Grain harvesting at Full Circle Farm, Creston.
Inspecting frames at West Arm Apiaries, Proctor.
Tilling at Johnson’s Landing Retreat Centre.
January 2009
Please report any links that do not work to the office (klasociety@shaw.ca)
The web site is getting so large and complex we are sure that some things have been missed...
Membership Renewal
We have come to the time of the year when we all have to renew our membership in the Society.
Our membership year runs from the 1st January until the 31st December, and if you wish to continue with your membership for 2010 - your fees are due now.
Please take the time to fill in the attached membership form and send it into the office.
We hope you have been pleased with the development of the society over the last 12 months - the courses, lectures, newsletter, farm tours and the tool library, and we hope that you will continue to participate with us as we move forward.
Thank you.
The Directors
Annual General Meeting
The AGM of the Society will take place on the afternoon of Saturday, 20th March after the lecture / workshop by Dr. Ron Howard starting at 2pm.
For those members attending the lecture, bring a pot luck lunch with you, and join with us for lunch.
We should be finished by 4pm.
Please make an effort to attend - full details of the agenda will be in the February newsletter.
The Society’s Newsletter
The newsletters main purpose is to inform the membership of new developments in agriculture, remind members of old methods that have been forgotten, to give members ideas of what can be grown in our area, to provide interesting articles on any number of subjects (with no pretence at balance), and to cover any other bits and pieces that I as editor find interesting.
If it stirs some controversy and makes people think - then I feel the job has been well done, if it doesn't then there is always next time.
If an article appears in the society pages - then that represents the societies viewpoint or position. If it appears in the general run of pages - then it does not.
Any member can submit an article for inclusion in the newsletter, and any member has a right to submit comments to the newsletter on any past articles that have appeared.
Members can also submit classified or other advertising relating to products or services that members may find interesting - and they will be included free of charge.
Tool Library
Just to keep you in the picture as to what’s going on:
- 50% of the tools have now been delivered (Set 3 to Set 8)
- All the other equipment has been ordered
The Tool Library booking system is now live. You can get to it via the main menu on the Kootenay Local Agricultural Society website.
Web resources update January 2010
Books added to the Virtual library this month
A practical manual of beekeeping - David Cramp
Animal Behavior Desk Reference 2nd Edition - Edward Barrows
Biology of apples and pears - J. Jackson
Buried treasures - World's choisest Bulbs - Janis Ruksans
Common Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of the Northeast - Fergus
Control of pests and weeds by natural enemies - Roy Van Driesche
Eating Fossil Fuels - Dale Pfeiffer
Ecology for non Ecologists - Frank Spellman
Encyclopedia of North American Wild Flowers - Joan Barker
Enzymes in Farm Animal Nutrition - M R Bedford
Friend Earthworm - George Oliver
Fungi - Biology and Applications - Wiley
Grapes - Glen Creasy
Grow Your Own Groceries - Linda Grey
Growing Wild Mushrooms - Bob Harris
Handbook of Farm, Dairy and Food Machinery - Myer Kutz
Implosion - Viktor Schauberger and the Path of Natural Energy - Crabb
Microbial safety of fresh produce - Wiley
Oil Crops - Springer
Permaculture II - Bill Mollison
Soil organic matter and its role in crop production - F. Allison
Sustainable Agriculture 2nd edition - John Mason
The Book of the Farm Vol 1 - Henry Stephens
The Book of the Farm Vol 2 - Henry Stephens
Vegetable Brassicas and related Crucifers - Dixon
Your Own Allotment - Neil Russell-Jones (UK based)
Resources added to the Guides section this month
Potato late blight symptoms - KLAS
Profitable Poultry: Raising birds on pasture - SAN
Profitable Pork - Strategies for Hog producers - SAN
Sweet potato morphology - Kootenay Local Agricultural Society
The full Virtual Library is available on Disk for those who are on slow Internet service.
The cost is $10.00 inclusive of postage,
If you would like a copy, please call Nette at the office.
Virtual Library
New Books
Growers Links
Details of the Beekeeping for Beginners course and other courses are now available. Click on the above image.
The Tool Library is now Live!
Please click on the logo above or on the menu bar on the left to go direct to the Tool Library section of the web site.
Contact the office for a a user name and password for the online booking system.
Shitake's at Underbelly Farm, Kaslo.
Squash field at Mad Dog Farm
Full Circle Farm
Grain Available
Full Circle Farm in Creston still has some grain from the fall harvest.
Currently available:
Red fife wheat - 20 lb. bags for $20.00.
Hard spring wheat (first quality) - 20 lb. bags for $20.00.
Hard spring wheat (second quality) - 40 lb. bags for $30.00.
(some broken kernels but still cleaned well)
Rye - 20 lb. Bags for $12.00
Contact
Drew and Joanne Gailius
3510 Lloyd Road,
Canyon, V0G 1C1
Tel: (250) 428 8424
fullcirclefarm@shaw.ca