Fifth Annual Traditional and Green Skills Event- Saturday March 7, 2015

Fifth Annual Traditional & Green Skills Event
Saturday, March 7, 2015 8:00 a.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Prairie Farm High School, 630 River Ave. S. Prairie Farm

Registration & Coffee Time 8:00 – 9:00
Socializing, coffee, tea, milk and goodies Commons Area

Session 1 9:15 – 10:00
Introduction to Drip Irrigation English Room
With Mike Racette
Using T tape for effective, conservation irrigation
Low Tech Food Storage Math Room
With Jan Erdman
Easy ways to store your garden bounty
Medicinal Herbs and Natural Home Remedies History Room
With Melissa Higgins
A pharmacy in your backyard
Kid’s Creative Space Art Room
With Nadine WetzelCurtis
Supervised space for kids to unleash their creativity
Easy Yogurt Making FC/E Room
With Kate Stout
Demystify yogurt making
Chicken Butchering Shop Room
With Ty and Audrey Martin
Learn the basics of taking your birds from coop to oven
Square Inch Gardening Ag Room
With Cris Cantin
Get the most from your small garden

Session 2 10:15 – 11:45
Beginning Maple Syruping English Room With Sam Dodge The basics of collecting and boiling off maple sap to your own syrup
Saving and Sharing Seed Math Room
With Experts from Seed Savers
Learn tips and strategies for saving and sharing your own seeds
Home Birth Options History Room
With Nicole Wocelka
Explore the many options in home births
Kid’s Creative Space (continued) Art Room
With Nadine WetzelCurtis
Supervised space for kids to unleash their creativity
Home Canning: Water Bath, Steam and Pressure FC/E Room
With Raine Lampert and Joyce Plunkett
Learn the nitty‐gritty of canning at home
Solar Hot Air Shop Room
With George Adams, Allen Freiermuth
Warm your home for “almost” free
Joys and Challenges of Dairy Goats Ag Room
With Meg Wittenmeyer
Covers many aspects of dairy goat raising including cheese making
Homemade Herbal Teas Commons Area
With Barry Iverson
Explains making tea from wild gathered plants

Session 3 1:00 – 1:45
Xeriscaping English Room
With Douglas OwensPike
Reducing or eliminating the need to irrigate both lawns and gardens
Controlling Invasives & Buckthorn Removal Math Room
With West Central WI Invasive Plant Management Area Staff
Exploration and Explanation of plant control
Intro to Home Scale Mushroom Culture History Room
With Jim Erdman
Grow fungi in your own back yard
Flint Knapping Art Room
With David Skrupky
Learn about this elegant and ancient skill
Blacksmithing Basics Shop Room
With Pete Stanaitis
Demonstration and discussion of blacksmithing
Organic Pest Control Ag Room
With Kate Stout
Tricks of the trade to keep pests away
Blues Harmonica in 20 Minutes Music Room
With Willie Williams
Learn to play tunes very quickly. Harmonica provided
You are invited to a full day of learning from local
teachers.

Session 4 2:00 3:15
Seed Storage Math Room
With Experts from Seed Savers
You saved seeds, now how do you store them
Home Funerals History Room
With Lucy Basler
Learn the ins and outs of caring for your deceased loved one at home
Spinning Art Room With Sheri Stanaitis Learn the basics of spinning wool
Fermented Vegetables FC/E Room
With Brett Laidlaw
How to preserve vegetables and cultivate healthy microbes
More Blacksmithing Shop Room
With Pete Stanaitis
Demonstration and discussion of blacksmithing continued
Soil Health Basics Ag Room
With NRCS
Good soil health is the key to good gardens
Alternatives to Pampers Music Room
With Nadine WetzelCurtis
Learn about the natural ways to diaper your baby


No need to pre‐register, just pay at the door:
$12 per adult, $7 per child under 12 or $30 per family
of 5 or less. Includes class sessions, food and
complimentary childcare. Schedule subject to change
without notice. For more information, please call
Kate Stout at 715‐455‐1569 (kstout@chibardun.net)
or Cris Cantin at 715‐455‐2088
11:45 – 1:00

LUNCH Multipurpose Room
Round Table Discussions Commons Area
Seed Swap 12:30 – 1:00 Multipurpose Room
Round Table Discussions, Local
Products Bizarre and Special
Interest Information all during
lunchtime

Join with others in the Commons Area to discuss topics
that interest you that have to do with Reskilling,
Resilience, Re‐localization and more. Do you have a topic
you would like to talk about? Bring suggestions with you
that day. We will have table markers. Shop for local
products and stop by to learn more about local special
interests. If you are interested in selling local goods or
services or want to inform people on a topic, all you need
to do is bring a card table and let Kate know you are
planning to come.

The Hungry Turtle Weekend Events- March 13-14th, 2015

 The Hungry Turtle Weekend events, Friday and Saturday March 13 &14:



March maple madness, amazing migrations, and the genius of germination-the
March Hungry Turtle Weekend program is Anticipating Spring, Friday and
Saturday, March 13 & 14 at the Amery Food Hub. The ground may still be
thawing, but it's not too early to plant a seed (indoors) or consider the
remarkable journeys that our avian neighbors make as they travel back north
each spring. And it's prime time for tapping maple trees for sap to boil
down into maple syrup, a true northern delicacy.

Friday evening features a book signing with Paula Westmoreland, author of
This Perennial Land: Third Crops, Blue Earth, and the Road to a Restorative
Agriculture. That takes place in the Hungry Turtle Gallery in the
splendidly renovated Fay Building on Keller Avenue, "the main drag," in
Amery. Local musician Amy Johnson will perform after Paula's signing.

Farm Table restaurant, also located in the hub building, is open for dinner
that night, and from 10:00 am to 8:30 pm on Saturday. Farm Table serves
fresh, distinctive dishes prepared primarily with ingredients sourced from
small local farms (including those that are part of the Hungry Turtle
Farmers Co-op, the third partner in the Amery Food Hub).

Saturday's schedule is packed with events to get you excited about spring:
Cris Cantin kicks it off with a seed starting demonstration at 9:00 am.
Cris will cover all you need to know to get your garden off to a running
start when the real warm weather rolls around. Then at 10:30 am local
teachers, biologists and bird enthusiasts Matt Berg and Brian Collins will
share their fascination with Wisconsin's feathered population.

The afternoon is all about maple-inspired cuisine, with plenty of
opportunities to taste, and to learn about maple syrup's versatility in the
kitchen. Teresa Marrone, author of Modern Maple, leads off the afternoon
session. She'll cover the basics of tapping your own trees for sap, and
talk about her culinary journey to liberate the syrup bottle from the
breakfast table. Teresa will demonstrate a couple of novel uses of maple
syrup in the kitchen, and there will be other maple-y treats to sample, as
well.

The afternoon finale showcases culinary drama as Farm Table chefs and
talented amateurs show off their skills with maple cookery. Attendees will
have the chance to taste all the dishes prepared.

The morning session is free, and extremely family-friendly. The afternoon
of cooking demos and samplings is $15 (kids 12 & under free).

Visit the Hungry Turtle website to sign up: www.hungryturtle.net
<http://www.hungryturtle.net> or call 715-268-4510

Spooner Advocate: Springbrook/ Trego Column, February 19, 2015

Good morning! Hope this finds everyone out there doing great. We sure have had some colder days as well as some snow. I hope people are bring safe as well as checking on their neighbors that are home bound. 

Our sympathies go out to Miller family at Lac Courte Oreilles. As well as those related to Autumn Martineau  (Fond du Lac) who walked on after a car accident in last weeks storm. Please keep these families in your prayers. Also please keep Carlton County, MN and the issues that are going on with the coroners office in your prayers. There has been alot of issues with two recent deaths of Indian people and what should be their religious rights to not have an autopsy. This has caused many issues, hurt feelings and disrespect with the Indian population. My thoughts and prayers are with all those who are fighting for their religious rights to take care of their loved ones in a traditional burial.

If you would like to access the LCO Community College calendar please visit them at LCOOCC Extension on Facebook. 

Feb 19th Zumba in the auditorium from 4:45- 5:15, Feb 20th Storytelling in the Cultural Center from 5-8pm.  Any questions or to have a copy sent to you via email please call Amber at 715-634-4790 x156.

A BIG welcome to all the Birkiebeiner attendees and the competitors! Good luck to everyone! Please be safe, have fun, and thank you for coming to Hayward, WI! Have a wonderful time here in NW Wisconsin! 

Does anyone out there have any old fishing equipment out there that they do not need or want? I am looking to get some stuff together and hopefully get some people out there fishing. Mikhaila went over the winter break and she LOVED it! So I was hoping to get her and some of her friends, me out there on the ice to relearn this awesome winter sport.

MOSES Organic Farming Conference is being held next week- Feb 26-28, 2015 in La Crosse, Wi. Anyone in our area going? It is a great conference and you can still go! Want more information please go to www.mosesorganic.org.

Do you know anyone that would like to get their GED? Maybe its you that would like to get your GED and go on to take some college classes. Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College is both a place where you can study for your  GED as well as test for it. f you would like more information please call 715-634-4790 and ask for Nicole.

Happy birthday to all the people in February! Can you believe it is February already!  If you have a birthday this month you are among some awesome people- like myself !! LOL Happy Birthday goes out to Leif Nestingen, Amanda Ward- have a fabulous day folks! If you have a birthday this month please give yourself a hug, do something that makes you happy!! We love you!

Put it on your calendar:

March 7, 215- Traditional and Green Skills Day in Prairie Farm, WI. Registration begins at 8:00 am, first class starts at 9:15 am, last class at 3:15 pm. The cost is $12.00 and includes lunch! There will be a seed swap at 12:30 with Seed Savers Exchange from Decorah, Iowa! This is an awesome event that is well worth the drive! I have learned sooo much from the event! I am also presenting again this year on canning! So come on down! I look forward to seeing you there!

July 17-19, 2015- 35th Annual Conference and Campout. Where? Seed Savers Exchange in Decorah, Iowa! If you have not attended this you are missing out!!! Hope to see some of you there!

I know that there HAS to be some events going on out there! Please let me know!

Please remember that I would like any information from all of you of what is going on! This is your column ! Any garage sales, church functions, raffles etc? Let me know- thank you!

Have a friend or family member that would be interested in the column? Maybe they live out of town? They can access the column on my blog on Thursdays, at www.twogirlsandagarden.blogspot.com .

Spooner Advocate- Springbrook/Trego Column- February 12, 2015

Good morning! Well it can't decide if it is going to snow out there or not today! I hope everyone had a great weekend, it was a little breezy but overall pretty decent for February.

Fourth Annual Triple Treat was held on Saturday February 7 in Earl and they sure had a great turn out! They baked 81 pies and I only saw 5 on the table when I got there. The soups were out of this world! Great job to all that helped make, bake or set-up for this event. You all did  a wonderful job! It was great to meet some new people and wonderful to see my friend Sherrine!

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone out there! I hope we are sharing our love for each other all year long. Remember its the small things that really matter not all the flowers, candies and cards.

If you would like to access the LCO Community College calendar please visit them at LCOOCC Extension on Facebook. Feb 12th in the Auditorium is Zumba from 4:15- 5:15, Feb 14th- Happy Valentine's Day, Feb. 16th the college is closed, Feb 17th Zumba in the auditorium  from 4:45- 5:15 pm also Valentine Cooking Class from 5:30-8:30 pm Feb 18th Beading Circle in room 305,  Feb 19th Zumba in the auditorium from 4:45- 5:15, Fb 20th Storytelling in the Cultural Center from 5-8pm.  Any questions or to have a copy sent to you via email please call Amber at 715-634-4790 x156.

Does anyone out there have any old fishing equipment out there that they do not need or want? I am looking to get some stuff together and hopefully get some people out there fishing. Mikhaila went over the winter break and she LOVED it! So I was hoping to get her and some of her friends, me out there on the ice to relearn this awesome winter sport.

Do you know anyone that would like to get their GED? Maybe its you that would like to get your GED and go on to take some college classes. Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College is both a place where you can study for your  GED as well as test for it. f you would like more information please call 715-634-4790 and ask for Nicole.

Happy birthday to all the people in February! Can you believe it is February already!  If you have a birthday this month you are among some awesome people- like myself !! LOL Happy Birthday goes out to Leif Nestingen, Amanda Ward- have a fabulous day folks! If you have a birthday this month please give yourself a hug, do something that makes you happy!! We love you!

Put it on your calendar:

March 7, 215- Traditional and Green Skills Day in Prairie Farm, WI. Registration begins at 8:00 am, first class starts at 9:15 am, last class at 3:15 pm. The cost is $12.00 and includes lunch! There will be a seed swap at 12:30 with Seed Savers Exchange from Decorah, Iowa! This is an awesome event that is well worth the drive! I have learned sooo much from the event! I am also presenting again this year on canning! So come on down! I look forward to seeing you there!

July 17-19, 2015- 35th Annual Conference and Campout. Where? Seed Savers Exchange in Decorah, Iowa! If you have not attended this you are missing out!!! Hope to see some of you there!

I know that there HAS to be some events going on out there! Please let me know!

Please remember that I would like any information from all of you of what is going on! This is your column ! Any garage sales, church functions, raffles etc? Let me know- thank you!

Have a friend or family member that would be interested in the column? Maybe they live out of town? They can access the column on my blog on Thursdays, at www.twogirlsandagarden.blogspot.com .

Spooner Advocate- Springbrook/Trego Column, February 5, 2015

Good morning! I hope everyone is enjoying the sun out there today. Did everyone watch the Super Bowl? I hope your team won! I have to say I was good with whoever won, but that last play by the Seahawks was kind of hard to accept! 

THIS WEEKEND!  I will have my 2nd Annual Seed Swap on February 8, 2015 from 10:30- 1:00. This year it will be held at the Spooner Ag Station. The Spooner Ag Station is right outside Spooner on Hwy 70- the address is W6646 Hwy 70, 715-635-3735. I will have a sign up outside so that you know your at the right place. Please feel free to come and swap seeds, donate seeds, tubers, bulbs, old gardening magazines/books. Or just come by and chat with me and some other "seedy" people! I will have refreshments so come by and check out the swap. If you can't make it and have seeds to donate please feel free to drop them off in advance at the Ag Station- Kevin, Otto or Lorraine can help you out. I look forward to seeing all of you!

Fourth Annual Triple Treat is being held this Saturday February 7, 2015 from 11:00-1:30 pm at Earl Church in Earl,WI. If you ave not gone to this event before please put it on your calendar! There will be soup and rolls-all you can eat for $4.50 until they run out, Homemade Pies- various flavors and they are ALL AWESOME! They also have a flea market, Chinese Auction, silent auction and more! My advice is come early, bring your wallet!! They always have awesome soup, you will want to get a pie early as they ALWAYS sell out. Plus they always have some great crafts and a wonderful silent auction! I hope to see you all there! Thanks Bonnie for letting me know that this is going on!

A BIG thanks to Russ Parker for the awesome bag of Porcupine quills! I am soooo excited to use them in some earring projects, and maybe on some hair clips!

Are you a quilter? Remember that the Hayward Piecemakers Quilt Club meets once a month on the second Monday at the Hayward Wesleyan Church at 10 a.m. This is a NEW location- they use to meet at the library in Hayward.

If you would like to access the LCO Community College calendar please visit it at LCOOCC Extension on Facebook.You can also email me and I will send out the calendar to you. Any questions or to have a copy sent to you via email please call Amber at 715-634-4790 x156.

Does anyone out there have any old fishing equipment out there that they do not need or want? I am looking to get some stuff together and hopefully get some people out there fishing. Mikhaila went over the winter break and she LOVED it! So I was hoping to get her and some of her friends, me out there on the ice to relearn this awesome winter sport.

Do you know anyone that would like to get their GED? Maybe its you that would like to get your GED and go on to take some college classes. Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College is both a place where you can study for your  GED as well as test for it. f you would like more information please call 715-634-4790 and ask for Nicole.

Strange request but if there are any hunters or trappers out there that do not want their hides, bear fat, feathers, tallow etc please let them know I would be interested. I use various things in soaps, lotions and beaded items. Also anyone have any porcupine quills. I appreciate any help!

 

Happy birthday to all the people in February! Can you believe it is February already!  If you have a birthday this month you are among some awesome people- like myself !! LOL Happy Birthday goes out to Leif Nestingen, Amanda Ward- have a fabulous day folks! If you have a birthday this month please give yourself a hug, do something that makes you happy!! We love you!

Put it on your calendar:

March 7, 215- Traditional and Green Skills Day in Prairie Farm, WI. Registration begins at 8:00 am, first class starts at 9:15 am, last class at 3:15 pm. The cost is $12.00 and includes lunch! There will be a seed swap at 12:30 with Seed Savers Exchange from Decorah, Iowa! This is an awesome event that is well worth the drive! I have learned sooo much from the event! I am also presenting again this year on canning! So come on down! I look forward to seeing you there!

July 17-19, 2015- 35th Annual Conference and Campout. Where? Seed Savers Exchange in Decorah, Iowa! If you have not attended this you are missing out!!! Hope to see some of you there!

I know that there HAS to be some events going on out there! Please let me know!

Please remember that I would like any information from all of you of what is going on! This is your column ! Any garage sales, church functions, raffles etc? Let me know- thank you!

Have a friend or family member that would be interested in the column? Maybe they live out of town? They can access the column on my blog on Thursdays, at www.twogirlsandagarden.blogspot.com .

Spooner Advocate- Springbrook/Trego Column- January 29, 2015

Good morning! I woke up to lovely white fluffy snow out there. I hope everyone takes their time driving in it. Can you believe that January is almost gone? I am looking through all the great seed catalogs that are coming in the mail. The seed catalog companies sure know when we are sick of winter and need some hope of warmer days! I love to sit down with a seed catalog ad a cup of coffee and plan what I will be planting in the spring. So you have a favorite seed catalog? I love Seed Savers Exchange as well as Baker.

Talking about  seeds I will have my 2nd Annual Seed Swap on February 8, 2015 from 10:30- 1:00. This year it will be held at the Spooner Ag Station. The Spooner Ag Station is right outside Spooner on Hwy 70. I will have a sign up outside. Please feel free to come and swap seeds, donate seeds, tubers, bulbs or just come by and chat with me and some other "seedy" people! I will have refreshments so come by and check out the swap.

A BIG thanks to Russ Parker for the awesome bag of Porcupine quills! I am soooo excited!

Are you a quilter? Remember that the Hayward Piecemakers Quilt Club meets once a month on the second Monday at the Hayward Wesleyan Church at 10 a.m. This is a NEW location- they use to meet at the library in Hayward.

If you would like to access the LCO Community College calendar please visit it at LCOOCC Extension on Facebook.Tuesday, January 27^th 

5-8pm:  StarQuilt Wrap-Up, Room 311 5:30-8pm: Making Healthy Lunches with Shannon Nelson, Student Center Kitchen Wednesday, January 28th 11:30-1pm: Community Forum, LCOOCC Presidential Candidate, Auditorium5-8pm:  Fish Decoy Carving, Room 5075-8pm: Beading Circle, Room 305. Thursday, January 29^th 3:30-4:30pm: Bellydancing, Auditorium 4:45-5:15pm: Zumba, Auditorium. Friday, January 30^th10am-4:30pm: Finger Weaving, Cultural Center You can also email me and I will send out the calendar to you. Any questions or to have a copy sent to you via email please call Amber at 715-634-4790 x156.

Do you know anyone that would like to get their GED? Maybe its you that would like to get your GED and go on to take some college classes. Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College is both a place where you can study for your  GED as well as test for it. f you would like more information please call 715-634-4790 and ask for Nicole.

Strange request but if there are any hunters or trappers out there that do not want their hides, bear fat, feathers, tallow etc please let them know I would be interested. I use various things in soaps, lotions and beaded items. Also anyone have any porcupine quills. I appreciate any help!

 

Happy birthday to all the people in January! Wow its January already! If you have a birthday this month you are among some awesome people! Happy Birthday goes out to Chris Cantin, Karen Nestingen, Ilea Eder, Mary Stone- McConnell- have a fabulous day ladies! If you have a January birthday please give yourself a hug, do something that makes you happy!! We love you!

Put it on your calendar:

March 7, 215- Traditional and Green Skills Day in Prairie Farm, WI. Registration begins at 8:00 am, first class starts at 9:15 am, last class at 3:15 pm. The cost is $12.00 and includes lunch! There will be a seed swap at 12:30 with Seed Savers Exchange from Decorah, Iowa! This is an awesome event that is well worth the drive! I have learned sooo much from the event! I am also presenting again this year on canning! So come on down! I look forward to seeing you there!

July 17-19, 2015- 35th Annual Conference and Campout. Where? Seed Savers Exchange in Decorah, Iowa! If you have not attended this you are missing out!!! Hope to see some of you there!

I know that there HAS to be some events going on out there! Please let me know!

Please remember that I would like any information from all of you of what is going on! This is your column ! Any garage sales, church functions, raffles etc? Let me know- thank you!

Have a friend or family member that would be interested in the column? Maybe they live out of town? They can access the column on my blog on Thursdays, at www.twogirlsandagarden.blogspot.com .

 

Spooner Advocate- Springbrook Column, January 15, 2015

Good morning! Well the sun is out today but it sure has been cold out there lately! I hope that everyone is staying warm and healthy! Heard that there are some people that have been sick, wishing them a speedy recovery!

The Fond du Lac Pow- wow was awesome this last weekend! There was a good turn out and so many beautiful dancers! It was fun that we had some people from Puerto Rico there. They were very impressed with the whole event. Couldn't believe the dancers, they said they had nothing like that in Puerto Rico! Chi-Miigwech to all the people who danced, volunteered, worked the event. Thank you to the Veterans that were there! Chi- Miigwech to Black Bear Casino and all the employees!

Seed Swap in Prairie Farm, WI on Jan 17, 2015 from 10:30-1:00 pm. Held at the Prairie Farm school- yes there will be signs up! Bring your seeds to swap for new varieties, or donate some seeds you are no longer in need of. This is a fun event where you get to enjoy a cup of coffee, trade seeds, talk to other seed savers! Cris also does put together a group seed and tree order, saving you time and money! So come on out and meet some new friends!

Are you a quilter? Remember that the Hayward Piecemakers Quilt Club meets once a month on the second Monday at the Hayward Wesleyan Church at 10 a.m. This is a NEW location- they use to meet at the library in Hayward.

If you would like to access the LCO Community College calendar please visit it at LCOOCC Extension on Facebook.You can also email me and I will send out the calendar to you. Any questions or to have a copy sent to you via email please call Amber at 715-634-4790 x156.

Do you know anyone that would like to get their GED? Maybe its you that would like to get your GED and go on to take some college classes. Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College is both a place where you can study for your  GED as well as test for it. f you would like more information please call 715-634-4790 and ask for Nicole.

Strange request but if there are any hunters or trappers out there that do not want their hides, bear fat, feathers, tallow etc please let them know I would be interested. I use various things in soaps, lotions and beaded items. Also anyone have any porcupine quills. I appreciate any help!

 

Happy birthday to all the people in January! Wow its January already! If you have a birthday this month you are among some awesome people! Happy Birthday goes out to Chris Cantin, Karen Nestingen, Ilea Eder- have a fabulous day ladies! If you have a January birthday please give yourself a hug, do something that makes you happy!! We love you!

Put it on your calendar:

July 17-19, 2015- 35th Annual Conference and Campout. Where? Seed Savers Exchange in Decorah, Iowa! If you have not attended this you are missing out!!! Hope to see some of you there!

March 7, 215- Traditional and Green Skills Day in Prairie Farm, WI. Registration begins at 8:00 am, first class starts at 9:15 am, last class at 3:15 pm. The cost is $12.00 and includes lunch! There will be a seed swap at 12:30 with Seed Savers Exchange from Decorah, Iowa! This is an awesome event that is well worth the drive! I have learned sooo much from the event! I am also presenting again this year on canning! So come on down! I look forward to seeing you there!

I know that there HAS to be some events going on out there! Please let me know!

Please remember that I would like any information from all of you of what is going on! This is your column ! Any garage sales, church functions, raffles etc? Let me know- thank you!

Have a friend or family member that would be interested in the column? Maybe they live out of town? They can access the column on my blog on Thursdays, at www.twogirlsandagarden.blogspot.com .

 

.  How about doing something fun for someone? Go bake some cookies and drop them off at a friends!