Garden Club for Backyard Fruit Growers
Apple Cider Social
Cider Press at Al Cosnow’s House
Sunday November 3rd, 2024 10 am to 3 PM CST
**Note: Daylight Savings Time ends at 2 AM on Nov 3rd
Details HERE.
Latest Details: The date is Sunday July 16, 2023. Setup is at 11am and lunch starts at noon. Check the Members Only page for event location. Event Description: The Summer Picnic is a time for MidFEx to come together for a fun afternoon. This year …
Event Description: Just because you plant a fruit tree doesn’t mean you get to eat the fruit when you have to contend with nature. Kevin learned the hard way that planning is a large part of adequately defending your orchard from four-legged pests (Chipmunks to …
Event Description: MidFEx pruning workshops provide a unique opportunity to hear varying pruning techniques and philosophies discussed and see them demonstrated. We will be pruning 3 year old fruit trees planted along a public edible trail. Many new fruit growers are perplexed about when and how to …
Presented as a 3-part Zoom series. These Zoom sessions can be accessed through Zoom.us or the Zoom app. Session #1. Ronald Perry Professor Emeritus Ronald Perry, Retired Chairman of the Horticulture Department of Michigan State University, returns to the Kurle Lectern to provide espalier growing …
Event Description: What better way to chase away the winter chill than with a steaming bowl of homemade soup? Our annual business meeting will begin with our annual Soup Bowl Luncheon. Potluck hot lunch will be followed by election of officers, other club business, and …
Event Description: Cider pressing the old fashioned way with MidFEx’s own cider presses. Apples are available to purchase and press to take home your own handmade cider. Date: Sunday October 30, 2022 Time: 10am – until 5pm Location: See Grapevine or Members Only page Directions: …
Event Description: The Summer Picnic is a time for MidFEx to come together for a fun afternoon. This year our host is an innovative urban farm that is educating the community about the environment, agriculture, biodiversity, permaculture, horticulture, gardening, and social justice and health issues. …
Event Description: Jeff & Bernie have a small 1/3 acre yard that exhibits Jeff’s interest in fruit growing as well as their shared lifelong interest in gardening with ornamental plants and shrubs. Their yard is equally divided between shade and sun gardening with grass paths …
Event Description: Ben’s and Madeleine’s orchard is just getting started, (about a dozen apple and pear trees on dwarf rootstock, with a few peaches and berry bushes for good measure), but in addition to the trees they also have a vegetable and flower garden and …
