Roots Farm - Year at a Glance Farm Schedule

 

January

• 4-H Favorite Foods Day 

• Fruit tree pruning

• Seed purchase and planning

• Sourdough bread making

• Soap making

 

February

• Students will determine what plants to grow for our garden and to sell 

• Start indoor seeds (Broccoli, eggplants peppers, tomatoes)

• 4-H Presentation Day

• Kidding season

• Market animal selection

                  

March

• Students will prepare the soil for planting and watering

• Market animal care and feeding plan

• Embryology - egg incubation (starting next year’s egg layers)

 

April

• Students will plant the garden 

• Native plant week (April 15-21) (plant sale)

• Shear sheep

 

May

• Farmers Markets (Redding & Anderson)

• Planting of melons/pumpkins

• “Be kind to animals,” Native pet week Small animal awareness and show

 

June

• Shasta County Fair

• Market Street Faire through July

 

July Summer Program

• “Putting up the harvest” - Canning, jellies, baking, drying and fruit leather

•  Year-end presentations on projects (animals and/or produce)

 

August Off

September

• Students will clean up summer crops and prep the ground for fall planting

• Apple Harvest - preserving, baked goods, sauces, butters

 

October

• Pumpkin harvest and sale 

• Petting zoo

• Darkness treatment for poinsettias (8-10 weeks) 

 

November

• Plot planning and rotation planned

• Lambing season

• Poinsettias harvest

• Hide tanning

 

December

• Evergreen centerpiece and wreath making

• Pointsettia & Christmas tree sale

• Prepare greenhouse for growing season

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