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Over 160 classes offered at Country Living Expo
STANWOOD – The annual Country Living Expo and Cattleman’s Winterschool returns on Saturday, Jan. 28, offering more classes than ever. A total of 160 classes and workshops in country living, self-reliance, sustainability, maintenance and more will be available to participants at the all-day event at Stanwood High School.
The classes, taught by local instructors, range from
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WHATCOM – The 2012 Wild Seafood Exchange, presented by Fishermen’s News in partnership with the Port of Bellingham, will be held in Bellingham on Saturday, Feb. 22 at the Best Western Plus Lakeway Inn & Conference Center in Bellingham. Previously held in Seattle, the one-day conference is aimed at the independent commercial fisherman who wants
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EVERETT – The Washington State Department of Agriculture is holding a series of Harvest Against Hunger Area Summits where farmers, processors, packers and hunger relief organizations can share ideas and insights about ways to effectively work together to alleviate hunger in communities. Using funds from the WSDA Specialty Crop Block Grant, Harvest Against Hunger Area
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WHATCOM – The Backyard Beans and Grains Project has released an instruction manual “Growing Dry Beans & Grains in the Pacific Northwest: a Step-by-Step Guide to Producing Your Own Staple Foods” as a 26-page book, according to organizer Krista Rome. The book includes full instructions for the “13 major legume, grain, and seed crops we
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SKAGIT – The 6th Annual Organic Seed Alliance Conference will be held Jan. 19-21 in Port Townsend, and includes a pre-conference field tour in the Skagit Valley, a major vegetable seed production region. An all-day field tour co-sponsored by Southern Exposure Seed Exchange will visit major cabbage, beet and spinach growing regions, as well as
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SAN JUAN/ANACORTES – The San Juan and Anacortes Farmers Markets are hosting winter farmers markets. The San Juan Island Winter Farmers Market will be held the first Saturdays in January, February and March. Produce, goodies, arts and crafts, and more will be available from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Friday Harbor High School
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People
PROFILE: Anne Schwartz, Owner, Blue Heron Farm by Marnie Jones
For Anne Schwartz, former Tilth Producers of Washington president and proprietor of Blue Heron Farm, farming sprang from “a lifelong need to be outside and a desire to leave things better than [she] found them.” Her career is also rooted in a lifetime of activism. Schwartz grew up in New Jersey, rallying around environmental, women’s equality,
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DIY
Extend your growing season with a cold frame by Samantha Schuller
If you’ve been grumping and muttering under your breath all summer at your unproductive melon vines, short tomato season, and stunted peppers, now is the time to start gloating about our Pacific weather. We here in the Northwest are blessed—that’s right, blessed—with usually mild winters, which means that we get a growable winter
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Cooking
Baking biscotti: Dipping treat for warm winter drinks by Sylvia Watkins
A steaming drink with a dipping treat during the winter is for some the seasonal equivalent of a ripe heirloom tomato in late summer (especially if the biscotti is served following a hearty winter stew with fresh baked bread). It is a simple, yet grand winter dessert, fit for a fireside chat, craft
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Gardening
SEED SEASON: Swaps, catalogs and starts a good cure for the winter blues by Sylvia Watkins
Seed season is upon us. The holiday season has come to a close, and the winter doldrums are setting in. The countdown to spring begins, or for us serious gardeners, the countdown to St. Patrick’s Day, the day that – in addition to toasting a pint to the Irish – means planting some
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Crafty
Local talents on display at Artisans by Jessica Harbert
Artisans Northwest Arts, Crafts and Eats in downtown Bellingham provides an avenue to showcase and sell local artwork, from hand-drawn greeting cards to jewelry to pottery and everything in between. The store also offers local coffee and fine chocolate, and sells fresh local produce.
“My vision of this place was to have an outlet
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