News & Events
* UPCOMING *
Wishing you a Happy New Year! We're all still in a holding pattern, BUT...
There's plenty going on at the Boston Area Beekeepers Association, or
BABA
"Managing Single Brood Chamber Hives," a lecture by Stephen Repasky, takes place online on 1/22/22. To register, visit Bostonbeekeepers.org and click on the Events page. And keep checking their Calendar page for events happening 1-3 times a month.
Also...
The Trustees' virtual
GARDENERS' GATHERING
...is tentatively scheduled for 3/26. Pencil it in!
For upcoming workshops & happenings, check the Workshops calendar here.
Agricultural Hall?
In 1818, the Massachusetts Society for the Promotion of Agriculture built the original Agricultural Hall on Dighton Street in Brighton. It served as the hub of the Brighton Fair and Cattle Show, one of the earliest and largest such fairs in the country. In 1829, "a 17-pound turnip, a 19-pound radish, and a bough on which pears hung like a cluster of grapes were among the outstanding exhibits of that year." In 1844 the building was moved to its present location at the corner of Chestnut Hill Avenue and Washington Street.
Dr. William P. Marchione &
The Bostonian Society
Agricultural Hall
245 Amory Street
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
617-388-7378 / e-mail Ag Hall
Sat.&Sun., 10:00am-2:30pm & by appt. Calling ahead is always a good idea.
Composted manure, 2018:
Phil Stevens, owner of Carter & Stevens Farm in Barre, MA, says his composted manure is a blend of dairy barn wastes (manure, straw and some shavings), and has been aged three years. ‘It’s as organic as you can get without being certified.’ The worms are red wigglers, the type you want in your worm (vermicompost) bin. If you want to pre-order manure for 2018, please send an email or call.