One of the things I miss most about living in California is being part of such a progressive state and culture. This CO-OP is in Berkeley (of course!). URBAN FARMING CLASSES Backyard Beekeeping Sunday, Jan. 18th 2pm-5pm, $40 Honeybees are a joy to keep in the backyard simply for their buzzing presence and, on hot days, the smell of honey, wafting through the air within ten feet of the hive. MORE Winter Fruit Tree Pruning Sunday, Jan. 25th 10am-1pm, $40 Taught in a large Berkeley garden with over 20 different fruit trees to practice on, we will cover which varieties do well in the are... MORE Make Your Own Mead Saturday, Feb. 7th 2-5pm, $60 Learn the secrets to making mead–and take home your own gallon to ferment at home–at this hands-on class taught by apiarist, Robert MacKimmie of City Bees... MORE Everything You Need to Know About Backyard Chickens Sunday, Feb. 22nd 10am-1pm, $40 From setting up a brooder for baby chicks to the essentials of water, feed, and MORE Bees 201: Splits and Swarms Sunday, March 8th 1pm-4pm, $40 This class focuses on early spring management--how to prevent your bees from swarming and instead focus their energy on honey production. MORE Ferment Dairy Sunday, March 8th 2-5pm, $40 For winter, we will focus our fermentation efforts on dairy and cover: creme fraiche, greek yogurt, cultured butter, and milk & water kefir. MORE Stovetop Brewing Sunday, March 15th 2-5pm, $45 Where can you get the best beer in the world? In your kitchen! Learn how to brew a 1 gallon batch of all-grain beer on your stovetop. MORE January News! Dear BioFuel Oasis Urban Farming Customers, Happy New Year! Our wish for the new year is that we get more rain and a real winter this year. Rain (& snow in the mountains) will replenish our water supply and give us inside time to rest and prepare for the spring. If your new year resolution includes starting or expanding your urban farm to include chickens and/or bees, read on to reserve your chicks or bees through us. We also have many classes to give you all the tools and knowledge to ferment, keep bees & chickens, and more! CHICK DAY First Baby Chicks of the Year: February 12th! Weve moved up our first chick day, so you can get started super early this year. Reserve your baby chicks today for pick-up on Thursday, February 12th at 10am! Along with your purchase of chicks, we are offering a free Chicks 101 presentation at 10am by Annie, BioFuel Oasis worker-owner. Annie will also be teaching a comprehensive class for new chicken owners on Feb. 22nd. On February 12th, we will be offering the following breeds: Americauna, aka Easter Eggers - eggs are shades of blue/green Black Star - excellent brown egg layer, cross between Rhode Island Red Rooster and Barred Rock hen, black color of chicks guarantees them to be females Rhode Island Red - Heritage Breed and most popular breed of American Chicken Call us at 510.665.5509 to reserve your chicks! Click here for more info on the chicks and future chick days (April 3rd and May 15th)! All chicks come from a small hatchery in southern California. NUC OF BEES For the fourth year in a row, we will be selling bees from Randy Oliver (pictured at right). Each year he breeds the hives that did best against varroa mites and made the most honey. Your purchase of bees also includes a free class in May/June where Jennifer will lead hive inspections of a couple of the Nucs. If this is your first year for bees, we also recommend taking two other classes: I Got Bees! Now What Do I Do? and if you want to save money and assemble your own boxes/frames, the Build Your Own Hive class. In this first week of January weve sold half of the 40 Nucs that are available, so we recommend reserving asap if you want one. Read our website for all the details and then call us or stop by to reserve. FRUIT TREES - Grafting & Pruning Scion Exchange Presented by the Golden Gate Chapter of the Rare Fruit Growers Stop by the Ed Roberts Campus this Sunday afternoon between noon and 3pm for the annual scion exchange. If you have fruit trees, you will find lots of varieties you can graft on to your trees here, grafting demos, and lots more. Click here for a full description. Now is the time to prune your fruit trees as well - our pruning class on Jan. 25th takes place in the instructors yard where she will demo pruning and offer everyone a chance to try as well. We hope to see you soon! Warmly, Annie, Freya, Jennifer, Joy, & Kelsey BioFuel Oasis Cooperative, 510.665.5509, biofueloasis
Posted on: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 22:16:21 +0000
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