Vegetable Workshop -- start to finish -- in Aaronsburg

The Home Grown Living School at Fiedler Farm presents…
 

From Garden to Table:

Producing, Preparing, and Preserving your own Vegetables

You will: 

• Get your hands dirty in the Fiedler Farm garden!
• Learn methods for growing a wide variety of vegetables and herbs
• without chemicals
• Explore sustainable growing techniques including: cover cropping, mulching, composting, watering, container gardening (Take home a mini-garden!), sprout production, vermiculture
• Harvest, prepare and can fresh veggies, using ingredients from the
• garden.  (Take home a jar!)
• Learn to safely preserve vegetables by canning, freezing, dehydrating
• Tour the Fiedler Farm root cellar
• Enjoy 6 meals on the farm, including a Field to Table feast on
• Saturday night with a local natural foods cook and nutritionist.
• Go home with the knowledge and skills to begin, improve and
• expand your own sustainable food supply!

Schedule

Friday evening

6pm                 Enjoy a simple supper and community campfire
7:30pm            Welcome, Introductions, and Orientation
 

Saturday

7:30am            Optional movement and meditation
8am                 Breakfast 
9am – 4pm       Classes and lunch buffet
4pm                 Free time for rest and/or  exploring beautiful Penns Valley’s woods and streams
6pm                 Field to Table Feast with a local cook and nutritionist.
8pm                 Optional visit to a local craft brewery to sample homemade desserts, artisan beers and live music.
 

Sunday

Same as Saturday, except workshop ends at 5pm.
 

Accomodations

Workshop participants are invited to stay in the farmhouse or to set up a tent somewhere on the farm.  We can also connect you to places to
stay locally.  Friday and Saturday dinner, breakfasts and lunches will be provided on the farm.  If you live nearby, commuting is also a
possibility.
 

Registration:

$195 for the weekend.  Includes instruction, several take-home items, handouts, and meals.  Prepayment is required. Checks can be made payable to: Fiedler Farm.  Lodging is separate, by arrangement.  
 
Space will be limited to 10 participants, so please respond as soon as you are able to register for your spot.  
 
To Register, Contact
Bob Vernon and Nell Hanssen
165 Applebutter Road
Aaronsburg, PA 16820
814-349-8915
nell@groundworkfarms.com
 
Located in Penns Valley, in the geographic center of Pennsylvania, Fiedler Farm is a 10 acre working farm, producing organically raised
vegetables, livestock, and value added products.  In addition to taking farm products to market, Fieldler also hosts groups interested
in learning about living sustainably, producing their own food, and acquiring some of the trades and skills that allow for an independent,
self-sustaining lifestyle.