Healing Ponds Farm
events at ludeman’s
Next Chicken Class ~ April 12th
From time to time, we hold an “all you need to know about chickens” class at our Farm & Garden Center, taught by veteran chicken keeper Renee Wrede. This is a great beginners’ class, designed to cover everything you need to know to become a confident chicken-keeper. Continue reading
What Do You Want to Learn About?
We cleared out a section of our farm & garden store, to make room for classes. Short story, we’ve had a lot of success with our chicken classes, and we’re feeling inspired by the series of homesteading classes being hosted this year by Urban Growth Bounty. (Here’s their class list for 2012, on PortlandOnline.com.) So, … Continue reading
Chicken Class Win!
For those of you who weren’t able to make it to last weekend’s chicken class, here’s the story. In short: it was a crazy fun night! We had a pretty good crowd, among whom was a family of four, plus three other folks who already had chicks or pullets at home. The instructor, Renee Wrede, … Continue reading
Chicken Class!
Do you like eggs? What about fresh, nutrient-dense eggs from your own chickens? Keeping hens is a fun hobby, one that pays you back in really good food. And once you’re set up, it’s not hard, or time-consuming. If you’ve got a back yard – or even a little spot of ground on the side … Continue reading
Natural Garden Workshop, this July!
Learn how to incorporate native plants for birds, bees and butterflies in this (completely free) workshop led by garden writer Lisa Albert. “Eager to see beneficial birds, butterflies and gentle native bees? Discover how beautiful native plants can bring these allies to your yard, helping fight pests and improving garden productivity. Learn which natives might be right … Continue reading
