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Gardening 101
Do you want to turn your thumbs green and learn how to grow? Learn garden basics and how to get started growing. We will discuss soil, seeds, plants, water, light, and more. We’ll demystify perennials, annuals, hardiness zones, warm and cool-season crops, mulch, compost, and amendments. We will cover everything you need to know to get started.
Seed Starting Basics Ready, Set, Grow! Series
Starting your own seeds allows you to pick varieties you love, grow many plants for less money, and brighten up late winter days with the promise of summer gardens. Learn about seed selection, seed starting soil mixes, flats, pots, lighting, temperature, and fertilizers for optimum growth, and how to use soil blockers and other seed starting tools.
Garden Planning for Highly Productive Gardens
Utilizing crop rotations (planting different crops of different families in the same place over time), companions (planting two or more crops that benefit each other together), and successions (planting multiple crops in the same space throughout the season) can maximize your productivity and minimize potential pests, diseases, and weeds. We will look at each of these concepts in-depth, which will help you create a cohesive plan for your growing space in the coming season and beyond.
Grow Your Fruits & Veggies
This MSHS webinar is presented by Courtney Tchida, MSHS Community Programs Director. This webinar covers arugula to zucchini of vegetables, fruits, herbs, and edible flowers that you can grow in Minnesota. Using a cold climate context, we discuss the easiest and the most demanding crops to grow with tips for every crop along the way. We also touch on pest and weed control strategies for the beginning grower. This is a great class to prepare you for an abundance of harvest from your garden
Spring Into Summer: March - August To-Dos
Join Ramsey County Master Gardeners and learn how to wake up your garden! This webinar provides information about what to do for your garden and landscape between March and August.
Veggie Garden Pest Management Webinar
Vegetable plants can attract a wide variety of pests. Learn how to manage them and minimize their impact on your harvest. Get the inside scoop on integrated pest management tools for everything from Squash vine borers and flea beetles to cabbage loopers in this webinar.
Cover Crops and Soil Fertility
In this webinar, MSHS Community Programs Director Courtney Tchida tackles all your cover crop and fall prep questions such as: How can you best prepare your growing area for next spring? When is the best time to plant cover crops? Which cover crops work best to add soil fertility? What does basic compost pile construction look like? What crops can you plant in the fall for spring harvest?
Backyard Composting
Ready to start your own compost pile? In this MSHS Webinar, Ginny Black teaches you about all the do's and don'ts so you can kickstart your own backyard compost system.
Resources:
2021 Dig in Guide
2022 Dig in Guide
Garden Planning Handout 2023
