PAR Program: Free Master Gardner Classes in Fresno

[hsifeng]

I am very excited by this opportunity!

 

http://groups.ucanr.org/mgfresno/PAR/

 

By volunteering to Plant A Row (PAR) for one of the local community food banks, I can get free Master Gardner lessons via the local UC network. The classes are held at the Garden of the Sun at the local Discovery Center.

 

The program only asks that you donate extra produce (which I can imagine we are going to have in droves – you can only eat so many tomatoes and canning eventually takes up more space than you have shelves), and even then you have a chance to get a ‘donate receipt’ so you can use it as a tax write off.

 

They also have a ‘gleaning’ service for folks who have fruit trees that they don’t harvest….sorta like my two Kumquat trees….*hum*

Comments

[sstormwatch.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link. I may do that as well.

[hsifeng.livejournal.com]

Let me know if you are interested in carpooling with the other folks from my garden plot. "Garden Plot: The Rise of the Vegetables".

*chortle*

[shadowd1.livejournal.com]

don't you have a walnut tree, too? (granted, it's a nut tree, but still, food is food)

[hsifeng.livejournal.com]

We do, but it is a black walnut. Think 1% meat to 99% shell….seriously. I would be more than willing to have them take the nuts, I just think they may hate me for it. *chuckle*

[shadowd1.livejournal.com]

darn, i really like walnuts. random info on black walnut shells: "explosive manufacturers use black walnut shells as a filler in dynamite. it is compatible with other materials and works well in this use." (from www.sfp.forprod.vt.edu/factsheets/walnut.pdf)

[hsifeng.livejournal.com]

I am guessing that is because they are AS HARD AS ROCKS. *grin* That would be some serious shrapnel.

[fishnetumbrella.livejournal.com]

woo hoo!