Teaching from the BUF
Are you interested in growing your own vegetables, but don’t know much about gardening? We wish we could bring you to the urban farm and teach you what we know, but for now we can’t. So instead, Sustainable Berea is offering a free educational series via Zoom for those new to home gardening. Each 45-minute event will begin with a short lesson on a specific topic that will help guide beginners through their first growing season.
We will meet on the second and fourth Saturday of each month from 10 am to 10:45 am. There will be 15 minutes on the scheduled topic, 15 minutes about what is happening on the Berea Urban Farm, and 15 minutes for questions and sharing by participants. If you are a more advanced gardener, you are welcome to join us and share your wisdom!
You can register for the Teaching from the BUF series here. The schedule follows:
Topic
Date
Garden Planning
February 13
Growing starts
February 27
Soil testing and soil improvement
March 13
Cool weather crops
March 27
Raised bed gardening
April 10
Weed management
April 24
Irrigation
May 8
Warm weather crops
May 22
Insects: Managing pest and beneficials
June 12
Home composting
June 26
Planting for pollinators
July 10
Seed savings
July 24
Harvest and post-harvest handling of produce
August14
Planning the fall garden
August 28
Trees and bushes
September 11
Preserving the harvest
September 25
October 9
Putting the garden to bed for winter
Eating your harvest: cooking and recipes
October 23