CLASS CONTENT
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Week 1: Gardening Basics January 21
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What is a winter garden? Discussion
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Types of plants you can grow in the cold weather
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Starting your seeds - Demonstration and activity
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Greenhouse orientation
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Gardeners onsite to answer questions
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Week 2: Preparing your garden Space January 28
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The importance of good soil - Discussion
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Mixing soil for the greenhouse - Demonstration and activity
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Tending to the beds - Activity
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Amending the existing soil - Demonstration and activity
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Weekly Garden Upkeep - Activity
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Week 3: Emerging Sprouts and mulching February 4
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Observing emerging seedlings and caring for them - Demonstration
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Planting seedlings: When and where - Activity
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Mulching and protecting the soil - Activity
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Weekly Garden Upkeep - Activity
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Week 4: Planting and tending February 11
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Review of transplanting seedlings - Lecture and demonstration
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Transplanting seedlings - Demonstration and Activity
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Weekly Garden Upkeep - Activity
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Week 5: Tending the garden (Greenhouse Upkeep Week) February 18
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Hardening off seedlings - Discussion
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Weeding around your seedlings - Discussion
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Our growing plants - Observation Activity
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Weekly Garden Upkeep - Activity
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Week 6: Microgreens February 25
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Microgreens introduction - Discussion
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How to grow, materials needed, how to care for - Presentation
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Plant microgreens - Activity
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Weekly Garden Upkeep - Activity
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Week 7: Cooking March 4
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Cooking with raw ingredients from the garden - Lecture and demonstration
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Harvest, clean, prepare and enjoy! - Activity and eating
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Recipe sharing and discussion
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Weekly Garden Upkeep and harvest - Activity
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Week 8: Preserving March 11
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Introduction to preserving - Lecture
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Tasting pre-canned items - Activity and discussion
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Demonstration on how to prepare those items - Demonstration and lecture
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Make those items- Activity
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Weekly Garden Upkeep and harvest - Activity
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Winter Gardening Series
Beginning January 2023
January 21- March 11
11am to 12:30
At B Organic Farm in Chino Valley
550 S. Road 1 East, Chino Valley AZ