Classes

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Square Foot Gardening 101: This class covers the 10 basics and most important parts of the SFG system. Class is at least 90 minutes long and sets you up for a successful SFG experience. You’ll see and understand why our growing medium is a huge advantage over any other gardening methods. Like we’ve always said about square foot gardening: there’s no heavy digging, no hard work, no weeding, no thinning, no kidding!

Square Foot Gardening 201: All the advanced techniques including vertical growing, the top hat, alternative plant spacings, and protection. This class is 90 minutes long.

Composting: This is a 90 minute class. You’ll learn alternative structures you can build free of charge to start your own compost operation. You’ll also learn how easy it is to make the perfect homemade compost for your garden needs. You’ll see what finished compost looks like, what materials are used, how much of each material to use, how to speed the process up, and when it’s finished. Done correctly you’ll see how easy it is to make your own premium soil additive in as little as 6 weeks. I’ve been doing it for 20 years and the results speak for themselves.

Low tunnel winter class: Learn how to be a four season gardener! The ultimate class in extending the harvest from fall through the winter season. Attendees leave with information on the specific crops to grow for winter, and the planting dates to get them started. You’ll learn how to anchor your structure firmly to withstand our winter season and the additional material needed for protection. Most important, you’ll leave with the structures necessary to build your own low tunnels. These unique structures will enable you to extend your garden harvest into the fall and then on to winter if that’s your desire. This is a content rich class with enough material to cover another day of learning but I’ve done my best to compress all the information. Notepad is recommended. Camera is also helpful. Class is 90 minutes long.

Seed starting: Seed starting isn’t hard as long as you begin correctly. This is a 90 minute class that takes you though the standard methods of seed starting and then brings you up to more current ways to start a lot of seeds quickly and successfully. Knowing how to do this correctly, you’ll be able to have a much earlier garden in the spring and also a later garden in the fall, and save lots of  money in the process. 

Growing microgreens at home: This class teaches you how to grow those fancy things you’ve had at the most expensive restaurants. Microgreens are not only fun to grow at home but they are extremely healthy for you. Bought in stores, these treats are vey expensive. This class runs 75 minutes and you’ll get to taste actual samples of a few microgreen crops. 

The Fall Garden: Class in 75 minutes long and you’ll learn an abbreviated form of the square foot gardening system. Because of the time of season, we don’t discuss vertical gardening or anything fancy. How to get the best fall crops, which ones to grow, and when to plant, along with the secret recipe of the SFG system. 

The Earliest Spring Garden: This class teaches you the three pillars of how to get the best and earliest garden going for spring. Which crops can be planted, when to start them, and how to protect them in our up and down, end of winter climate. Snow, freezing temperatures, and high winds are still an issue we deal with and I show you how easily that can be done. 

 

5 thoughts on “Classes

  1. Lani Twitchell

    I’m interested in both the introductory class at the Park City Library and the workshop. Is the class at the library taught on Aug. 1st or Aug. 8th?

    How can I get information on the low tunnel/winter workshop? I’d like to sign up for that!

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    1. Jim Post author

      August 1: Park City Library-Free: all content is square foot gardening
      August 8: Fall/Winer low tunnel class: 10-12:00 at my home. $40 per person. Bring your electrical conduit and I’ll bend it for you. Just make sure your gardens are no wider than 4 feet and it will be perfect. You’ll learn how to compost, what crops are the best to grow, and when to start them. There’s a little bit on square foot gardening but not much. If you stay with my Facebook page and blog, more detailed information will follow. For the library class, all you’ll need is something to take notes on and/or something to take pictures(iPhone, iPad, etc.). The only thing you need to know if you’re interested in going is to show up at the library! If you want to attend the low tunnel class, all you have to do is let me know so I can keep track of how many people will be here. Hope that helps. Let me know if you’ve got any more questions…thank you

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    2. Jim Post author

      Lani, the Park City Library was closed today because of the Arts Festival. They didn’t inform me of that so this free class will be at the library next week on August 8th from 2-4:00. What I’ll be doing is having my class-because I don’t want to cancel-on the same day from 10-12:00. That still gives me plenty of time to get to Park City for their class. Thought I’d let you know…

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  2. Lani Twitchell

    I’m interested in the SFG low tunnel class. The class date you have listed for the Park City Library is Aug. 1, 2015. However the Park City Library has that event listed for Aug. 8, 2015. What is the correct date?

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    1. Jim Post author

      Hi Lani, the two classes are completely different in content and cost. The Park Cit library program is a 75-90 minute class on all the basics of the square foot gardening system. There’s no time dedicated to the more advanced techniques of the SFG system because of the time of year. It’s free, and it’s designed for the participants to go home that very day and put their gardens in for a great fall crop. This is the perfect time. The low tunnel/winter class is at my home and it’s run as a workshop. This touches very briefly on the SFG system and then spends the rest of the time showing you how to construct a low tunnel for late fall or winter gardens. It’s not free, but if you bring the EMT to class I will bend them for you at my home. We talk about things specific to this time of year-composting, what crops do best, and when to plant them. I think it would be good for you to do both. But, it’s a lot of information to digest. You’ll be glad you did come mid or late January.

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