May 3, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am Join us for Spring Planting! We will be planting Swiss chard, kale, beets, onions, parsnips, turnips, cabbage, potatoes and carrots – all fairly easy to grow and store into the cold season. Each year, Transition Bay volunteers grow about 500 pounds of vegetables from these […]
Food is a topic on many people's mind. Whether your interest is price, quality, availability, or all three, this workshop will discuss how the permaculture design system can be employed at your home as a gateway to increasing food sovereignty. Join Shayne White on May 4th for this valuable Sunday afternoon workshop at the Tantallon […]
Are you interested in learning how red wiggler worms can help you turn food scraps into “gardeners gold”? Join Waste Resource Education Officer, Cyndi Fraser, to learn all about vermicomposting. This workshop will teach you how to setup, maintain, and harvest your bin, giving you nutrient rich castings for your lawn and garden. Cyndi […]
Learn about pressing apples for cider using a smaller cider press, and which varieties of apples are best for different flavours and tartness. You can also learn how to ferment fresh cider into 'hard cider,' as well as other types of fermented fruit beverages This is a fun workshop packed with useful information. The workshop […]
For millennia humans have sought out wild staples: those foods that contain essential calories and protein. Fortunately these foods are all around us in Turtle Island. Learn about how to prepare acorns to make bread as well as starchy tubers: Apios americana (ground nut), Sunchokes and Cattail corms. Join us for this interesting and highly […]