2010 Gardening Class: "Sowing Resilience in Windsor"
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2010 Gardening Class: "Sowing Resilience in Windsor"
$15 per session or $30 for all three (sign up by Feb 15 using the link below or call 860-688-5165)
The class will include three sessions covering the basics, planning, choosing plants and methods of vegetable gardening. A wide variety of options will be presented, with abundant information for custom designing your garden to bring you the most of what you want.
1st (Monday, Feb. 22, 2010)
Review the basics quick overview of seed (germination) and plant needs, for planning purposes
Preparation start from seed or wait and buy plants? Tools, soil amendments, watering systems
Choices what to grow? Taste, nostalgia, superfoods, calorie-dense, appearance, business opportunity, good keepers, natives, medicinals, heirloom
Practice session: Using a small sample of 5 different plants, make a calendar for seeding, setting out, and probable harvest time; if there is time, discuss rotation of plants to avoid pests (organic method)
2nd (Monday, March 1)
Review composting how to optimize nutrient value and time to finished material
Gardening methods raised beds, in-ground rows, companion planting, cold frames, low tunnels
Risk management basics of increasing the likelihood of a harvest
Practice session: Simple layout of garden where will the tall plants go? Low growers? Sun lovers? Shade lovers (think greens)? Beans (pole, bush)? How wide are your aisles? Rows? How many will you plant? This can be a map or a list your choice of format
3rd (Tuesday, March 9)
Perennials asparagus, berries, nuts, hardy kiwi, rhubarb, horseradish
Medicinals
Herbs
Winter sowing
Sowing for next spring harvest
Glossary organic, USDA organic, local, IPM, natural, biodynamic, open pollinated, hybrid, GMO / non-GMO
Seed exchange, make connections (gardening partners, resources)
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