Hands-On Classes, 10am-2pm, Bring a Lunch,
Seed Saving and Cool Season Gardening Workshop - September 9, 2022
Learn the basics of seed saving
- How to select plants that will produce the best seed
- How to insure proper pollination for intended results
- When and how to harvest seed crops
- How to clean seed and store for future use.
Learn the basics of cool season gardening
- Which crops produce best during our cool season
- When and how to plant for a successful garden
- How to extend your garden season
- How to produce more garden with less work.
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Diagnosing and Identifying Plant Damage - June 11, 2022
- Indoors
- Identify bacterial, fungal or viral damage in order to choose appropriate solution.
- Good bug or bad bug?
- How to let the good bugs do the work for you
- Soil and water related plant issues and solutions
- Preventing problems
Basic botany/soil/water - July 2022
- Botany
- What you can you tell from looking at your plants
- Test your own soil and water samples for pH and EC
- Determine your soil type and texture
- How soil type relates to water management and fertilization
- Hard water solutions
Greenhouse design, construction/management - August 2022
- Learn the many types of greenhouse structure
- Which is used for a given purpose
- How to determine which is best for you
- How to design a structure
- Which materials suit your needs
- Watering
- Cooling/heating
- Automatic vs manual operations
- Seasonal management
- There will be a tour of several structures, serving different purposes, to actually see how it goes together
Cool season gardening, seed saving, pesticide safety - September 2022
- What makes a cool or warm season crop?
- Why fall is a better cool season than spring
- Strategies to extend harvest season
- How to save and store seeds successfully
- Which plants to save from and which not to
- Preventing cross pollination
- Improving a variety by selective seed saving
- Pesticide safety, should you choose to use it
Plant selection and planting - October 2022
- Why fall is the best time to plant most (not all) things here
- How to choose the right plant for the intended location
- What grows best here, with little water
- How to select and transport the best plants from a nursery
- How to plant for the best success
- How to care for your plants after planting them
Annual planning, using information resources - November 2022
This is the class where we put it all together, by the season. Understanding these factors will enable us to carry out garden activities at a time to achieve best results from the same effort.
- Annual air temperature cycle
- Annual soil temperature cycle
- Aspect of the sun
- Plants growth stage and requirements
- Pests’ life cycle
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December 2022 - no class
TBD-pruning ornamentals
TBD- Rainwater Harvesting
TBD- Bee Keeping
Compost/container gardening - May 14, 2022
- What makes a good container?
- How to make your own potting soils (save $)
- Matching soils with plants and containers for better success
- 2 most common methods of composting
- Vermiculture
Resources:
Plant Propagation - April 9, 2022
- Seed germination
- Seed scarification/stratification
- Division
- Plants from cuttings
- Grafting
Vegetable Gardening - March 12, 2022
- What to plant and when
- Soil temperatures and germination
- Companion planting
- Crop rotation
- Garden pests and solutions
- Watering methods
- Planning for seed saving
Home irrigation - February 12, 2022
- Hands-on class
- Different methods of watering and the materials used
- The many manufacturers and how compatibility of components makes the difference between success and failure
- Wiring a timer
- Trouble shooting valves and timers
Rose care (pending interest)
- Pruning different types of roses
- Oil spray and fertilizer
- Summer care
Pruning for fruit production - January 8, 2022 10am-2pm
- Hands-on class.
- Tool selection, sharpening and adjustment, you are encouraged to bring your own tools for sharpening
- How to prune the different types of fruit, explaining why each is pruned in a different way
- Dormant spray and fertilizer
- Dress to be outdoors and pack a lunch
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