Local and organic meat, dairy and produce vendors offer their wares from 8:00 a.m. until noon every Saturday at Chestnut Square and from 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. every Thursday at Adriatica in West McKinney. Market vendors also offer sauces, pasta, baked goods, wine and flowers!
Local and organic meat, dairy and produce vendors offer their wares from 8:00 a.m. until noon every Saturday at Chestnut Square and from 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. every Thursday at Adriatica in West McKinney. Market vendors also offer sauces, pasta, baked goods, wine and flowers!
Local and organic meat, dairy and produce vendors offer their wares from 8:00 a.m. until noon every Saturday at Chestnut Square and from 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. every Thursday at Adriatica in West McKinney. Market vendors also offer sauces, pasta, baked goods, wine and flowers!
http://www.chestnutsquare.org/programs/farmers_market.asp
Grab a slice of summer fun at Main Street Days, the official kick-off to summertime in Grapevine. Like the song says, "When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's amore, and when the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine, that's amore." Taste the international wines, craft beers and pizza pies. Dine at the Pizza Piazza, dance to non-stop entertainment, seek out your favorite festival food and shop the day away. Main Street Days is a fun-filled festival perfect for the entire family. Now that's amore!
Festival Hours
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of each week, March 22-Oct. 20, 2012, 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. around the gazebo. Our family has been in the Farmer’s Market Business for several generations. As a result, produce is not just a career-choice, its a passion. We guarantee you the best selection around: if we wouldn’t feed it to our kids, you won’t find it in our market. Visit www.farmersmarketofgrapevine.com for the most up-to-date list of selections.
Ride the Southside to celebrate National Bike Month!
Bring the family to join the Southside Bike Ride at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 19. Enjoy the family friendly, leisurely ride through Fort Worth’s south side neighborhoods on the 8.8 mile route, or ride a shorter 5 mile course – both kicking off at One Safe Place, 777 W. Rosedale St. Activities include vendors and sponsor booths offering health and safety information, a kid’s bike rodeo and members of the Fort Worth police, bike patrol and fire departments will be on hand with their safety equipment. Proceeds from sponsorships and donations benefit the Fort Worth Police Bike Patrol Support Group.
Celebrate National Bike Month in May by participating in Bike to Work Day!
Don't let the worms crawl in and the worms crawl out -- put them to work! We'll teach you to use specialized red worms to compost your food waste. These use their waste as a fertile soil amendment to benefit your plants. Learn to set up and maintain a worm bin, and to harvest and use the worm castings.
Class meets at the Environmental Education Center, 4116 W. Plano Parkway.
Thursday, May 3, 2012 7:00pm-9:00pm
An earthship is a self-sustained, off-grid house made out of recycled materials. A survival pod is a very basic earthship design that provides very basic needs: water, heating and cooling, and safety from the elements.
This 4-weekend course will be class time and hands-on build.
We will cover the following systems:
Construction from the ground up.
Tires, placement, pounding, leveling and wall construction.
Bond beam construction
Dome construction
Skylight and cooling tube convection draw system for cooling.
Thermal mass
Rain water collection
Construction of a cistern
Scheduled for 4 consecutive weekends of:
May 5-6, 12- 13, 19-20, and 26-27
Location is 15 minutes South of Tyler, Tx.
Price is $400 per person to cover cost of materials.
Discount of $100 for every person you refer that pays full price.
Free dry camping provided.
Register at http://www.biotechturetraining.com/training.html