Join us in creating a center for teaching and practicing small-scale, organic agriculture and sustainable living

Transplanting Seedlings

Date: 04/24/2010 (Saturday)
Time: 10:00 AM
Location: Focuscorp, Inc., 3201 Latham Drive, Madison
Cost: $30.00

Hands-on workshop for beginning and Intermediate Gardeners:

Save money by growing your own seedlings indoors! Allen and Judy Pincus, experienced sustainable gardeners, will show you how to transplant the seedlings started in our March workshop (you can bring your own or we will provide seedlings), and how to build a cold frame and prepare the baby plants for their introduction to the great outdoors. Get experience transplanting seedlings, and go home with your choice of three seedlings and an understanding of how and when to plant them in your garden: all the skills and knowledge to get healthy plants from seed. Includes recipes for starter and transplant mixes and a garden planting guide/schedule.

Participants are invited to stay after the workshop for an all-organic lunch from the Pincus farm. Additional fee for lunch of $7, please specify vegetarian or meat choice when registering.

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Meeting new challenges, transforming lives

Fitchburg Fields is a grassroots, non-profit and for-impact organization in Fitchburg, WI, just south of the capital city of Madison. We have a small garden and a big vision, and we invite you to volunteer, learn, and contribute to our efforts!

What we do

Grow the next generation of organic farmers and gardeners.
Create new jobs in the local food sector.
Create community bonds.

Why we do it

Recession is causing unemployment and hunger.
Peaking oil supplies necessitate a low-fuel food system.
Global climate change necessitates a low-carbon food system.

How we do it

Teach in our garden.
Teach in community kitchens and homes.
Support the community with food and information.

"A Teaching and Sharing Garden"

Our Garden, 4000 sq. ft. of fertility at the SE corner of Lacy Rd. and Fahey Glen in Fitchburg, WI, is a small plot of borrowed land, but we are enthusiastically using it to teach and learn how to create a local food system in the Madison area. (Click here for map.) We hope to "scale up" our experiences when we purchase a 250-acre parcel just 2 miles away – but that will take a lot of help! (Read about our vision, and see the land that could become a center for sustainable agriculture and living by clicking here.)