Maintaining Your Garden (Adult) - CANCELLED
Sunday, July 16, 2017, 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
At instructors' home in Sugar Grove, Pennsylvania. Directions given in registration materials.
$16 Adults; $12 Nature Center members

Paid reservations required by Wednesday, July 12, 2017.
Limited enrollment.

Learn the basics of weeding, mulching, and organic pest control.

At this point the entire garden is fully planted and hopefully growing well. But no sitting on your laurels! Getting great harvests in the fall requires a substantial investment of sweat equity now. That wonderful garden bed and soil that’s been created also is great for growing a huge variety of weeds (some of which are great to eat!), and all those healthy veggies attract all sorts of vegetable-loving varmints. You’ll discuss ways to battle these pests – without chemicals. Of course, you will also sample whatever is now ripe for picking – possibilities include sugar snap peas, the first tomatoes and cucumbers, gooseberries, currants, and raspberries.

This is the third in a series of five hands-on gardening classes offered by organic gardeners Scott and Pam Stoleson. This hands-on, taste-buds-on workshop will take place at the Stoleson’s home in Sugar Grove, Pennsylvania. Driving directions will be emailed to registrants on the Thursday before the workshop.

Sign up for one or more of these informative and tasty workshops. Future workshops: August 20 – Late Summer Harvests, and October 1 – Fall Harvests and Putting Your Garden to Bed.

Scott and Pam Stoleson have been raising some of their own food for over 15 years using organic gardening techniques. They estimate that they produce 85% of the vegetables, 50% of the fruit, and 10% of the nuts that they consume.

Special Information: You might get dirty.