UPDATE, Feb. 8 — This event has been cancelled due to weather. Tentative new date is March 30. Please check back for confirmation. Thanks.
If you missed our first swap last weekend, don’t worry! Just head over to northeast Seattle this Saturday, Feb. 9 for “Hands On! A Community Skills Share-Fair.” We’ll be there with the seeds from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The free Skills Fair (see Facebook event) is presented by Sustainable Northeast Seattle, NE Seattle Tool Library and Meadowbrook Community Center and is being held at the center, 10517 35th Ave NE, Seattle. It offers an amazing array of DIY tips and skill-building workshops running from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Gardening tips abound. Learn to build productive soil, hammer together a worm bin, grow micro-greens, propagate houseplants or succulents, cultivate mushrooms, keep Mason bees, identify weeds and cultivate a compost bin. Whew! Better bring a notebook.
But that’s not all – far from it. Imagine yourself learning emergency toilet repair or “stop the bleed” techniques. If you know those things, how about simple bike repair, binding a book, or the basics of electrical wiring, pipe soldering and drywall repair.
As if that isn’t enough, there will be a lunch speaker talking about the Beacon Food Forest and buffet taco bar.
Sounds like an amazing day. But you had us at “Seed Swap!”
