$869.00
Growing your own food means understanding the patterns of the seasons, when to plant, prune, fertilize and harvest. Each season brings a range of new tasks both in the vegetable patch and in the orchard. Our seasonal series of food growing workshops shows you step by step the tasks that need to be undertaken to ensure a continual healthy supply of fruit and vegetables throughout the year.
The series of workshop is run one day per season and is designed so you can take the information home, implement what you have learnt and come back the following season to learn the next stage. By the time you complete the course, not only will you have a really good understanding of cycle of the seasons if you undertake the work in your own garden you will have the start of a garden that can provide you with an abundance of food year round.
Access to all 4 seasonal workshops, all workshop notes.
WORKSHOPS TAKE PLACE BETWEEN 9:30am – 4:30pm on each of the following dates.
SPRING – SATURDAY 18th NOVEMBER 2023
SUMMER- SATURDAY 17th FEBRUARY 2024
AUTUMN – SATURDAY 18th MAY 2024
WINTER – SATURDAY 17th AUGUST 2024
Morning tea and lunch is provided.
BONUS – RECIEVE: 15 packets of seeds, 3 fruit trees and 3 berry plants,(worth over $250) at the completion of the course.
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GROW YOUR OWN FOOD SEASON BY SEAON
Access to all 4 seasonal workshops
SPRING – SATURDAY 18th NOVEMBER 2023
Spring is the best time on the farm, the flowers are in bloom, birds are chirping and the bees are buzzing, then you know it is the right time to get stuck into clearing out the winter vegetables and rejuvenate the soil and start planting the seedlings grown in the hothouse in Winter and for planting a wide range of vegetable seeds in the garden. The garlic will be ready soon, so we will look at the requirements for harvesting, drying and storing for both eating and planting next year. In the orchard it the fruit trees are in flower and starting to form fruit, now is the time for feeding to make sure the fruits are large and sweet. It is also the time to graft new trees and we will look at a variety of plant propagation techniques so you don’t need to spend a small fortune on trees and plants at the nursery.
SUMMER- SATURDAY 17th FEBRUARY 2024
In Summer nothing is more important than good water management in the vegetable garden, we will look at water saving design and build a wicking bed and have a look at the setting up of a basic irrigation system. There are always plenty of bugs around in the garden and we will look at various ways to manage pests. In the orchard, fruits are growing thinning, pruning and ongoing maintenance is required. In the height of Summer plenty of berries are being harvested and there is oodles of preserving to be done, we will give a preserving demo and eat some yummy goodies and celebrate the end of the workshop series.
AUTUMN – SATURDAY 18th MAY 2024
In the vegetable garden, Autumn is the time of bed preparation and planting of winter crops, we will look at the basic needs of growing vegetables in terms of sun, water and soil nutrition. In the orchard, Autumn is the time for creating a plan for fruit tree planting, we will discussion site selections, planning and soil preparation for planting our winter bare root fruit trees. It is also the season to clear out the last of last years Summer berry canes and tie the new ones for this years planting.
WINTER – SATURDAY 17th AUGUST 2024
In the vegetable garden succession planting is taking place, frost protection of sensitive vegetables is being undertaken and seed are starting to be sown in the hothouse for Spring planting, we will look at a variety of options for frost protection, the when and why of succession planting for continual supply. In the orchard now it the busy time, time for the hard pruning of neglected fruit trees. The soil work and preparation for planting undertaken in Autumn now pays off it is the time to plant bare root fruit trees, we will discuss fencing requirements, staking and first year pruning. It is also the time to prune back the Autumn fruiting raspberries.
Our farm is located on the boundaries of land that was managed in a sustainable way for tens of thousands of years by the peoples of the Ngunnwal, Wiradjuri and Gundagarra nations. We acknowledge the ongoing pain and injustice that resulted from the displacement of traditional owners from this land and all of their lands. We respect the knowledge of traditional owners past and present, and the special relationship they have with their country. We recognize that it is only thanks to past sustainable land management practices that enables us to still use the land as a source of food and shelter today.
Our vision is that everyone have access to locally grown, affordable, nutrient rich food or the skills, knowledge and resources to grow their own, both now and in the future.
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