Less is More: Eco-Friendly Fall Garden Cleanup free webinar with Heidi Dollard of the Massachusetts Pollinator Network Tuesday, Oct. 29 at 7:00 PM Re-think your fall cleanup to benefit pollinators, birds, and reduce pollution. The traditional “garden cleanup” is harmful to beneficial wildlife and adds to greenhouse gasses. By doing less, you can do more […]
Date: Saturday, July 27th, 10:30-11:30AM. Location: Jones Library, 43 Amity St, Amherst To register, send an email to : [email protected] Just because food is not consumed, doesn’t mean it is waste! Instead, food scraps should enter a biological system to decompose naturally, nourish myriad organisms as it breaks down, and return to the earth as […]
Register here! Come check out Atlas Farm’s 3 acre experiment with strip-tilled winter squash in a perennial clover living mulch, and living clover/rye pathways in five acres of tomatoes. We’ll look at a no-till drill, strip-till equipment, and strip-cultivation equipment. Atlas Farms’ trials have implications for tillage reduction and soil health for conventional and organic […]