The Rural Voice, 1993-04, Page 6CONTINUING EDUCATION
SPRING COURSES '93
ENVIRONMENTAL
"Greening" Your Home April 15 (7:30-10 p.m.) Fee: $16.05
A course which offers suggestions on things you can do in your home to help the
environment. 'Recipes' for cleaning products and other tips for 'greening'. Everyone
takes home samples.
Composting for your Garden April 20 (7-10 p.m.) Fee: $16.05
Leam various composting methods and when to use your composted material. Com-
mercial and alternative fertilizers and herbicides will be discussed
FINANCIAL
Understanding Your Farm Income Tax March 24 (9 a.m.-4 p.m.) Fee: $21.40
Intended for those connected with a farm business (operated as a proprietorship or
partnership, NOT a corporation) who may have their returns prepared by a professional
but want to be able to read and understand them.
FOODS
Cooking with Herbs March 25 (7:30-10 p.m.) Fee: $16.05
Put down the salt shaker — there are some wonderful flavours out there! Participants
learn to grow their own herbs both indoors and outdoors. Foods flavoured with herbs
are prepared for tasting.
GARDENING
Advanced Home Landscaping March 23, 30 (7-10 p.m.) &
April 3 (12-5 p.m.) Fee: $42.80
Designed for those who wish to look at different types and styles of gardens. Features
will be: •location •low maintenance landscapes •cottage gardens •xeriscaping •container
gardening •water gardens 'rock gardens and formal gardens.
Basic Home Gardening April 6, 137-10 p.m.) Fee: $21.40
For beginners and experienced home gardeners. Features include: •mulching
•preparing the seed bed •cultivation practices .growing transplants from seed •cultural
practices for unusual vegetable species.
Pruning Ornamentals April 10 (12-4 p.m.) Fee: $16.05
A workshop on correct pruning methods. Includes how to prune perennials, shrubs,
trees and roses, tool identification, care and maintenance of pruning tools and types of
pruning cuts. Participants should bring their own pruning shears for hands-on work.
Growing Flowering Perennials April 19, 26 (7-10 p.m.) or
April 17 (9 a.m. - 4 p.m.) Fee: $32.10
A short course looking at •selection of easy to grow perennials •how to select and
prepare a site for the perennial border •how to obtain and plan the perennials.
Perennials Plus May 3 (7-10 p.m.) Fee: $21.40
A continuation of Growing Flowering Perennials and expands on the selection of peren-
nials along with propogation, especially starting perennials from seed to obtain rare
plants.
Bulbs, Corms and Rhizomes April 22 (7-10 p.m.) Fee: $21.40
This one evening course will discuss the different types of spring, summer and fall bulbs,
how they multiply, how to select a site for best growth and how to plant and care for
them.
Landscaping With Ornamental Grasses May 6 (7-10 p.m.) Fee: $21.40
Home owners looking for a novel way to landscape their home will enjoy this course.
Leam about the various grasses you can grow that will add a new look to your garden.
Topics include: •identifying grasses •planting and maintenance how-tos.
Gardens — Putting it All Together May 10 (7-10 p.m.) Fee: $21.40
Leam how to select and plant an easy maintenance border using flowering shrubs,
perennials, ornamental grasses, bulbs and ground covers. This course concentrates on
plant material selection, not soil preparation.
All course costs include GST
Ontario
Ministry of
Agriculture Huron Park, Ont. NOM 1Y0
To register or for more information phone (519) 228-6691, Ext. 285
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2 THE RURAL VOICE
Feedback
Adrian went to
wrong meeting
I am writing in response to
Adrian Vos' column, "Trouble in
the Pork Leadership" in the January
edition of The Rural Voice.
Adrian's column dealt with what he
called the secrecy in the Pork
Board. Regrettably, Adrian may
have misled your readers.
Adrian thought that he was
going to cover a meeting of the
Board's restructuring committee.
Unfortunately, he was two months
too late. The meeting on
restructuring was held in October.
He would have been welcome then
as it was open to anyone who
wished to attend.
He is also welcome at nearly all
OPPMB meetings, both as a
reporter and an old friend. Our
Annual and county meetings are
open to everyone, as were our
Semi -Annual Meetings, when we
still held them.
The meeting he wrote about was
one of the eight Regional Meetings
held across the province for the
Pork Board's 251 Councillors, and
the presidents and secretaries of our
43 county pork producer
associations. These meetings are
by invitation only, and for a very
good reason.
The regional meetings are a
gathering of the pork board's
elected delegates. Far from stifling
criticism, they are designed to
encourage it. Delegates break down
into small groups and are free to
speak their minds on a broad range
of issues. Having the public, or the
media, present would make them a
very different type of meeting.
Our 251 delegates agree. A