Darn Farm

Join Us! Find Your Future Forest Foods!
Madison Area Permaculture Guild Annual Perennial Edibles Plant & Mushroom Log Sale 2024!
When: May 11 & 12, 2024, 11:00am to 5:00pm
Where: DarnFarm, 4221 School Rd. Madison WI 53704
Expected Plants:
Strawberries - All Season - Galletta, Flavorfest, Jewel, AC Valley Sunset
Strawberries - Large Berry - Archer, Cabot, Dickens, Jewel
Raspberries - All Color - Royalty, Jewel, Caroline, Anne
Blackberry - Erect Thornless - Apache, Von
Blueberry - LARGE BERRY - Blueray, Bonus, Nelson, Spartan
Blueberry - ALL SEASON -Blueray, Duke, Elliott, Nelson
Black Currant - Blackdownm Consort
Gooseberry Captivator
Red Currant Rovada
Asparagus - Purple Passion, Mary Washington
Nanking Cherry
Sand Cherry (Cherry plum)
Aronia
Nannyberry
American Plum
Washington Hawthorn
Allegheny Serviceberry
Serviceberry (a alnifolia)
Bur Oak
Northern Persimmon
Hardy Pecan
False Indigo (Amorpha Fruiticans)
Wild Blackberry
Siberian C Peach starts
Russian Comfrey
Black Spanish fig
PawPaw
' Meader' Male Hardy Kiwi Actinidia arguta
'Geneva' Female Hardy Kiwi Actinidia arguta
'Ann' Female Hardy Kiwi Actinidia arguta
Native Downy Amelanchier arborea
Shadblow Serviceberry Amelanchier canadensis
Allegheny Serviceberry Amelanchier laevis Native
Native Running Serviceberry Amelanchier stolonifera
Leadplant Amorpha canescens Native
Indigo Bush Amorpha Amorpha fruticosa Native
Bearberry Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Native
Aronia melanocarpa grandifolia Appleleaf Chokeberry
Aronia prunifolia
Pawpaw Asimina triloba E USA
Pecan Carya illinoienensis E USA
Shellbark Hickory Carya laciniosa E USA
American Chestnut Castanea dentata E USA
New Jersey-Tea Ceanothus americanus Native 1 yr
Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis Native
Mountain Summersweet Clethra acuminata E USA
Sweetfern Sage Comptonia peregrina
Pagoda Dogwood Cornus alternifolia Native
Silky Dogwood Cornus amomum
Hazelnut Corylus americana Native
Washington Hawthorn Crataegus phaenopyrum E USA
Persimmon Diospyros virginiana E USA
Wintergreen Gaultheria procumbens Native
Vernal Witchhazel Hamamelis vernalis SC USA
Kobus Magnolia Magnolia kobus
Partridgeberry Mitchella repens Native
American Plum Prunus americana Native
Western Sandcherry Prunus besseyi W USA
Nanking Cherry Prunus tomentosa
Chinkapin Oak Quercus muehlenbergii Native
Carolina Rose Rosa carolina Native
Thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus Native
Buffaloberry Shepherdia argentea E USA
Meadowsweet Spiraea alba Native
Littleleaf Linden Tilia cordata
Highbush blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum
Nannyberry Viburnum lentago Native
Kentucky Wisteria Wisteria macrostachya E USA
Yucca filamentosa Adam's Needle
Aurora Honeyberry 2yr
Honey Bee Honeyberry 2yr
German Chamomile 3-inch pot
German Winter Thyme 3-inch pot
Aroma II Basil 3-inch pot
Common Fanni Sage 3-inch pot
Fruit Tree Rootstocks:
Malling 7 rootstock, SSE
260A — Malus Geneva 11 Rootstock,
Krymsk 5 Rootstock, 1/4" caliper grade
Pyrus ‘OHxF97’ Rootstock
257A — Malus Antonovka Rootstock
259A — Malus M111 Rootstock

Madison Area Permaculture Guild
10th Annual Mushroom Log Plugging Event
Sat, April 27, 2024 12:00pm - 6:00pm CDT

Join Us for this important fundraiser for the Madison Area Permaculture Guild!

Learn about mushroom log plugging and care.

No experience needed. We'll explain all about the process and answer questions while we work.

We'll plug logs to sell at our Annual Spring Perennial Edibles Plant Sale and next years Garden Expo! We will have extra logs to plug this year - we need help!

1/2-Priced Log ($20) for pluggers who stay at least 4 hours!

Bring a hammer if you have one ; ).

RSVP/Get more info here: https://permacultureworks.org/posts/51433661...

Wear grubby gardening clothes.

Park on the street at 4221 School Road.

RAIN DATE: Saturday May 4, 2024 @ 12pm - 6pm

Grafting Workshop & Scion Swap
Please join us March 11, 2023

Why Graft ?
Grafting Workshop Details
Registration
About Alex Tanke
What to Bring
Location
Scion Swap Details

Why Graft?
This year, young fruit tree can cost around $60 at a nursery, which gets pretty expensive if your design includes multiple trees! Rootstock on the other hand, costs less than $5 each when bought in bulk. We will be buying in bulk and selling Apple, Pear and Plum root stocks at a small mark-up at our Annual Spring Plant Sale this year (Mothers' Day weekend).

Grafting Workshop
Alex Tanke of Dispersion Farms will instruct us in the magic of grafting fruit and nut trees (read more about Alex below). He will cover everything from knife selection and sharpening to grafting techniques and seals. Most of the time will be for practicing the grafting techniques and getting some feedback on your practice grafts! The Grafting Workshop will be indoors, so no shivering while learning to work with a sharp grafting blade!

Registration
To register for this event, please view the calendar event at https://www.PermacultureWorks.org – the new community hub supporting Madison Area Permaculture Guild and Slow PDC member connection (replacing the MAPG website).

About Alex Tanke
Alex Tanke is a tree crop breeder and propagator working with superior, locally adapted, staple tree crops for Southern WI. He grows many species in the Dispersion Farms nursery but has special focuses on Honey Locust, American Persimmon, and Black Walnuts, and Hybrid Hickory/Pecan genetics.

What to Bring
Bring a grafting Blade. Alex has several knives to share for practicing, but probably not enough for everyone. He also only has right-handed knives and the recommended grafting knives are single-bevel, specific to right- and left-handed folks. For grafting, he recommends a Victorinox (with the Swiss army symbol) grafting knife, with single bevel, 2-inch, straight blade. Like THIS (note: this is a right-handed bevel; similar blades can be found for left-handed folks). If a sufficient number of participants are interested early enough, we could do a bulk order of blades.

Location
Linden CoHousing will host the event. The workshop and swap will be hosted by Linden CoHousing; we are grateful for their generosity. They require that everyone mask in their common room unless eating. So, please bring a mask.
Please park only in "guest" parking spaces or on the street. Please only enter through the Great Room entrance and stay in the public areas.

Scion Swap
Now is the time to collect scion, while the trees are dormant. If you have delicious, hardy apple, pear or plum trees, please bring some scion to swap! Grafting multiple scion varieties to established trees increases diversity and, thereby, better insures fruiting in varied spring weather weirdness.

How to collect and store scion check out this video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv1bxH72D0U&ab_channel=StefanSobkowiak-ThePermacultureOrchard – from the Permaculture Orchard. It is important to keep scion moist and cool, so pack your scion in a cooler for the trip to the trade!

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