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Free Organic Gardening Course at the Dover Public Library
Date and Time
Monday Mar 30, 2015
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM EDTFree Organic Gardening Course at the ...Description
March 23, 30 & April 6
The Dover Public Library is pleased to offer a free, comprehensive 3-part organic gardening course on consecutive Monday nights, March 23, 30 and April 6, from 6:30-8:30pm in the Library’s Lecture Hall. The course, totaling six hours over the three nights, will include practical tips on how to create a new garden, soil preparation, seed starting, planting techniques, cultural techniques during the growing season (such as watering, fertilizing, and pest and weed control), how plants and soil interact, succession planting, planting multiple crops in the same space at the same time, how to compost, crop rotation, cover cropping, and mycorrhizobials.
The sessions will also include discussions about our existing industrial food production system, including globalization and famine, organic alternatives of urban gardens, small scale farming, and backyard gardening.
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