Fairfax Backyard Farmer

11/04/2024

Local FBF Community - please check out this listing for a Handmade Chicken Coop, previously custom made for the Fairfax Backyard Farmer, with a discounted price through the end of the week (11/08)!

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1965808950583852

01/12/2024

Considering becoming a beekeeper? 🍯🌸🐝
In this class, you’ll learn about the roles of the queen, workers and drones within a colony and how they interact with seasonal cycles. Learn about basic considerations you’ll need to take into account before jumping into this exciting new hobby including where to place your hive, equipment options and sources, bee sources, and time required.

Your instructor is EAS Master Beekeeper Bonnie Morse of Bonnie Bee and Co.
EAS is the gold standard for Beekeeping and Bonnie is the only certified EAS Master Beekeeper in the entire state !

Beginner Beekeeping Series - Lectures Sat. Jan 27th, Feb 3rd , 9am – 12pm
Field Day Sat. March 16 930am to 1230pm

REGISTER HERE: https://www.fairfaxbackyardfarmer.com/events-workshops/beginner-beekeeping-series-121-3sgdb

Lecture Sessions: Sat. January 27th , 9 – 12pm + Sat. February 3rd , 9 – 12pm Field Session: Sat. March 16 , 9:30am – 12:30pm Register Now

03/11/2023

Considering becoming a beekeeper? 🍯🌸🐝
In this class, you’ll learn about the roles of the queen, workers and drones within a colony and how they interact with seasonal cycles. Learn about basic considerations you’ll need to take into account before jumping into this exciting new hobby including where to place your hive, equipment options and sources, bee sources, and time required.

Intro to Beekeeping - Sat. March 11, 9am – 12pm

→ Understand the colony's social structure + seasonal interactions
→ Strategize hive placement, equipment options, and bee sources
→ In-depth Q+A with local experts, Bonnie Bee & Co

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03/09/2023

Spring Edible Garden Series! 🌎🌿☀️
Join Avis Licht for our a 3-Part Series (or just come to one!) that will walk you through planning, planting and maintaining your edible spring garden. The course provides hands-on, practical experience and an opportunity for students to connect with like-minded individuals, exchange ideas, and form a supportive community around their shared interests.

Workshop Series - The Spring Edible Garden
Sun. 3/19, 9am - 12pm
Sat. 4/8, 9 - 11am
Sat. 5/6, 8:30am - 12pm

→ Learn garden considerations, start veggie seedings, prep soil & ammendmants, pest control and more!
→ Lecture w/ demos + field visit to Avis' Garden
→ Take home seeds, seedlings, and Avis’ booklet “Edible Landscaping Made Easy”

Register online: https://buff.ly/3SZJd04

02/11/2023

Valentine's Gift Guide — Part 3! 💗

For this year's Valentine’s Day Gift Guide, we’ve pulled together a collection of our favorite feel-good gifts to share with a loved one. Choose a sweet treat of locally harvested honey for your honey, or a hands-on fermentation kit for a Valentine’s Sauerkraut. Gift a heart-shaped feeder to your favorite “tweet heart,” or share a packet of native Bay-Area wildflowers for a beautiful, blooming surprise!

Visit the Gift Guide online: https://buff.ly/3RWYdLX

02/10/2023

Valentine's Gift Guide — Part 2! 💗

For this year's Valentine’s Day Gift Guide, we’ve pulled together a collection of our favorite feel-good gifts to share with a loved one. Choose a sweet treat of locally harvested honey for your honey, or a hands-on fermentation kit for a Valentine’s Sauerkraut. Gift a heart-shaped feeder to your favorite “tweet heart,” or share a packet of native Bay-Area wildflowers for a beautiful, blooming surprise!

Visit the Gift Guide online: https://buff.ly/3RWYdLX

02/08/2023

For your tweet-heart, for the love-birds… 💗

For this year's Valentine’s Day Gift Guide, we’ve pulled together a collection of our favorite feel-good gifts to share with a loved one. Choose a sweet treat of locally harvested honey for your honey, or a hands-on fermentation kit for a Valentine’s Sauerkraut. Gift a heart-shaped feeder to your favorite “tweet heart,” or share a packet of native Bay-Area wildflowers for a beautiful, blooming surprise!

Visit the guide online: https://buff.ly/3RWYdLX

12/25/2022

Happy Holidays! Thank you to our FBF community for your support this holiday season. We will be closed from 12/25 - 1/3, and will see you in the new year!

12/24/2022

Looking for a last minute gift? Choose a digital gift-card of any value, available for purchase online now. Or come visit us in-store, open TODAY 10am - 2pm! Happy Holidays🎄

https://buff.ly/3v1qE0z

12/23/2022

Two Days 'Til Christmas! 🎄

Swipe through for part 3 of our last-minute gift picks, from bird-feeders and booka to local seeds and beekeeping tools! Open 11am - 6pm, everyday until Christmas, or shop online + pick-up in store! 🎁

https://buff.ly/3dQEGct

12/22/2022

Three Days 'Til Christmas! 🎄

Swipe through for part 2 of our last-minute gift picks, from fermentation and pollinators to veggie planters and sand art! Open 11am - 6pm Thur 22nd and Friday 23rd , 10am-2pm Saturday 24th or shop online + pick-up in store! 🎁

https://buff.ly/3dQEGct