Class Date and Time: September 20, 2011, 6-8 p.m.
Class Locations: Carson City, Duck Valley, Elko, Ely, Fallon, Lovelock, Reno, Tonopah, Winnemucca, Yerington.
Class Description: “Getting Started” is the first class in the Grow Your Own! series. The class instructor is Dr. Heidi Kratsch, UNCE’s Western Area Horticulture Specialist and author of Water-Efficient Landscaping in the Intermountain West.
This class will go over site location and planning, what to grow, cultivar selection, planting dates and three-season gardening. It is an excellent get-your-feet wet class for the beginning gardener and a good review class for seasoned gardeners.
Related UNCE Publications:
- Grow Your Own- Weekly Steps to a Great Vegetable Garden: A series of 15 horticulture publications which will lead you as you get your garden offf of the ground this year.
- Grow Your Own, Part 1: Getting Started: As part one of the 15-part series, this guide starts you at square one with your garden plans.
- Grow Your Own, Part 2: Location, location, location: Part two of the 15-part series discusses– you guessed it!– location.
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