Workshop Description
Preparing your garden (in Spring) for a bumper Summer harvest.
All you need to know to grow fresh produce at home in Summer. This workshop can be an indoor workshop or combined with an outdoor component in a community garden.
Topics Covered
- Preparing for a summer harvest:
- garden maintenance and preparation
- selecting what to plant and when to plant it
- summer veggies in pots
- Mulching
- Smart Watering and managing hot weather
- Introducing sustainable ways to improve productivity – crop rotation and companion planting
- Starting with seeds and seedlings
- Tips for sustainably avoiding and managing pests and diseases
- Feeding the soil and summer crops
