Desert Botanical Garden: Mesquite Bean Harvesting & Processing Workshop, July 16, 2011 – Phoenix AZ
Mesquite Bean Harvest
July 16, 2011
Saturday | 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Desert Botanical Garden, 1201 N Galvin Parkway, Phoenix AZ 85008
July 16, 2011
Saturday | 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Desert Botanical Garden, 1201 N Galvin Parkway, Phoenix AZ 85008
Cost:
General $56
DBG Member $45
Instructor
- Amy Valdés Schwemm, Desert Harvesters
Description
Enjoy one of the most abundant, tasty and nutritious local foods from the Sonoran Desert. Turn the bounty in your backyard into sweet mesquite ice cream and savory, gluten-free mesquite almond crackers. You will learn which trees to harvest and which to avoid, how and when to harvest, and how to prep your cache for storage. After harvesting, you will learn how to process mesquite pods into flour or meal using both ancient and modern ways.
- Class enrollment limit: 18
To register, visit dbg.org/shop/courses/mesquite-bean-harvest-7-16-11
Instructor
- Amy Valdés Schwemm, Desert Harvesters
Description
Enjoy one of the most abundant, tasty and nutritious local foods from the Sonoran Desert. Turn the bounty in your backyard into sweet mesquite ice cream and savory, gluten-free mesquite almond crackers. You will learn which trees to harvest and which to avoid, how and when to harvest, and how to prep your cache for storage. After harvesting, you will learn how to process mesquite pods into flour or meal using both ancient and modern ways.
- Class enrollment limit: 18
To register, visit dbg.org/shop/courses/mesquite-bean-harvest-7-16-11