IMPORTANT NEWS! IFCGA once again has a schedule of
interesting, practical gardening classes on tap for the 2010
season. To accommodate the enthusiastic
response we anticipate again this year the
classes
will be held at the same location as last year - Idaho
Falls
Recreation Annex, 1575 N. Skyline, a couple of blocks north of the Skyline and Grandview
intersection as you head towards the airport. Topics and dates for the
classes are listed below. Please note that most classes have been
expanded to a 2 hour time slot in response to feedback from last year
asking for more time for each topic. No registration is
necessary - just come grow with
us!
|
Native Plants in
Your Gardens |
1/9/10 |
10:00am |
|
| Building
Healthy Soil: Composting and Mulching Sue Miller, Master Grower |
1/16/10 |
10:00am | |
| Basics of SE Idaho Vegetable Garden Kevin Hardy and Dewayne Arave, East Idaho Organics |
1/23/10 |
10:00am | |
| Get Growing: Starting and Growing
Seedlings Indoors Kristi Appelhans, Master Grower, IFCGA President |
1/30/10 |
10:00am |
|
| Gardening for Birds, Butterflies, and
Pollinators Mark Heckenbach, Advanced Master Gardener |
2/6/10 |
10:00am |
|
| Children of the Nightshade: Growing
Tomatoes, Peppers, Eggplant, and Potatoes Alan Croft and Kristi Appelhans, Master Growers |
2/13/10 |
10:00am | |
| Water-wise Gardening and
Irrigation Methods Pat Kolbet and Tony Appelhans, Master Growers |
2/20/10 |
10:00am |
|
| Garden Roundtable Discussion and Q&A with our panel of experts |
2/27/10 |
10:00am |
|
| Going Green: Practical Tips for Saving
Money and Saving the Earth
Mike Dietz, USU Sustainable Living Specialist; Director, Utah House |
3/20/10 |
10:00am | |
| 2010
Garden Registration! Learn about the community gardens, register for your garden spot, and meet the other gardeners. Come grow with us! |
4/10/10 | 9:00am |
MORE GROWING INFORMATION ONLINE!
Terrific teachers and scintillating students make our classes engaging and educational but we know that occassionally there is a class you'd really like to attend that you can't quite fit into your schedule. For that reason we have posted notes from some of our previous classes on the website.
Class notes are currently available for:
DOWN IN THE DIRT: The basics of getting your seeds in the soil
COVER CROPPING - Summer and Winter
COVER CROPS: Preparation and Planting
Fall Soil Preparation for Spring Success
PASS IT ON! A Beginning Guide to Saving your Own Seed
Growing
Strong: Starting and growing seedlings
indoors
ABC's of
Healthy Soil
Some
links to info and calculations
Organic Matter – Bulletin from University of
Minnesota that
has a good discussion on this topic:
http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/cropsystems/components/7402_02.html
Organic Materials Review Institute:
http://www.omri.org/
University of Idaho web site for all their
publications:
http://info.ag.uidaho.edu/
To determine the texture of your soil:
http://weather.nmsu.edu/teaching_Material/soil456/soiltexture/soiltext.htm
Contains
a table showing amount of water soil
will hold plus
information on watering:
http://info.ag.uidaho.edu/pdf/CIS/CIS1098.pdf
Water-use tables to determine amount of water
used per day:
http://www.usbr.gov/pn/agrimet/id_charts.html
| Determining Amount of Water to Apply to a Lawn |
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