Class: Early Spring Vegetable Gardening on Jan 24, 2010 

Take advantage of our mild California Bay Area climate to get your vegetable gardening up and productive for the season.  Why wait for summer to start harvesting your own healthy and organic produce? 

This class will teach you what's possible to grow and harvest in early spring.  You will be able to plant and sow in February and March, then start to pick your bounty in April.  Learn sustainable organic techniques that will let you seamlessly integrate your early spring vegetable garden into your summer plantings of warm weather lovers.

We will discuss various lettuces, spinaches, chard, bok choy, tatsoi, carrots, turnips, radishes, snow and shelling peas, mustard, mizuna, cress, kale, and sweet peas.  This class differs from my Winter Vegetable Gardening Class, as it only concentrates on quick cool-weather plants that you will be able to be put in now and harvest in the spring

Every student gets to sow a flat of seeds to take home.

In addition to the culture requirements of each of the vegetables the topics covered in class will include: bed preparation, heat and light requirements, frost control, germination tricks, companion planting, organic pest control, fertilizing, and harvesting techniques. 

My students say they love on-site classes at the farm because they get to see the vegetables growing, on-site examples of diseases and pests to watch out for, plus all the techniques demonstrated are hands-on.

ADVANCE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.

Class dates:

January 24, 2010 (Sunday) 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

This class is also available on February 13, 2010 (Saturday) 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.  Return to main menu to register for another class date.

Tuition: $55
Materials Fee: $20

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