Mark your calendars! It's Seed Exchange time again! Bring seeds to share and trade, or just check out the variety! We will have seed swappers, live plants, music, and light refreshments. The seed swap is free and courses carry a suggested donation. We will hold our open seed exchange from 10:00am-2:00pm in the Fellowship Hall ...continue reading "Annual Seed Exchange"

This day-long course includes gardening concepts and practices with emphasis on developing productive soils and growing quality vegetables. The concepts apply to flowers and yards. Topics include soils, soil testing, soil biology, selecting the garden site, tools, double-digging, composting, plant spacing, fertilizing, watering, companion planting, mulching, vermiculture, compost tea, green manure crops, nitrogen fixing crops, ...continue reading "Calvin Bey’s Natural (Organic) Gardening Class"

Tri Cycle Farms is a participating partner in Compassion Fayetteville's March 2017 Month of Compassion Food Drive. We, along with the Fayetteville Public Library, the Downtown Farmers' Market, and City Hall, will serve as a drop-off site for donated non-perishable food items from March 27th-March 31st. Drop off any non-perishable food item in the Rock ...continue reading "March 2017 Month of Compassion Food Drive with Compassion Fayetteville"

Would you like to learn more about hydroponic and aquaponic food production? Join us as Leah English covers the basics of growing food using a combination of hydroponics and aquaculture. By combining these farming methods, back yard gardeners, as well as commercial growers, are able to sustainably produce fish and vegetables within one closed-loop system. ...continue reading "Aquaponic Basic Workshop with Leah English"

2017 is the final year of the Arkansas Gives program. Help Tri Cycle Farms "Grow the Love" this year by planning to make your contribution to Tri Cycle Farms on April 6, 2017, between 8am-8pm. You can select our organization on the Arkansas Gives website, here, or by clicking on the Arkansas Gives link we will ...continue reading "Arkansas Gives 2017"

During this hands-on workshop, we will build an organic garden bed using a no-till method. By not tilling the bed, we will not just save time, but we will also keep the soil structure in its natural state. We will then plant vegetable crops together on these permanent beds.   REGISTER: Online here   WHEN: ...continue reading "Prepare a No-Till Garden Bed in Less than an Hour with Patrice Gros"

VENUE CHANGE! Due to thunderstorms, the 2nd Annual Warford/Mader Family Crawfish Boil will take place from 1-5:30pm at George's Majestic on Dickson St.   Tri Cycle Farms presents the 2nd Annual Warford/Mader Family Crawfish Boil on April 29th from 1-6pm for all-you-can-eat crawfish and fixins, smoked ribs and chicken, boudin, and andouille sausage. Bring a side ...continue reading "2nd Annual Warford/Mader Family Crawfish Boil at George’s Majestic"

Do you desire practical solutions to everyday problems? Heard of Permaculture? Join us Saturday, May 6, for a day of discussing the wonders of Permaculture, including some of its star people and their astounding projects around the world. We'll tour the garden and explain how you can implement real solutions! Join us the next day, ...continue reading "Introduction to Permaculture: People, Projects, and Practices with Thomas McKnight"

How does spending the summer building your skills in the garden and sharing in the harvest sound? The Garden Tenders 2017 program is about to launch! Join us for orientations on Thursday, May 18th, from 6-7pm, or on Sunday, June 4th, from 2:30-3:30pm at Tri Cycle! Garden Tenders sign up for weekly volunteering times and care ...continue reading "Garden Tenders Orientation (1 of 2)"

In this 3 hour class, Connie Rieper-Estes and Jason Estes with Greedy Goats of NWA will move from basic tending of goat needs and health to more advanced goat knowledge covering breeding and selling. The class will be split into 2 sections:   Level I: Intro to Goats (90 min) "So, you want to have ...continue reading "Urban Goat Tending Class with The Greedy Goats"