourself from pesticides. Follow an organic path and transform your landscape into a naturescape. Why work harder than you have to? Let nature work for you to create a balanced and more harmonious landscape. Follow your heart and think about how your landscape makes you feel. Is your landscape alive with a diversity of plants, insects, and birds?
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    Designing the Organic Garden Pre: Co: Do you have a plan for your garden? Learn techniques to maximize your yield. From raised beds to ensure that your plants's roots get all the growing room they need to crop rotation. Learn how to organize and manage your organic garden for the best crop ever.
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    Composting - Making Dirt Pre: Co: Composting is the decomposition of plant remains and other once-living materials to make an earthy, dark, crumbly substance that is excellent for adding to houseplants or enriching garden soil. It is the way to recycle your yard and kitchen wastes, and is a critical step in reducing the volume of garbage needlessly sent to landfills for disposal. It's easy to learn how to compost.
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    A model for Sustainable Agriculture Pre: Co: The mission of "The Food Project" is to create a thoughtful and productive community of youth and adults from diverse backgrounds who work together to build a sustainable food system. This community produces healthy good for residents of the city and suburbs, provides youth leadership opportunities, and inspires and supports others to create change in their own teenagers to promote personal and social change in their own communities. This workshop by "Jay Harrison, Director of the North Shore Food Project" will be an overview of this model that employs local teenagers to promote personal and social change through sustainable agriculture. Topics covered will include: the fundamentals of sustainable agriculture, working with teenagers on the land, and how to build a better food system here on the North Shore.
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    Growing Safe and Healthy Lawn Pre: Co: A local organic lawn care expert will explain how you can have the healthy, green lawn you've always wanted, without using hazardous chemicals or environmentally harmful fertilizers. After all, shouldn't your lawn also be a safe place for your kids and pets to play?
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    Building a Perfect Organic Soil Pre: Co: "What is a perfect soil?" We will begin by recognizing the type of soil we have now. What is your soil PH? Learn how to test your soil and interpret the results. Improve your soil's structure and fertility by understanding the 'soil food web'. Learn why to choose organics and the Organic Gardners pledge to the Earth,. Finally, learn how to brew and apply Compost Tea-- a natural way to improve soil structure and fight diseases.
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    The Wonders of Compost Tea Pre: Co: Barbara Dembrowski of Goose Cove Nursery will explain how to transform your organic garden into a green oasis with Compost Tea. Made by bubbling air through a mixture of compost and water, it's both a fertilizer and disease prevention for your plants. When sprayed on your garden's foliage, it coats the leaves with healthy bacteria and fungi, and smothers the bad ones, resulting in healthier, tastier produce. Come and learn how it's done!
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    Baby Sign, Say and Play Pre: Co: Learn to communicate with your baby with Baby Signs before they learn to speak. Research shows that babies who sign with their parents develop both language and cognitive skills. Parents and child will learn 6 or 7 signs each week through a series of developmentally appropriate and fun activities developed especially for parents and babies. Class size is limited to 10 families, one child each. A materials fee of $70 per family for the Baby Signs kit is payable to the instructor at the first class.
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    Faux Finishes Pre: Co: Transform your walls from the ordinary to extraordinary. Learn how to create faux finishes that will dazzle and inspire. This introductory/beginner course will feature different techniques every class. At the last class, you will have the opportunity to bring in your own item to decorate with the guidance of a seasoned instructor. A $10 materials fee is payable to the instructor at the first class and some supplies must be purchased separately.
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