New Salem Agricultural Commission

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New Salem Agricultural Commission

Mission Statement:
To educate, model and support farming and gardening opportunities for New Salem and the surrounding communities.

10/11/2018

The TICK DOCTOR IS COMING....

The NS Ag Commission is having a workshop on "Ticks and Tic-Borne Diseases"
with presenter Dr. Rich from UMASS TICK REPORT, this Tuesday October 16th, 6pm!

We are hoping all of you can attend this free event at the town library, and will help spread the word about it.
As you know, we live in an area where ticks are a major health threat... let's PREVENT!

09/11/2018

Save the date! Our last event with Danny Botkin (Season Extension) is Wednesday September 25th in New Salem! Details coming soon!

11/27/2017

The beginning of a public space movement in Massachusetts; apples in New Salem; the lost town of Dana.

09/18/2017

Save the Date for the New Salem Harvest Supper!
This fall the New Salem Agriculture Commission will host a potluck Harvest Supper on Sunday October 1st, starting at 4:30pm, and everyone is invited! This is an opportunity to get to know the members of your community, learn about local food, and share the delicious bounty from local farms. Please bring a dish to share that uses some local ingredients. Location will be behind the Town Hall, near the Community Garden. For questions, to RSVP or to get involved (we would love to have volunteers!), please email Molly at [email protected]. Hope to see you there!

07/13/2017

New Salem Agricultural Commission will be holding a Community Bouquet Tin Can Auction at Old Home Day on July 15 to help fund our ongoing workshop events. Please bring your bouquet donations of home-grown flowers, herbs, and local flora to the Ag Commission booth on the Town Common by 10 a.m. on Old Home Day. Kids’ bouquets welcome! Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5; raffle winners will be drawn at 2 p.m. at the booth. The Commission will also be raffling a tantalizing Harvest Basket full of local goodies, as well as a beautiful begonia hanging basket graciously donated by Laurenitis Farm in Sunderland. Also, the community garden will be selling perennials to benefit our garden development projects, and offering a garden tour at 10 a.m. See you there!

07/04/2017

Hi gardeners

As Old Home Day is just 12 days away, I am asking that you w**d and neaten up your plots! We will be giving tours at 10-11 as usual. This year we will have a sign in the parade, and of course our plant sale, and raffles.

Please let me know how you can lend a hand. Selling on the green, marching with the Ag Commission "float", w**dwacking, path cleaning, w**ding.....any way you can assist is hugely appreciated!

Happy Independence Day to you, your families and our community!

Please contact me with the way you can volunteer!

We will have our bouquet tin can auction, plant sale, organic items made locally, garden tour, and raffles. Thank you Laurenitis Farm for donating this years stunning begonia hanging basket to raffle!

Oh, and if anyone has a truck so we can return the rototiller, please let me know asap.

05/24/2017

Invasive Plant Workshop
New Salem Town Center
June 10, 2017 ● 10:00 a.m. - Noon

At this outdoor workshop, Fletcher Clark, DCR Service Forester, will talk about:
- The threat invasive plant species pose to woodlands
- Identification of invasive woody plant species
- Available tools and resources to help manage invasive plant species on your property
- Also, hear from residents about how they have tackled invasive plants on their own properties.

Heavy rain or thunderstorms cancel. We will spend the morning outside— please dress accordingly and wear comfortable shoes for walking in the woods.

Contact Mollie Freilicher 413-577-2966, [email protected].

04/21/2017

Join The Farm School's Carlen Rigrod as she presents
how to grow strawberries, blueberries, & raspberries at home.
Afterwards, we will be planting strawberries & raspberries
together in the New Salem community garden!
April 27, 2017 6:30-8pm at the New Salem Public Library,
23 South Main St. New Salem, MA. 01355

04/03/2017

Learn to grow your own Mushrooms on March 16! A workshop led by MycoTerra Farm and sponsored by the New Salem Agricultural Commission.

04/01/2017

Neal Sanders, local mystery writer, popular public speaker and blogger of The Principal Undergardener, will share his unique and humorous observations on gardening and gardeners in his talk "Gardening is Murder," at the New Salem Public Library on Thursday, April 13 at 7 PM. The program, sponsored by the New Salem Agricultural Commission and Friends of the New Salem Public Library, is free and open to the public. For more information, contact [email protected].

Neal, who lives and gardens in Medfield with his master gardener wife Betty, is the author of several books which combine intrigue, gardening themes, and settings that might sound vaguely familiar to local audiences. His books include Murder Imperfect, The Garden Club Gang, A Murder in the Garden Club, Murder for a Worthy Cause, Deal Killer, The Accidental Spy, and the recently published Cecelia’s Friends. To learn more about Neal and his writing or to read excerpts from his books, visit www.thehardingtonpress.com or his blog www.ThePrincipalUndergardener.blogspot.com.

Address

New Salem, MA
01355

Telephone

(978) 544-6437

Website

http://www.newsalem-massachusetts.org/committeesboards/agriculturalcommissioncommunitygarden.html

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