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DIG Online: Warm Season Gardening - No Sweat!
Learn which vegetables to grow and garden care during our warming low desert spring.
About this Event
Early spring in the low desert is the perfect time to plant tomatoes and a bevy of other delicious home-grown favorites. Learn about the vegetables, herbs and flowers that thrive in warming weather and how to grow them successfully in your own garden.
Learning Objectives –
- Healthy soil traits/preparing soil
- Deciding What to grow based on crop characteristics
- Benefits/disadvantages of container vs in-ground
- Correct watering and maximizing soil moisture
- Planting strategies
- Anticipating/managing problems
Speaker: Master Gardener Emily Heller
Emily Heller has been a Master Gardener since 2014, and a professional grower since 2016. As a former journalist, she has taken her skills of continual inquiry, learning and relying on well-founded information and qualified sources into her gardening and have made them a part of successful growing in the low desert. Emily has given several presentations on vegetable gardening and care in our low desert ecology.
Cost:
$10.00
Registration:
Required
County or Indian Reservation:
Maricopa