Well, now's the time to get busy prepping your garden beds and organizing your seeds for all those amazing cool season crops if you want to be harvesting fresh, healthy veggies in October, November, December and beyond!
Come join us at the Grateful Tomato Garden for Part I of our Fall Gardening Series, and be prepared to get a little dirty in this hands-on workshop in our demonstration garden! In Part I, we'll discuss the "when, where and how" of planting quick-maturing and cold-tolerant varieties of all your favorite greens and other cool season veggies. We'll take soil temperatures in shaded beds vs. sunny beds to better understand summer germination of cool season crops, and we'll practice calculating "days to maturity" using fun and rare varieties of fall vegetable seeds. Students will also compare regular seeds to pelleted seed and practice using inoculant with fall peas. Each student will plant seeds that will grow and produce food throughout the fall and winter months.
Part II of the Fall Gardening Series, "Fall Season Extenders" will also be held in the demonstration garden (October 22nd). Students will help put up a low-tunnel hoophouse, compare different types of frost fabric, and learn about different types of cold frames that all help us grow fresh crops late into the fall and even throughout the whole winter.
Part III of the Fall Gardening Series, "Putting Your Garden to Bed," also held on October 22nd, will cover the types of things a savvy vegetable gardener should be doing in late October for a healthier garden this winter and next spring. Students will learn how to reduce habitat for winter pests as well as prevent soil erosion and add organic matter. Come prepared to work in the demo beds and help put these gardens to bed for the winter! We'll be taking down spent summer crops and learning about different options for adding organic matter, including the "chop-and-drop" method, working in chopped leaves, adding a top-dressing of compost, and examining different types of fall cover crops and the inoculants that help them thrive.
800 S 600 E
Salt Lake City,
Workshop Fee | |
Individual | $20.00 |
Community Gardener | $5.00 |
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