Fairview Gardens Homesteading Classes

Fairview Gardens has a series of classes on composting, tree grafting, soap making, raising chickens, and more that appeal to the Laura Ingalls Wilder side of me.  I'm planning on attending the Bee Keeping class in April.  Click here for information on the whole series.

Make Water Better

Do you have a Bobble yet?  If not, stop by Lazy Acres to get at least one.  The reusable, BPA free bottles come with a replaceable carbon filter that removes impurities from water as you drink.  Each filter lasts for about 300 bottles of water.  Made in the USA.

Tri-County Plant Cards

The official name for this item is Tri-County Medicinal Plant Cards, but I think the title could limit the value of this set.  This unique deck has cards with both a color collage of photos and a detailed summary for 75 local plants.  They are color coded and sortable to assist the user to identify local plants based on toxicity, edibility, practical uses, habitat, holistic healing, flower color, and month of bloom.  Hikers, parents, artists, teachers, and others would find a variety of uses these cards.  Author Sue Reinhart is a local teacher and the cards were printed in Ventura.  I got mine at Chaucer's.

Typical card that shows photos of plants.  Description and more info on the back.










Poisonous plant cards have a red border.