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CLASS CONTENT

  • Week 1: Gardening Basics January 21

    • What is a winter garden? Discussion

    • Types of plants you can grow in the cold weather

    • Starting your seeds - Demonstration and activity

    • Greenhouse orientation

    • Gardeners onsite to answer questions

  • Week 2: Preparing your garden Space January 28

    • The importance of good soil - Discussion

    • Mixing soil for the greenhouse - Demonstration and activity

    • Tending to the beds - Activity

    • Amending the existing soil - Demonstration and activity

    • Weekly Garden Upkeep - Activity

  • Week 3: Composting and Mulching February 4

    • Discussion - Composting, mulching and layering soil

    • Planning your garden space, reading a seed packet - Activity

    • Mixing soil and filling garden beds - Activity

    • Preparing soil and planting onions, garlic and potatoes.

    • Weekly Garden Upkeep - Activity

  • Week 4: Preparing your garden space  February 11

    • Building your garden bed and filling it. - lecture and video

    • Companion Planting: Some plants are good neighbors, some are not. - Lecture

    • Continue preparing soil and planting onions, garlic and potatoes.- Activity

    • Removing, transplanting and storing tubers - Activity

    • Weekly Garden Upkeep - Activity

  • Week 5: Starting Summer Seeds February 18

    • How to plant seeds to start indoors and when to move them outside - Video and Discussion

    • Planting seeds in trays and plugs - Activity

    • Our growing plants - Observation Activity

    • Mixing Soil and tending garden bed 1 in the greenhouse - Activity

    • Starting from cuttings. Herbs and vegetables you can clone. - Activity

    • Weekly Garden Upkeep - Activity

  • No Class February 25

  • Week 6: Cooking March 4

    • Cooking with raw ingredients from the garden - Lecture and demonstration

    • Recipe sharing and discussion

    • Weekly Garden Upkeep - Activity

  • Week 7: Preserving March 11

    • Introduction to preserving - Lecture

    • Tasting pre-canned items - Activity and discussion

    • Demonstration on how to prepare those items - Demonstration and lecture

    • Make those items- Activity

    • Weekly Garden Upkeep and harvest - Activity

  • Week 8: TBD!

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

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