SNOHOMISH, Wash. — No matter if you only have a tiny apartment deck, small garden space, or plenty of acreage you can grow fresh food in a healthier, more environmentally friendly way.
Join us starting October 6, 2021 for the first class in the Growing Groceries Education Series, classes designed to help you learn how to grow your own food.
All classes are on Wednesday evenings from 7:00pm – 9:00pm online using the Zoom platform. Have to miss a class? No problem! A link to an online recording will be sent to everyone registered along with links to resources and more!
Oct. 6 Starting a Vegetable Garden
Nov. 3 Healthy Soil, Healthy Plants
Dec. 1 Irrigation & Weed Management
Jan. 12 Raising the Onion & Beet Families
Jan. 19 Pruning Fruit Trees
Jan. 26 Pea/Bean Family & Cover Cropping
Feb. 2 Raising Berries in W. Washington
Feb. 9 Pests, Predators, & Pollinators
Feb. 16 Raising Broccoli & Buckwheat Families
Feb. 23 Raising Carrot, Lettuce, & Corn Families
Mar. 2 Raising the Nightshade Family
Mar. 9 Raising the Cucurbit Family
Mar. 16 Raising Culinary & Tea Herbs
Mar. 23 Seed Starting & Raising Transplants
Mar. 30 Using Hoop Houses & Greenhouse
With an overall focus on limited space, resources, and the combined challenges of western Washington weather and soils, this series of speakers and topics will help beginners, as well as long time gardeners, learn more about growing food using healthy and sustainable practices.
Take just the classes you want at $5 per class. Or…save and take all 15 Growing Groceries classes for $50! Register online at GrowingGroceries.Eventbrite.com. For more information about all classes in the series, visit snohomish.wsu.edu/growing-groceries.
Sponsored by the WSU Snohomish County Extension Growing Groceries and Master Gardener programs. For more information about the program, contact Kate Ryan, (425) 357-6024, kate.ryan@wsu.edu.
— WSU Extension
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