Introduction to No Dig, Four Season, Regenerative Gardening.
A series of gardening workshops with Bruce Willey
Wednesday September 13th , 2023 - 5pm - 7.30pm
In this class we will be using the soil as our canvas, the plants as our paints, and sunlight, compost, and water as the medium. This is gardening using the latest organic farming techniques. You will learn how to extend the seasons, grow your own starts, make and use compost so you'll eventually be able to throw away your hoe, keep your crops cool in the summer and warm in the winter, making beds, and irrigation—to name a few.
The class will be one hour of lecture and an hour or so in the lab garden in downtown Bishop. Subsequent classes to follow will focus on a particular concepts pertinent to the season. We will also talk about making the transition from summer to fall and winter to keep the garden growing and the soil healthy.
Fall—Composting including brewing teas, wormeries, bio-reactors, fungal and bacteria-based piles
Winter— low tunnels, hoop houses, poly, frost cloth, shadecloth, and cheap greenhouses
Late Winter/Spring—seed starting, bed prep, temperature control, and irrigation
Sign up for one session or all four.
One session including lecture and lab $40/$50/$55
Package Deal: 4 sessions including lecture and labs $175/$200/$220
About the instructor:
Bruce Willey has been growing food since the dawn of agriculture. Along the way he has experienced a tad more victories than defeats that kept him motivated. He was the co-owner of Bishop Creek Farms, an organic vegetable farm here in the Owens Valley. Thinking he would be trading tomatoes for toilet paper during the Pandemic, he planted another garden in his front yard. So many evening strollers walked by the garden asking for gardening advice that he decided to teach a class, this class. His current passion is encouraging people to grow their own food, year-round in a changing climate using beyond organic techniques and methodologies. Anyone who signs up for the class will have Bruce on retainer as a gardening consultant until he composts himself.
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