Free Gardening Advice
The West Seattle Edible Garden Fair is coming up this Saturday, May 23rd! I’ll be there talking about how to grow warm season crops like tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants in a cooler climate and I’m also giving a presentation how to maximize the flavor of vegetables.
The fair is FREE! And the list of presentation topics is awesome! You can attend a workshop on permaculture basics, learn how to can, hear about raising bees, goats, and chickens in the city from a panel of experts, find out how to turn your garden into an edible landscape, and more! Plus, there will be door prizes, kids activities, and cooking demonstrations.
I hope to see you there if you live in the Seattle area! Here all the nitty gritty details:
What: West Seattle Edible Garden Fair (http://www.gleanit.org/Fair.html)
Where: South Seattle Community College, 6000 16th Avenue SW
When: Saturday, May 23 from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm
Wanna see me? This is what I’m talking about:
10: 00 AM–Some Like It Hot: How To Grow Warm Season Crops in the Cool Northwest
Seattle is a great climate for gardening, but growing crops like tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants is a challenge! This workshop will demonstrate how to warm up your soil earlier in spring, show off essential season extension techniques, and give a step-by step plant for maximizing your harvest of warm season crops. Plus, get a list of tried-and-true tomato, pepper, and eggplant varieties!
12 Noon–Gourmet Vegetabless: Tips & Techniques for Growing Your Best Tasting Vegetables Ever
One of the best reasons to grow your own vegetables is they taste better! Learn how to maximize the flavor of your crops by choosing the tastiest varieties, preparing healthy soil, and giving your plants the best possible growing conditions. This workshop will feature specific growing plans for tomatoes, squash, beans, peas, and beets.
How lucky to have such a great resource like this: I predict you will be MOBBED with great questions. I’m currently a Master Gardener intern, and discovering how fun, rewarding and challenging it is to staff plant clinics and info tables. Have fun!
May 19th, 2009 at 9:57 amDidn’t know about this and am looking forward to this. I’m sure you’ll be busy but will try to say hi.
May 19th, 2009 at 1:26 pmoh… i will see you there. we could certainly use some advice on growing peppers here in the NW.
May 20th, 2009 at 8:56 amIt’s going to be a good fair and I wish I can attend your sessions.
May 20th, 2009 at 12:46 pmAfter the fair, I hope you would share & post the info. on the blog. Thanks so much.
Lelo–I’m a Master Gardener, too! I do the phone clinic, and it is so fun because I never know who is going to call.
Melanthia and Wren–I’m really looking forward to meeting you both in person.
Lily–I’m working on a couple posts right now with info from the talks. I hope to get them up next week!
May 20th, 2009 at 3:01 pmHello- made it to the noon presentation- it was great, thank you!
I attempted growing some squash, carrot, & onions a few years ago with not much success.
seems like I have a lot of work ahead of me… if I can just find the right spot in my yard, now that my husband has taken over the yard with all of his plants.
I enjoy the weekly radio program too!
May 26th, 2009 at 12:16 pmWilli,
It was really great to meet you. Baker (my puppy)and I really learned a lot in the hot plants session… i’m from PA and silly me just thought everything would grow just the same. i would love to have the list of veggie varieties that you presented. I didn’t have paper.. sorry. If possible that would be awesome.
Thanks for all your help.
May 29th, 2009 at 12:34 pm