Fruit Tree Pruning Join us Saturday, February 8 from 11 am until 1 pm at the Permaculture Garden at Church of the Good Shepherd. The Garden is located at 9441 Grayson Parkway in Baywood. Casey Johnson will lead the workshop. Casey has a degree in Horticulture from Penn State, manages the orchard at River North, and is Vice President of GLC.
We’ll focus on fruit trees. If time allows blueberries will be included. Dress warmly for this hands-on workshop and bring pruners or loopers if you have them. RAIN DATE FEB 22, same time and place
Grow More Veggies The Independence Farmers Market invites you to an interactive vegetable growing workshop for all skill levels at the Grayson LandCare/IFM office at 104 Courthouse Street, on Saturday, February 15th from 9 am to noon. The cost is $15 and light refreshments will be served. Learn to grow more vegetables no matter what size space you have. Planting dates, spacing, interplanting, and succession plantings will be addressed. Using information from the best national and local gardeners you’ll learn to apply these techniques to a single container, a raised bed, or a full-sized market garden.
To get the most out of the class, please come with a sketch or even just the dimensions of your space. In addition, think about the top 5 vegetables you’d like to grow. This “homework” will give you a head start when we break into groups and design gardens for maximum production. Start planning for a successful garden now. The class is limited to 20 people. Please email Michelle Pridgen at [email protected] to register.
Permaculture Book Club Thursday, February 27th at 5:00 pm (alternative weather date will be determined as needed) at the home of Ann Watson in Independence (call 276-768-8171 for more details or to RSVP.) You don’t have to be part of the Permaculture Group to attend.
The February book is Bad Naturalist, recently published musings by Paula Whyman on restoring a 200-acre Blue Ridge farm. There will be a potluck meal.
Garden Pest & Disease Workshop The next workshop covering pest and disease control, irrigation, and fertility with time for hands-on demonstrations of cool tools will be held on March 1st, at the Grayson LandCare/IFM office at 104 Courthouse Street, from 9 am to noon. The cost is $15 and light refreshments will be served. Snow date for the 1st workshop is February 22, March 8th for the second. You can take either or both classes.