Organic Vegetable Gardening Classes 2022: In Person

TWO WAYS TO ATTEND!

• On Zoom: Thursdays, February 3 Through April 14
• In Person: Saturdays March 26 and April 23

Saturdays March 26 and April 23, 2022 – In Person:

Organic Vegetable Gardening – Composting, Cover crops, Mulch, and Irrigation

Learn to create beautiful compost, use mulches and cover crops, and to water your garden efficiently in these two in-person classes.

These two in-person Saturday classes enhance the Organic Vegetable Gardening course that will be taught by WSU Kitsap Master Gardeners via Zoom on Thursday evenings, February 3 through April 14, 2022. Topics for those classes include: Planning, Seeding and Planting, Soils, Fertiizing, Pests & Diseases, Beneficial Insects, Four Season Harvests, Perennial Crops and specific information about common crop families. To register and for more information about these classes, please go to: https://bit.ly/2022vegthurs

Each registrant will receive an email a few days before class with the link to a Google drive with digital handouts and resource materials. We recommend that you take a look at them before the class and download or print anything that might be useful for note taking. You will have access to the shared drive after the class, also.

The instructors will discuss composting processes and the uses of compost on Saturday, March 26. They will demonstrate both standard composting and vermiculture (worm composting) systems.

Topics will include:

• What is compost and composting?
• The benefits of composting
• The composting process
• Appropriate materials for composting
• Hot and Cold composting techniques
• Carbon Cycle, Microorganisms
• How to create and use your gorgeous compost
• The basics of Vermicomposting
• How to create and maintain a worm composting system

On Saturday, April 23rd, learn all about Cover Cropping, Mulches and Irrigation for the home gardener. Topics include:

• Reasons to use cover crops and mulches
• Common cover crops and mulches
• Planning and Timing
• Planting and growth of cover crops
• Terminating cover crops to plant vegetables
• Irrigation methods and techniques
• Figuring out how much to water, and when

Each of these half-day classes will include the opportunity to see and touch the materials used to achieve great results in the garden.

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