Two Zoom workshops worth checking out this month

 

Here's one example of a straw-bale garden, at the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center

in May 2018. Sweet potatoes were planted in the bales that year. (Photo: Kathy 

Morrison)

Sessions focus on straw-bale gardening, vegetable growing

Any gardener who'd just as soon not risk a crowd, even outdoors, right now should be happy to know that the region's master gardeners have your back.

Two free Zoom online workshops are scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 22:

-- 9 a.m. to noon. "Spring and Summer Vegetables" is the topic covered by the El Dorado master gardeners. Master gardener Zack Dowell will discuss garden plant selection, planting times, site selection, soil preparation, proper seed planting techniques, and pest management.

Registration is free but required here: https://surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.cfm?surveynumber=36315

Visit the El Dorado master gardeners' website https://mgeldorado.ucanr.edu/ to see what else they have planned for workshops through March.

-- 10:30-11:30 a.m. "Straw-Bale Gardening" is offered by the Placer County master gardeners. Straw-bale gardening in easily conditioned straw bales, they note, offers "no soil, no digging, no bending,  only a trowel needed."  The workshop will show how to set up and condition the bales, which can be used for all types of vegetables, from tomatoes to sweet potatoes, as well as herbs or flowers. 

The Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83410416355?

Passcode: garden

The Placer master gardeners' main website is https://pcmg.ucanr.org/ where the calendar of all their late-winter Zoom workshops is available.

-- Kathy Morrison