Putting Gardens to Rest and Winter Composting Talk, 10/2/12 @7:30p @Harvey Wheeler

Hello Cousins Field Gardeners,

Please join our Gardening for Life friends to hear Mark Hanson discuss how we may put our gardens to rest and what we can do over the winter to compost our beds. Hope to see you there!

Kitty
 

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Gardening for Life

Tuesday, October 2, 7:30 PM at HWCC

Guest speaker: Mark Hanson, Putting gardens to rest and winter composting 

PLEASE NOT THIS IS ON TUESDAY NOT THURSDAY

Mark is an experienced gardener and composting guru. He comes with photos, handouts...and is ready for your questions about prepping gardens now so they are ready to go in the spring. 

Learn about soil improvement using a rotation plan that has simplified soil maintenance. How can we avoid harboring disease/pests in compost??  What about cover crops to improve soil in the spring: either clover or rye?? And when is it ready to be harvested? 

Last year, Mark spoke to a full house at Harvey Wheeler Community Center!  Please RSVP to deb01742@comcast.net to ensure seating!

Sustainable Home Gardening Meeting, Sept. 13th @7:30 @HWCC

Hello Cousins Field Community Gardeners,

Would you like to hear more about how to expand our network fo food gardeners? Come to the Gardening for Life September Meeting next Thurs., 9/13 at 7:30pm @Harvey Wheeler CC to learn more. See below for details.

Thanks,

Kitty

 

Gardening for Life September Meeting

Thursday, September 13, 7:30 PM,

at the Harvey Wheeler Community Center in West Concord

Featuring Sustainable Home Gardening

Gardening for Life’s September meeting for aspiring and practicing home and community gardeners will feature a “TED” talk by Roger Doiron, Kitchen Gardens International, entitled “My Subversive Garden Plot", followed by discussion of local actions we can take. In the future, Doiron notes that we will need to use less fossil fuel, less water, and have less land for growing food. Home gardens are sustainable and essential to a healthy, humane food system.

This kick-off meeting will focus on how we can increase visibility, expand our network of food gardeners and build connections with food fans, home gardeners and garden groups as set out in the Concord Food Assessment Report.  There is a LOT going on in Concord about our food system, and if we put our head's together, we will have quite a calendar of films, speakers, books to read, seeds to save and knowledge to share.  

What else can we do?? What would it take to partner with others to  demonstrate edible landscapes around town, season extension infrastructure, support seed-starting and sharing, gleaning, school gardens, organize random acts of gardening etc. etc??? Our meeting in June with representatives from garden clubs, Gaining Ground, Ag Committee, and community gardeners found lots of interests in common. 

Come join us for the next step! The meeting is free and open to the public. Contact Deb01742@comcast.net. For details, go to http://www.concordfood.ning.com.