CANCELLED due to low enrollment
Fall Harvests (and Putting the Garden to Bed) (Adult)
Sunday, October 1, 2017, 1:00-3:00 p.m.

$19 Regular Price; $15 Friends of the Nature Center*
Paid reservations required by Wednesday, September 27, 2017.
Limited enrollment.

Beans, winter squash, Asian pears, apples, and quince.

In this last session of the year, you will be harvesting the last veggies, fruit, and tubers of the season in anticipation of another painfully long, snowy, non-gardening season. Likely things you’ll pick and sample include Shinseiki and Yoinashi Asian pears, Beurre Bosc pears, Rose Finn and Austrian Crescent potatoes, winter squashes, American hazelnuts, and Aromatnaya Quince. You’ll also discuss planting a cover crop in harvested areas to replenish the soil’s organic material, preparing to plant the first plants for next season (garlic!), and putting the garden to bed for the winter.  You’ll finish the course with a feast of home-grown veggies, possibly augmented by harvests from other farms nearby.

This is the last in the 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.

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.