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Join Us in Learning More About
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you go about your days enjoying this gorgeous Spring weather, remember
you're always welcome to stop by Mothers & Company for a cold or warm drink, a
diaper-change or just to hang out with other parents. We're here for you! We've got a couple workshops planned that we want to highlight to you: Greening Your Home and Cultivate Your Inner Gardener. These workshops will help you make your home healthy and grow your own food and flowers in your yard...making both environments healthy and productive for you and your family. And we know we all have something to share, so come share your knowledge and gain some, too! By the way, our Egg Hunt and Spring Celebration was a fun and busy day on Saturday, April 3rd. Thanks to all who participated and helped with the day! The concert with Mr. Kim Webster was a hit (if you missed it, we have some of his CDs for sale in the shop), and we hope to have more concerts in the future!
Thanks to Sarah Loy for this photo of her and her daughter enjoying the concert.  | We're looking forward to more special events and hope you'll come by sometime...we're always up to planning something fun, like a workshop on preparing healthy baby food, led by our nutrition blogger momma, Amy Caputa...read her most recent blog post called "So, Are You In?".
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Greening Your Home
Leslie Reichert  | It's unfortunate that we even have to think about this, but most of our
homes have toxins lurking in surprising places. Come find out various
EASY ways you can detox your home, including cleaning.
It's Spring, let's talk about Spring Cleaning in the green way...the
typical cleaning products available in American stores are ones that
contain harmful chemicals (most of which have been banned in Europe!).
Come learn what you can do to avoid such chemicals in the products you
buy and how to MAKE YOUR OWN cleaning products at home (thereby saving money
and excess plastic and shipping costs)!
Our guest speaker is Leslie Reichert, the Cleaning Coach (a local green
cleaning expert who has been featured on television and online for her
simple approach to using healthy cleaning methods). Leslie's book (above) will be available for purchase for 20% off after the workshop and she'll even sign your copy!  |
You'll leave with an all-purpose cleaner, a liquid scrub and a tip
sheet with recipes, so you can go right home and get started. Whew,
just in time for Spring Cleaning!
Registration in advance is strongly recommended so Leslie can bring
enough materials for every family to make their own cleaners.
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Cultivate Your Inner Gardener
Do you dream of growing your own organic vegetables, but
hav e no idea where to start? Do you have a garden, but know you could be
producing more? Fantasize about
getting your family engaged and excited about growing and eating vegetables? Then this class is for you! No matter
how large or small your garden area you CAN grow food for your family.
The class will be tailored to the participants' interests
and needs and will allow each person to create an individual game plan for
their garden space. Discussions will include everything from types of gardens
(raised beds vs. in ground beds), importance of creating and maintaining soil
fertility, what plants get planted,
Nikki and her son watching their garden grow!  | maximizing garden space, extending the
growing season, keeping weeds at bay, using minimal water, organic pest control
measures, child-friendly planting (and eating) projects, and many other topics
of interest! Additionally, if there's enough interest, we might work with Nikki in August to build some raised-bed gardens behind our building.
Our guest speaker is Nikki Conzo, a professional organic farmer turned stay-at-home mom and backyard farmer. An expansive, information packet will be provided to all
participants as well as snacks and refreshments.
Nikki has her
B.S. in Sustainable Agriculture from the University of Maine and has
managed
pasture-based livestock and organic vegetable and CSA farms from Siena,
Italy
to Long Island, NY. In Massachusetts she worked for an organization
creating
raised bed vegetable gardens for low-income residents, and empowered
them with
the tools and knowledge to grow their own organic produce. She
presently
resides in Worcester, growing and nurturing both her rapidly expanding
family and vegetable garden. She is extremely passionate about
educating people about growing their own organic vegetables, buying
from local
farmers and helping to keep sustainable agriculture viable in our
community. Nikki is available for private consultations for home and neighborhood gardens.
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Mothers & Company Works Hard to Be Green
Did you know that we recycle all our paper, plastic, ink cartridges and cardboard?
We are working hard to be as green as we can.
We use 100% recycled paper in our printers (and whenever possible we use the blank side of used paper). We use biodegradeable cleaners as well. And we are washing dishes daily, as we offer real glasses, plates and utensils to our guests and staff. When we do choose to use disposable serving dishes and utensils, we choose those made from cornstarch or sugar cane.
Ever need any boxes, let us know! We are always looking for people to come pick up our boxes...
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Save
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join
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CSA!
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If you don't have time or space for your own garden or perhaps just want access to local and organic foods every week as you wait for to harvest your own garden's yummy goodness, join the Heavens Harvest CSA (community supported agriculture). Starting this summer, Mothers & Company will be a pick-up point for the HH CSA. Pay one fee for the season and pickup once per week.
Ashley, your head farmer at Heavens Harvest Farm  |
To join, go to the HH CSA website using the link above, click on the CSA Membership tab, fill out the online form (choose the size of your share) and designate your pickup location as Mothers & Company/West Boylston. To find out what some of the items in your weekly basket might be, look for the newsletters from Summer 2009 on their website.
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