The Edible Classroom
Our online gardening class is happening in the Edible Classroom. Check your email for your lesson each week.
We have put together an excellent group of gardening experts to help you grow more food than you ever dreamed possible. The course is designed for you to follow along in your own garden, and will walk you, step-by-step, to the process of growing more food than you ever dreamed possible. It's easy, it's fun, and it's FREE. So stay tuned and let's plant some seeds!
You will need to be a registered member of One Million Gardens to participate in the live webinar. Once the class has been posted in the Edible Classroom, anyone will be able to review it and repeat any lessons at your own pace.
Our 10-week course covers the following:
LESSONS
1. Why you need to plant a garden...
- History, big picture, economy and health
- loss of seeds / biodiversity
- exploring food and culture in the garden
2. Making a garden plan
- creating a gardening journal
- crop selection & worthwhile varieties
- overview of the garden year
- size / amount of seedlings, space, etc
- heirloom, open-pollinated vs. hybrid and GMO's
3. bed preparation
- chart
- tools
- process
- seasons and crop selection
- growing soil
4. Seed Propagation
- seed selection
- flats
- transplanting (general)
- moon planting
- watering seedlings
- weeding
5. Growing and Caring for...
- Vegetables
- Flowers and Herbs
- special crops
6. Composting
- compost recipes and proceedures
- vermaculture / worm box
7. General Gardening Planting and Maintenance
- Companion Planting
- Beneficial herbs and plants
- Weed Control
- Pest Control
- Crop Rotation
8. Harvesting
- marking for seed saving
- best time to harvest
9. Seed Saving & storage
- harvesting
- cleaning
- storage
10. The next generation
- kids, community and gardening...