Helping You Grow Your Bounty,

Trade Your Foodmiles for Foodsteps:

We have a variety of 2 page tip-sheets available for download.  These tip sheets were created to complement our Know Your Vegetables and Roots Down workshops; therefore they are geared toward gardeners and growers in SE Massachusetts.  Is there a topic you would like to see addressed at an upcoming workshop?  If so, please let us know.

Brix Bounty Farm Agricultural Tip Sheets

• Know Your Vegetables – Ag Resources Links
• Scheduled Conferences and Events for Organic Farmers Winter 2009/10

• Growing Nutrient Dense Foods
• Soil Testing to Improve Soil Health and Crop Quality (updated March 2011)

• Seed Selection, Crop Rotation, and Succession Planting
• Seed Starting
• Vegetable Planting Timeline
• Winter Growing (updated December 2010)

• Composting and Irrigation Tips
• Soil Remediation 101 (prepared for March 2011 workshop – see events page)
• Vegetable Growing in Small Plots, Containers and Local Nursery List

To achieve greater food security, we need many more local farms and gardens; community gardens and school gardens can connect our youth with food production.  Nourishing foods grown from vibrant soils create a foundation for personal and ecological health.  Local Foods can address the need to address our carbon footprint.

Brix Bounty Farm Tip Sheets:

Climate, Education, & Health

• Garden Education Resources – Just Announced Teacher Training March 19th 2011 – details coming soon.
• Healthy Books Reading List
• Climate Change and Agriculture
• Sustainable Food on the Southcoast – March 25, 2009 Conference Links
• Posting Agricultural Positions in the NE 2009