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Heirloom fruit trees grafted and ready to plant
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Ayukîi, Aiy-ye-kwee', Waqlisi, Hello!
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Plant starts are going in the ground from Klamath Falls, OR, to Klamath, CA. Come on out to your local community garden to lend a hand! Want to start a garden of your own, or improve the one you have? Information, workshops and personalized help are available. Call your local Food Security Coordinator for more information.
Have an item for the newsletter?
Send it to Edith in the Berkeley office. Thanks!
Photos this issue by Chris Peters, Grant Gilkison, Mark Dupont and courtesy of the Yurok Tribe.
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Karuk Tribe
This month, we welcome you to a Medicinal Salve Workshop and your kids to a Spring Traditional Food & Medicine Camp. We also have ongoing gardening,
cultural foods, and native plant collection and mounting days, Monday - Thursday in
Happy Camp and Orleans, CA. See below for dates and locations. See
schedule for details. Questions? Call or email
Ron Reed, 530-627-3446 ext 3048.
Medicinal Salve Workshop, Wednesday, 5/11, 10am - 4pm, Tribal TANF Office, 110 Nugget Street, Happy Camp, CA.
Spring Traditional Food & Medicine Youth Camp, 5/17, 3:30 - 6pm, Yreka Wellness Center Community Room, Karuk Tribe Housing Authority, 1836 Apsuun Road, Yreka, CA.
Cultural Resource Harvest /Management, most Mondays and Tuesdays plus Wednesday 5/18, 9am - 4pm. Meet at Orleans Karuk DNR Office,39051 Highway 96, Orleans, CA.
Garden Day in Happy Camp, CA, Wednesday 5/25, meet at Happy Camp TANF office 10am.
Herbarium Native Plant Collection and Specimen Mounting, Thursdays 9am - 4pm. Meet at Orleans DNR Office. Questions? Contact
Ben Saxon, 530-627-3446.
Native Plant Identification, Native Medicinal Plant Preservation, women only, Happy Camp TANF Office, date TBD. Call Ron Reed for details.
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Greenhouse construction,
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Seed to Supper Classes wrap up this month. Many thanks to our dedicated volunteer instructors, Dewey Moore and Dalene McNair!
We're ramping up for spring and summer with a new greenhouse in the
Chiloquin Community Garden in Chiloquin, OR. Garden helpers will be holding regular garden days beginning later in May. For dates and details, contact
Perri McDaniel, 541-882-1487 ext 235 .
Yurok Tribe
Weitchpec area - We'll be working in the new greenhouse in the Weitchpec Tribal Community Garden, and we can use your help! For more information call Food Tech Jeannette Robbins at 530-625-4130.
Klamath a
rea - Come help us in the Community Garden, or Food Tech Seagull Jordan can come out to help you get your home garden growing! To schedule a time, call Chris Peters, 707-464-1852.
Mid Klamath Watershed Council
Drip Irrigation Workshop. Learn to design and install a complete drip irrigation system! Saturday 5/21, 1 - 4 pm. Happy Camp Elementary School Garden. For more information contact
Mark Dupont,
Indigo Mack, or call 530-627-3202.
Weaving with Invasives Co-sponsored with the Karuk Tribe. 5/22, 10am - 4pm at the Daryl "Day Pay" Native Plant Garden, next to DNR, Orleans, CA. More info: Nancy Bailey, 530-627-3202.
Afterschool in the Garden continues every Tuesday in Orleans. Come on out for an hour or two - the kids love to see you there! Questions? Grant Gilkison, 530-627-3202. 
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Community Events Calendar
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Local Food Security Resources
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Wondering what, where and when to plant? Visit the
Mid Klamath Watershed Council Foodsheds
pages for excellent free online info on the vegetables and fruits that grow best here, along with planting calendars, soil, and disease prevention advice.
The Karuk Tribe's new
Sípnuuk Digital Library supports food security and sovereignty with information on our regional food security issues, solutions and knowledge of traditional and contemporary foods and materials. Easy to use and open to all - sign up now!
Sípnuuk Digital Library »
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