Farm and Garden Festival set for Sept. 11 in CJ
From our weekly issue dated September 08, 2010
The Second Annual Illinois Valley Farm and Garden Festival will be held at Jubilee Park in Cave Junction Saturday, Sept. 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The free event will feature local people demonstrating their farm and garden techniques, local music, local crafts and local food.
Although the festival is open to visitors of all ages, children need to be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
There will also be demonstrations, live farm animals and activities for kids. Produce booths, local craft and local food booths will have offerings.
Morning demonstrations will include Mohair Rope making and OSU-Food Drying and Raising Honey Bees.
Afternoon demonstrations will include Making an Herbal First Aid Kit, Building a Solar food Dryer and Bee Hive information.
All-day events will include Well water testing by OSU (bring water in a clean container), Fixing your Bike, Making Compost Tea, Spinning, Making Goat Cheese, Wild Edibles, Fiber animals and Arts, and Information on Canning.
Kids will be creating bird feeders, have a sack race, a water balloon toss and be planting seeds.
Music will be presented throughout the day by local musicians and groups. East Fork will perform from 10:30 to 11:30; Dale Hopper and friends from 12 to 1; String Beans from 1 to 2 and Denny Hare (the singing farmer) from 2 to 3.
“The Farmers and Gardeners in the Valley do so much to provide us with high quality local food for our families. They give us fruits and vegetables, meat, eggs, milk and flowers. We want to honor them with this Festival”, said Deb Lukas, Director of the Spiral Living Center, which sponsors the IV Food Coalition. “The volunteer members of the I.V. Food Coalition have created a celebration with activities for kids, and informational workshops for the home gardener. We look forward to greeting our friends and neighbors.” She added.
The Spiral Living Center may be reached at 541-592-3642, Mon. through Thurs. 9 to 2 or e-mail spirallivinginfo@gmail.com, or their website: www.spiralliving.org.
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