'How To Garden' CLASS: Hoop Houses & Early Spring Vegetables

How to Garden Class:

Hoop Houses &
Early Spring Vegetables

10am, Saturday, March 21st

 at the Harvest of Hope Community Garden
130 Charlemont St, Kingsport, Tn

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Topics to be covered:

• What exactly is a Hoop House?... and how to build one.
• How, Why, and When to plant veggies
• Broccoli
• Onions
• Brussel Sprouts, etc

• Get your questions answered on these topics and more.

Bring a chair if you wish.

See CALENDAR for more events

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'Vegetable Gardening 101' Workshop: Sat, Feb 7th

Be sure to read the bottom of this blog article for listing of radio

 & TV shows to be aired soon; shows will feature info about the workshop.

* SCHEDULE

The Vegetable Gardening 101 workshop is designed for new vegetable gardeners in East Tennessee but will offer learning opportunities for everyone. The workshop will include an opening speech, "Vegetable Ventures-Early Consideration for the Home Gardener," by Dr. Natalie Bumgarner, the University of Tennessee Residential and Consumer Extension Specialist.

Sessions will follow on Raised Bed Gardening, Container Gardening / Small Space Gardening, and Growing Super Vegetables; Earl Hockin (MG), Phil Ramey(MG), and Jennifer Banks (Nutritionist) will be leading these sessions, respectively. Sessions will cover soil, the basics of plant requirements, site selection, garden design and layout,…

Space is limited to first 120 participants, so early registration is encouraged; see flyer above for contact info. Workshop location is the First Presbyterian Church in downtown Kingsport, TN (directions). 

Registration packet pickup is at 8am, followed by the workshop sessions which will run from 8:30am to 12:30pm. Participants are invited to view the Harvest of Hope Community Gardens, located across the street, after the workshop from 12.30pm to 1.30pm. 

 Look for more information to be aired on television and radio in the coming week(s), various channels:

• Jan 22nd - WKPT, TV Ch19 (ABC) 6-7am NEWS, "How to" Segment 
• Jan 22nd - WKPT RADIO, Station AM1400 10am, The "Dave Light" Show   Listen
• Jan 26th - WCYB, TV Ch5 (NBC) 12pm Noon NEWS
• Jan 28th - WKPT RADIO, Station AM1400 10am, The "Dave Light" Show   Listen
• Jan 29th  - WKPT, TV Ch19 (ABC) 6-7am News, "How to" Segment 
• Feb 2nd:  WJHL, TV Ch11 (CBS), Daytime Tri-Cities Show

partnering with

Fall Planting Class / Workshop: Saturday, Aug 23rd

A 'RAD' Workshop

A pair of RAD kids with a pair of RAD-ishes.
ps. RAD means 'cool'

On May 17th at HOH, a Gardening Workshop was held to demonstrate the planting of summer vegetables and to help members plant various seedlings.  Vegetable seedlings planted included cucumber, tomato, and bell peppers.

Tomato Seedlings root/stem can be planted horizontally
 to provide better support for plant stem (ie. deeper).

Cucumber Tree

Cucumber Seedling

Bell pepper seedling's roots are loosened before planting.

Members also harvested various Spring crops such as radishes (top photo and below), kohlrabi. [Also peas, broccoli, etc. - not shown]

Radishes (without the cool kids)

Can you say Kohlrabi?             kohl·ra·bi

Kohlrabi being peeled; can be eaten raw...yum!

Below, member gardeners harvest their crops, plant their seedlings, and weed and maintain their beds. 

 

Other interesting crops!

Celosia flowers

Sage

Early Blackberries

 Happy Gardening!   Keep it RAD :)

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Today's Garden-Cam

A few photos from the garden today.

Romaine Lettuce 

Rosemary

A neat and orderly bed.

Closeup of previous photo: sweet corn and beans.

"I can dig!"

Tomato plants

Peas.

Happy Gardening!

Class Learning Implemented at Home...

Raised Bed

Raised bed built at home.

On March 1st, a class was held on how to build raised beds. One of the participants, Sally Richard, took what she learned and put it into action by building a raised bed of her own.  Way to go, Sally :)

Peas Germinating

Alaska Peas germinating in moist paper towels inside vented ziploc.

Here is another example of how one of our HOH participants implemented at home (here shown in photo, April 23rd), what they learned previously at Spring Vegetable Gardening Class (April 12th).  This photo was submitted anonymously.

Happy Gardening!  

Helpful Links:

More Gardening Class(es)        Garden Member Info

Photos from Spring Vegetables Gardening Class (4-12-14)

 Enjoy these photos from last Saturdays' Spring Vegetable Gardening Class/Workshop with instructors Earl Hochin and Phil Ramey.

Earl Hochin, an HOH Volunteer and Master Gardener, demonstrating today's class (left).
 Judith, participant, on right.

A few seeds/seedlings that were planted:
Brussels sprouts, peas carrots, broccoli, lettuce (not shown)

BROCCOLI

Measuring about 18" between broccoli plants

               Broccoli (closeup)                                               Don't forget to water :)

PEAS

Peas (closeup)

Peas that had germinated
 (in paper towels/ziploc- a few weeks prior)

Planting of pea seeds

 

Participants in the class learned a lot today 

Last, but not least... a Master Weeder

Enjoy listening to a cute tune about Broccoli: The Broccoli Boogie by Sam Jones...

And here's one about peas: Goober Peas by Johnny Cash And Burl Ives :)

Happy Gardening!

Spring Vegetable Gardening Class

Join us for a 

Spring Gardening Class/Workshop

10am Saturday April 12th 2014

at The Harvest Of Hope (HOH) Community Garden

The class will be taught by an HOH Master Gardener.

*Bring outdoor/folding chair if desired.

See the Calendar of Events for more Class/Workshop dates and times. Happy Gardening :)

Top Photo (vegetables in basket) Credit: cdn.sheknows.com
Bottom Photo (Gloves around plant) Credit: web.extension.illinois.edu

Today's Gardening Class: Potato & Onion Planting

 Planting Potatos Demonstration.

Demonstration of Onion Planting

The Next Gardening Workshop is Sat, April 12th:  Spring Vegetables.  See the Calendar of Events blog post for other upcoming classes.

Happy Gardening !