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: Composting and Mulching February 4
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Discussion - Composting, mulching and layering soil
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Planning your garden space, reading a seed packet - Activity
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Mixing soil and filling garden beds - Activity
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Preparing soil and planting onions, garlic and potatoes.
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Weekly Garden Upkeep - Activity
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Week 4: Preparing your garden space February 11
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Building your garden bed and filling it. - lecture and video
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Companion Planting: Some plants are good neighbors, some are not. - Lecture
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Continue preparing soil and planting onions, garlic and potatoes.- Activity
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Removing, transplanting and storing tubers - Activity
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Weekly Garden Upkeep - Activity
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Week 5: Starting Summer Seeds February 18
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How to plant seeds to start indoors and when to move them outside - Video and Discussion
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Planting seeds in trays and plugs - Activity
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Our growing plants - Observation Activity
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Mixing Soil and tending garden bed 1 in the greenhouse - Activity
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Starting from cuttings. Herbs and vegetables you can clone. - Activity
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Weekly Garden Upkeep - Activity
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No Class February 25
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Week 6: Cooking March 4
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Cooking with raw ingredients from the garden - Lecture and demonstration
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Recipe sharing and discussion
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Weekly Garden Upkeep - Activity
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Week 7: 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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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