Daily Archives: July 14, 2016

Wednesday, July 27, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Introduction to Fermenting Vegetables Workshop

by

Learn the basic science of lacto-fermentation (also known as lactic acid fermentation) and techniques for making delicious homemade ferments including pickled vegetables (like sauerkraut or sauerruben, kimchi, sour dills, sour beets, and more) and sauces (hot pepper sauces, fermented salsas) on Wednesday, July 27 from 6 – 8 at Saint Eulalia’s Parish Kitchen, 50 Ridge Street in Winchester. Wright-Locke Farm Education Director Rebekah Carter will lead this hands-on workshop that explains the necessary ingredients, equipment, and methods for safely making fermented vegetable foods at home on a small scale. Participants will help prepare pint jars of local sauerkraut and kimchi to take home, ferment, and enjoy. Samples of fermented foods will be tasted during the workshop.

Tuition fee: $30 per person (includes 1 jar of sauerkraut and 1 jar of kimchi). PLEASE NOTE: Registration for workshops is required. If you can no longer attend a workshop for which you have registered, the Farm will refund your tuition fee until 10 days prior to a program. No refunds are provided within 10 days of a workshop. Register online at www.wlfarm.org. Image from www.nibsandbits.com.

Friday, August 12 – Saturday, August 13 – American Conifer Society Northeast Region Meeting

by

The American Conifer Society will venture to Southwest New Hampshire August 12 and 13 to take in 4 private gardens around the Keene area in August 2016. NH boasts natural beauty – mountains, farming, granite, forests and water and this natural scenery is the backdrop for these four gardens. We will explore a garden in cultivation for 45 years, two in cultivation for 25 years and a new 10 year old garden. In addition to conifers, beech and perennials, we will view a sugaring house, natural cranberry fens (floating bog), farmstead built in 1790’s and a newly built medieval style manor house complete with stonework by renowned mason, Dan Snow. Stay a few days and take in Brattleboro, Vermont, the White Mountains of NH or hike Mt. Monadnock.

The Conference, taking place at The Courtyard by Marriott, 75 Railroad Street in Keene,  begins at 3 pm Friday and that evening’s dinner speaker is Kris Fenderson, who will present Gardening in the Same Spot for 45 Years: Lessons and Triumphs. On Saturday, buses leave at 8 am for Grout Hill, and at 10:15 the trip to Woodland Farms begins. At 12:15 there will be three guided tours of Distant Hills Garden, including floating fens, sugar house, and Monarch butterfly fueling station. For complete information and registration, visit http://northeast.conifersociety.org/events/event/ne-regional-meeting-new-hampshire/