Growing Fruit and Vegetables
Learn how to grow your own food using planet-friendly methods.

Learn how to assess your site and soil

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 Karen taking a session on site assessment.

Learn how to keep your soil healthy

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A vegetable garden can be beautiful as well as productive.

Find out about common pests (and the garden friends that will control them)

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Ladybirds are one of the gardener's best friends.

Sow some seeds and take some cuttings (that you can take home)

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A greenhouse full of healthy young plants.

Brief outline of the course
The course uses a combination of talks, slideshows, group work, games, garden tours and practical exercises, with the choice of methods depending on the venue, the time of year and the weather conditions.

The course covers the following topics:
  •  The benefits of growing your own food.
  •  Assessing your site and understanding your soil.
  •  Taking care of your soil.
  •  Sowing, pricking out, potting on, taking cuttings.
  •  Taking care of your crops.
  •  Common pests and diseases.
  •  What to do when in your veg garden.
  •  Pruning fruit trees and bushes.