Community Horticulture Events

This 5 session class in Millbrook covers the fundamentals of growing vegetables, from selecting varieties and planting seeds and transplants, to growing and harvesting. We will look at how to protect your garden from pests both big and tiny and cover techniques such as  growing beds, mulching, watering, crop rotation and garden design. This information will help experienced gardeners take their garden to the next level.

Presenter Mary Nisley has gardened organically for more than 30 years in 3 states, giving her experience with a wide range of vegetables, growing conditions, and problems.

WHEN: Saturdays 9:30 AM - Noon, Feb. 11 – March 10 (5 classes), snow days March 24 & 31.

• WHERE: Dutchess County Farm & Home Center, 2715 Rt. 44, Millbrook, NY
• COST: $95 for all 5 sessions, not refundable after Feb. 3.

• TO REGISTER call Nancy Halas at 845-677-8223 x115. VISA/MC accepted. Checks payable to Cornell Cooperative Extension Dutchess County, mailed to: Cornell Cooperative Extension Dutchess County, Attn: Nancy Halas, 2715 Rt. 44, Suite 1, Millbrook, NY 12545

SUBJECTS BY WEEK: 

Week 1:

• Your garden site; soil, sun, pH, water, frost, etc
• Protecting your vegetable garden from the critters

• Techniques: garden beds, mulches, watering, weeding,  floating row covers

Week 2: we start our own lettuce transplants!

• Direct sowing vs. transplants
• Growing your own transplants
• Preparing your garden for planting
• How to transplant
• How to direct sow: seeds in the garden

• Timing in the garden

Week 3:

• Crop rotation
• Introduction to garden planning: creating a garden layout and organizing information

• Early spring planting with greens and roots: spinach, lettuce, chard, beets, carrots, parsley,  parsnips, and onions

Week 4:

• More early vegetables: the cabbage family: cabbage, kale, collards, broccoli, cauliflower, etc.
• The self-fertilizing legumes: peas and beans

• Vining crops: squashes and cucumbers

Week 5:

• Tomatoes: pruning & trellising
• Peppers, eggplants and potatoes,
• Corn
• Sweet potatoes
• Succession planting

• Wrap-up

Notes:

• For each vegetable family I cover growing techniques and common pests & problems

• Each session includes a 10 minute break and time for questions.

Please help us publicize this event- print & distribute our poster. Thank you!

This 5 session class in Wappingers Falls covers the fundamentals of growing vegetables, from selecting varieties and planting seeds and transplants, to growing and harvesting. We will look at how to protect your garden from pests both big and tiny and cover techniques such as growing beds, mulching, watering, crop rotation and garden design. This information will help experienced gardeners take their garden to the next level.

Presenter Mary Nisley has gardened organically for more than 30 years in 3 states, giving her experience with a wide range of vegetables, growing conditions, and problems.

• WHEN: Thursdays 6:30- 9 PM, Feb. 16, 23, March 1,8,15 (5 classes), snow days March 22 & 29.
• WHERE: Stony Kill Farm Environmental Education Center Barn Classroom, 79 Farmstead Lane, Wappingers Falls, NY, 12590
• COST: $95 for all 5 sessions, not refundable after Feb. 10.

• TO REGISTER call Nancy Halas at 845-677-8223 x115. VISA/MC accepted. Checks payable to Cornell Cooperative Extension Dutchess County, mailed to: Cornell Cooperative Extension Dutchess County, Attn: Nancy Halas, 2715 Rt. 44, Suite 1, Millbrook, NY 12545

SUBJECTS BY WEEK:

 Week 1:

• Your garden site; soil, sun, pH, water, frost, etc
• Protecting your vegetable garden from the critters

• Techniques: garden beds, mulches, watering, weeding, floating row covers

Week 2: we start our own lettuce transplants!

• Direct sowing vs. transplants
• Growing your own transplants
• Preparing your garden for planting
• How to transplant
• How to direct sow: seeds in the garden

• Timing in the garden

Week 3:

• Crop rotation
• Introduction to garden planning: creating a garden layout and organizing information

• Early spring planting with greens and roots: spinach, lettuce, chard, beets, carrots, parsley, parsnips, and onions

Week 4:

• More early vegetables: the cabbage family: cabbage, kale, collards, broccoli, cauliflower, etc.
• The self-fertilizing legumes: peas and beans

• Vining crops: squashes and cucumbers

Week 5:

• Tomatoes: pruning & trellising
• Peppers, eggplants and potatoes,
• Corn
• Sweet potatoes
• Succession planting

• Wrap-up

Notes:

• For each vegetable family I cover growing techniques and common pests & problems

• Each session includes a 10 minute break and time for questions.

Please help us publicize this event- print & distribute our poster. Thank you!

The theme this year is "Hawaii- Islands of Aloha". The cost is $70 per person which includes transportation and admission. We will be leaving from the Farm & Home Center on Rt. 44 in Millbrook promptly at 8 AM and returning home at approximately 9:30 PM. Pre-registration is required.  Please call Nancy Halas at 845-677-8223 x 115 to register. Visa/MC, cash, checks accepted. Checks should be made out to Cornell Cooperative Extension and mailed to 2715 Rt. 44, Suite 1, Millbrook, NY 12545 Attn: Nancy Halas. Seats will only be reserved upon payment in full.  No refunds after February 10th.  Substitutions are allowed. Don’t delay- seating is limited! Click here for details about the flower show.