If you are planning your first vegetable garden, or if you want to grow more and better vegetables in your backyard, this March 27 workshop is for you.

Longtime OSV horticulture and landscape specialist Christie Higginbottom and horticulture consultant Paul Rogers will present a daylong program of practical information to assist the home gardener. Topics will include selecting a garden site and choosing crops, planning the garden, managing and enriching your soil, and tools and tips to make work easier. Christie and Paul will offer environmentally-sound advice for success with common garden vegetables: how much space each variety needs, seed sowing and transplanting techniques, fertilizing, mulching, staking, insect control, and more.

Workshop topics:

• Planning a Vegetable Garden
  • Proper siting: sun, drainage, soil type, tree competition, convenience to water
  • Size: large enough to be worthwhile, but not too large to start
  • Variety selection: space needed and ease of cultivation
  • How to make the most of a small space: Making the garden map
• Preparing the Soil
  • Testing
  • Preparation
  • Adding compost and fertilizer
• Tips for Success with Common Vegetables
  • The space required for each crop
  • How to plant: seeds or started plants
  • Soil and fertilizer needs
  • Culture: support, thinning, mulching, and other special techniques
  • Managing pests and diseases

Register online now.