Potluck in Crawford County! Explore Cover Crops and Prairie Plantings
Wed, Jul 02
|Sweet Springs Farm
This is an opportunity for women landowners, farmers, farm workers, gardeners, and conservation professionals to connect around their shared interest in land stewardship. We'll tour the farm to see cover crops used in a variety of ways, visit prairie plantings and share a potluck dinner.
Time & Location
Jul 02, 2025, 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Sweet Springs Farm, 43299 Patton Rd, Gays Mills, WI 54631, USA
About the Event
Join us for this summer Learning Circle Potluck and farm/prairie tour!
WiWiC Learning Circles provide space to learn what others are doing, stimulate questions about solving conservation issues, and provide solutions and inspiration for environmental stewardship. After introductions in the Learning Circle, we will set out on a short field tour (about 45 minutes) of a compact area showcasing a variety of cover crops useful for gardens, fields and preparing areas for subsequent native prairie plantings. The large herb and vegetable growing area, a mature native prairie and an area being prepped for a fall native prairie planting will also be stops on our walking tour. Walking will be less than 1/4 mile to all sites.
Harriet Behar, owner of Sweet Springs Farm, will lead us on this tour of her farm and share how the variety of vegetation is promoting biodiversity and supporting pest management -- not to mention…