Upcoming Classes and Events: Common Ground Organic Garden Supply

Upcoming Classes and Events

Healthy Organic Garden

Growing a Healthy Organic Garden

Classes do sell out!

Register early by clicking on the registration link, or calling Common Ground at 650 493-6072, then sending a check for the full amount to Common Ground, 559 College Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94306. Seniors and low-income persons may request a $4 discount on classes.

GROWING GREAT TOMATOES
Nancy Garrison
Saturday, March 17, 2012
10:30 – 12:30
$31
To register click Growing Great Tomatoes or call 650-493-6072
Healthy Organic Tomatoes
Learn which tomatoes have really great flavor and reliable production and are able to hold up under regular garden conditions. You will learn excellent trellising methods, soil preparation, what NOT to do, and how to avoid the brown crispy foliage blues so a bountiful harvest will be yours until frost. Tomatoes featured are the result of Nancy’s 25 years of hands-on tomato research.
As the University of California Cooperative Extension Past Farm Advisor and Past Master Gardener Program Coordinator, Nancy continues to learn from the annual Master Gardener’s tomato variety evaluations.
Save time after class for Nancy’s popular Common Ground Center tour covering her favorite products.

Upcoming Classes and Events: Common Ground Organic Garden Supply.

Urban Farming: Raised Beds and Chicken Coops by Garden Girl

I just saw this great DIY video on agropedia about how to build raised beds for your urban garden. Being a very visual person I love videos that show you the entire process step by boring step, keeps me from getting lost and wandering off ending up with nothing.

Urban Farming: Raised Beds and Chicken Coops by Garden Girl.

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3 Easy DIY Greenhouses for Under $300

© Angela Davis

With spring around the corner it’s time to start thinking about the garden. If you don’t have a garden I highly recommend making yourself one. There are so many benefits to growing your own garden (from reducing your stress and food bills, to better, more nutritious food that just tastes better). You don’t need a lot of space to grow things, and any small space can be turned into an amazing garden using pots and planters. Dirt, seeds, water, sun, a few nutrients, and most plants know exactly what to do. I’ve been amazed at what I’ve been able to grow in just pots on the patio; everything from cherry tomatoes and cucumbers to eggplant, and of course countless herbs. If you have yourself a little more space than just a patio, then you can get an early start planting seeds for your garden. Here are some creative and inexpensive DIY greenhouse ideas.

3 Easy DIY Greenhouses for Under $300 : TreeHugger.

Organic Seeds

USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map

USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map.

Every ten years the U.S. Department of Agriculture releases a new map that helps gardeners know what plants to plant and the best time to plant them. Every ten years that map changes. Climate change is changing the way we plant our gardens and could even change what we plant in our gardens. Has your garden changed? Are you planting different plants than you did 10 or 20 years ago?