All about starting a garden...mainly a vegetable garden. Today was the first class that I held here at Irish Gardens. I wanted to share the knowledge that I have gained and my love for planting with others so I decided to have a class. It was open to all ages. I only had one person show up but thats ok. We still had fun and I think she learned something.
One of the things I wanted to do especially if kids showed up was give them a chance to plant some veggies here in a special garden and come back at least once a month to check on them. All the veggies produced from their plantings would be theirs to keep.
Here is what we did and what we learned.
The new garden area. It seems every year I add a new garden. Hubby's ok with that as it makes it less grass for him to mow.9
My student - A (no names really needed) planted and learned. First when building a new bed lay some newspaper down first...then the soil. This acts as a weed blocker with out the price of the fabric. Deeper is not always better is something else she learned. Some plants do just fine in a little amount of dirt. Then it was on to planting. We discussed the use of square foot gardening and how much you can really get into this one garden...quite a lot. To the right here she planted beans and carrots.
Then after that we talked about some companion planting. How planting marigolds with tomato's is smart for many reasons. We talked about other companion plants as well but didn't plant those. Maybe next time. After the marigolds and tomato's the left were planted it was time to water.
Lastly or maybe we talked about it first was onions. And their crazyness in my gardens, but it gave A a chance to see what they look like from small seed bulb to harvest. Granted these are far from the size you would find in the stores but the smell is dead on and sometimes you don't need all that onion...just a little bit.
A successful class if you ask me. I had fun and I think she did too and thats all that matters right?
Can't wait to see what's next!
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