Are you interested in well designed tools that are a pleasure to use? In
this workshop you'll meet and learn to use several of them. The
emphasis will be on using a European scythe for clearing, mowing and
harvesting. You will also get to try out tools for preparing and
maintaining garden beds including the broadfork, the 3-tooth cultivator,
the stirrup hoe, and the Cobrahead precision weeder/cultivator.
The instructor, Allen Pincus, is a long time organic gardener and will
introduce tools he has grown to love and depend on.
Rain Date: 5/22/10
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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.)
New videos -Click here to see the video shown at the Harvest Dinner -
Click here to see us in action during our "Squash Challenge" -
