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Experience the Secret Life of Bees

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Sat., July 27, 2019
10:00am - 11:30am

Experience the secret life of honey bees at American River Ranch. You will learn how bees are vital to our environment and how they live together and function. After a walk around the farm and identifying pollinator attracting plants, you will put on a beekeeping suit and see the bees up close and personal in the apiary. Then you’ll enjoy a honey tasting paired with organic fruit pollinated by the bees you just visited. During the honey tasting, there will be more discussion about bees, pollination and honey. Suggested ages 12 years and older. Participants must wear closed-toe shoes, long pants and socks that cover their ankles.

Family Night on the Farm

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Fri., August 16, 2019
6:30pm - 9:30pm

We’ve planned a summer night on the farm for the whole family with everything you love about A Day on the Farm including Mind X performing in the Outdoor Theatre, a pop-up Farmhouse Kitchen Grill, the Farmstand, farm tours, lawn games and fun for the kids in the Youth Garden. We are trying something new this year and hope you can join us. Bring some friends and the delta breeze with you! Stay tuned for more details.

Authors on the Move

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Thu., July 25, 2019
5:00pm - 8:00pm

Bring your fork, your family and your friends to enjoy Chef Roxanne O’Brien’s creative delicacies at Soil Born Farms for a fun night with author Jonathan Kauffman and his book, Hippie Food: How Back-to-the-Landers, Longhairs and Revolutionaries Changed the Way We Eat. This event will benefit Soil Born Farms and the Library Foundation. Guests will receive a complimentary glass of Sobon Estate wine. Tickets online or call 916 836-3540.

Growing Medicinal and Culinary Herbs

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Tue., August 27, 2019
5:30pm - 8:30pm

Medicinal and culinary herbs in the home garden can add flavor to your meals, home remedies to your medicine cabinet, and beauty, diversity, and beneficial insect habitat to your landscape. This class offers classroom and hands-on instruction for growing an array of medicinal and culinary herbs, and an introduction to harvesting and using what you grow.

Cooking Out of the CSA Box

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Wed., August 28, 2019
6:00pm - 7:30pm

Explore and master simple vegetarian recipes that will fill your bellies and the whole family will enjoy. Learn the nutritional benefits and a variety of techniques to cook the veggies we love. Perfect for anyone who receives a CSA box or people who are looking for new ways to cook with fresh seasonal produce. Generous samples provided.

Garden to Pantry: Pickling Vegetables

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Thu., September 12, 2019
6:00pm - 8:30pm

Homemade pickles are fun, colorful, and easy. In this hands-on class, we’ll use seasonal produce to make pickles. We’ll cover the basics of home canning and pickling. Selecting and preparing the vegetables, preparing and filling the jars, and processing the pickles in a boiling water bath. Each participant will leave with a jar of pickles and the confidence to make more at home.

The Autumn Herbal

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Tue., September 24, 2019
5:30pm - 8:30pm

Autumn is a wonderful time to focus on boosting overall health and addressing challenges such as exhaustion and low immunity during the cold/flu season, and opportunities such as the prevention of springtime allergies. This class will introduce the plant remedies growing around us this time of year, and how to support the body and mind with herbs, diet, and habits as we transition into the cooler, darker months. The format will include lecture and hands-on activities indoors and outdoors. We will share a seasonal dinner which incorporates many of the ideas discussed in the class.

Raising Backyard Animals: Ducks and Goats

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Sat., September 7, 2019
1:00pm - 4:00pm

Ducks and goats, much like chickens, can be easy to raise if you have the right tools – knowledge, space, and commitment. When introducing a new animal to your property and your neighborhood, there is always a lot of research you must do, as well as a learning curve, but with the right awareness, and careful attention, ducks and goats can become a lovely and extremely entertaining, even productive and profitable, backyard addition. We’ll discuss the right feeds, space and hygiene requirements, breeding/birthing, first aid and veterinary skills, and putting your animals to use for eggs, milk, and more.

Harvesting Water

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Sat., September 7, 2019
9:00am - 12:00pm

This class was cancelled due to low enrollment. It will be offered again in the spring or summer of 2020. Learn to use the water you already have for outdoor irrigation of shrubs, trees and vegetable gardens. With the changing climate we can expect more droughts like the recent 2011 to 2016 drought. Even with these challenges, we can still grow food and have a healthy vibrant landscape. Rainfall on our roofs and the laundry water from our washers can be used to keep a landscape healthy. Examples of integrated landscape solutions including low water use plants, rainwater and gray water will be provided in this workshop.

Garden to Pantry: Jammin’

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Thu., August 15, 2019
6:00pm - 8:30pm

Nothing beats homemade Jam! In this hands-on class, we will use seasonal fruit to make a simple jam recipe. We’ll cover the basics of making jam at home: selecting and preparing the fruit; preparing and filling the jars and processing the jam. Each participant will leave with their own jar of jam and the confidence to make more at home.