The Seattle Tilth is such a cool organization. They have been providing hands-on education in organic agriculture for 37 years. They believe that all people deserve access to healthy, nutritious food and that changing the way in which we grow, cook and eat food has the potential to transform people’s lives as well as the communities in which we live. Check out what classes and events they have coming up:
>Grow Your Gardening Skills in 2016
Guess what? New classes have been posted! Sign up for a class and learn new skills that can benefit you for a lifetime.
Veggie Gardening
Start Seeds Indoors Thu., Jan. 21; 6:30-8:30 p.m., BGP
Start Seeds Indoors Sat., Feb. 13; 10 a.m.-noon, GSC
Grow Fruit in Small Spaces Thu., Feb. 11; 6:30-8:30 p.m., BGP
Composting 101 Sat., Feb. 13; 2-4 p.m., GSC
Fundamentals of Organic Gardening 101: Part 1 Wed., Mar. 16; 6:30-8:30 p.m., GSC
Fundamentals of Organic Gardening 101: Part 2 Sat., Mar. 19; 10 a.m.-1 p.m., GSC
Comprehensive Organic Gardener Mar. 24-Apr. 14
Thursdays, 7-9 p.m. & Saturdays, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Urban Livestock Classes
Backyard Beekeeping 101 Sat., Jan. 23; 10 a.m.-noon, GSC
Backyard Beekeeping 101 Wed., Feb. 10; 6:30-8:30 p.m., GSC
Beekeeping 201: Start Your Hive Wed., Feb. 17; 6:30-8:30 p.m., GSC
All About Chickens Sat., Feb. 27; 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; GSC
Permaculture & Sustainable Landscapes
Intro to Permaculture Sat., Jan. 23; 2-5 p.m., GSC
Intro to Permaculture Sat., Feb. 27; 2-5 p.m., BGP
Kitchen Classes
Make Herbal Infusions Sat., Feb. 6; 10 a.m.-noon, GSC
Parents & Teachers: Sign Up for Urban Garden Fun
At Seattle Tilth’s garden and farm education programs, students discover where food comes from, taste fresh vegetables straight from the garden, make compost, learn about worms and explore our natural environment in hands-on science based learning.
School Garden & Farm Tours for Kids
Plan a field trip for your school, daycare or activity group for fun, hands-on learning in the garden! Learn more and register.
Summer Garden Camps
Kids and teens 1-15 years old spend summer days outdoors at Seattle Tilth’s summer garden camps learning where food comes from, exploring our gardens, making art, singing songs and playing games — all with urban farm flair!
Check out their calendar of classes or see the full list. They’ll be adding classes throughout the year, so check back often for new listings!
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The HH has always kind of preferred his oatmeal or granola to store bought cereal, so I don’t think our house is a terribly good representation of buying trends. Though, Monkey Boy would probably be happy to eat sugar-laden cereal everyday of his life, and honestly, in the height of the couponing craze, I would have been more apt to buy it {if it were near free, of course}. Now, though, it’s more of a “treat.” So, we are probably not driving the cereal market one way or the other around here.
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Well. Let me tell you, I was in for a HUGE surprise when I got to Valerie’s home. Not only was Valerie’s place oozing with handmade items, the shear amount of wool she had stashed away left me standing there with my mouth wide open.
The wool was is trunks, stacked on shelves and in bags. But before we could dive into wool and begin hooking, we ate lunch.
Homemade cornbread and sausage stew. I had 2 bowls. Freakin’ delicious. 
After lunch it was time to get down to selecting colors for Zoë and Valerie’s first rug hooking project.
Seriously. These are my people. Look at all that wool. 
This being their first project and all, we didn’t want to do anything too elaborate. Zoë drew a geometric design on burlap and Valerie used a bobbin cone to draw out 9 circles. 
While they were busy cutting strips of wool, I tried out one of their 
If I had to do it all over again, I would have rather saved up for a while and learned how to hook using a frame. I bought a lap frame last year and had a hard time getting used to it and ended up selling it on ebay. 
The standing frame was so much easier to use {and I can hook faster on it} that I think I might add it to my 2017 wish list {since I’m only buying essential items this year}.
Valerie posted the progress she’s making on her hooked rug on 
Zoë finished her first rug in record time and posted the picture on 