CLASS CONTENT

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• 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!