We usually have a Permaculture Guild of Santa Barbara meeting on the third Wednesday evening of the month, but in November we have two other permaculture events that week, on Tuesday and Thursday, so we won't be meeting on Wednesday.

 

On Tuesday November 15, 7:00 - 9:30pm the Santa Barbara Permaculture Network will be presenting a talk and book signing by Patricia Foreman at 7 pm at the Santa Barbara Central Library in the Faulkner Gallery. Foreman is the author of "City Chicks" which offers tips on how to keep "micro-flocks" of chickens as garden helpers, compost creators and for food.

 

On Thursday November 17, 7:30-9:00pm the Santa Barbara Green Co-op presents Larry Saltzman, co-chair of the Permaculture Guild of Santa Barbara and the local chapter of the California Rare Fruit Growers,  who will be facilitating a talk and discussion on "How to Create Flourishing Fruit Trees and Food Forests While Watching Water Use". Larry and his wife Linda Buzzell have an urban food forest with over 100 fruit trees on their 1/3 acre lot in the Samarkand area of Santa Barbara. Most of the trees are dry farmed, which means they have only been watered during the first three years to establish them, and after that maybe once or twice a year. Larry will talk about selecting, buying, planting, and maintaining fruit trees that do well in our climate and can be dry farmed. He will also discuss why dry farming is such a good way to care for trees, and what needs to be done to be most successful in this method. The event is free and open to the public and will take place at the Watershed Resource Center at Arroyo Burro Beach in Santa Barbara.

 

Hope you can make these great events.

 

Our next Permaculture Guild of Santa Barbara meeting will probably be on Wednesday, January 18, 2012 as the third Wednesday in December falls on Dec 21, when a lot of us will already be on holiday.

 

Linda