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Grow Your Own With OURganic Gardens

 

Get your 2023 growing year off to a great start with this special six week online course on growing your own food . 

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Learn the basics of growing food , building soil fertility , managing pests and diseases and more . All in a group setting meeting new friends and building community online . 

€60.00 per person for complete course including course notes .

Facilitated by experienced community gardener 
Joanne Butler and streamed live every week at the same time through Zoom

This will be a food growing course that will focus on not only growing food for the beginners (see below for course content )  but it will also focus on our own local food growing system .

We will discuss what the food system looks like in your local area , what it looked like 50 years ago and indeed what you want it to look like in 50 years time .  

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These classes will run for approx. 1 1/2 hours. 

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The core subjects we will learn during the six weeks will be : 

 

Week one - Welcome and Introductions - Show us your garden or share your garden story 

Our local food system - How does it work ​

A look at Garden styles / techniques / approaches 

Making a plan for your garden 

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Week 2 - Getting down to earth ! : A look at out soil and the importance of looking after it and understanding it 

What is soil

Soil analysis​ , structure and texture

Organic Matter & Soil Biology - What is it and how to look after it. 

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Week 3 - A look at our garden plans , the set up and the story 

Nutrients in our soil and how to optimise growth in you garden

Deficiencies and how to fix them 

Making your own Compost 

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Week 4 - It starts with the seed -The importance of seeds 

selecting and storing your seed ​

vegetable families and seed identification 

Sowing seeds and minding your seedlings

Sourcing seeds - where seed comes from.

Local seed saving organisations in Ireland 

How we all can help save seeds in our communities 

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Week 5 - Weeds , Pests and Diseases 

A look at whats in our gardens ​

Working with Nature Rather Than Against It

Top 5 in your area - identification and natural remedies 

Q & A on what we find 

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Week 6 - Becoming the constant gardener - Starting Spring off with success

Sharing your produce / surplus within your community.

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The ripple effect - the opportunities for small scale local food growing in times of uncertainty 

Next steps as a grower and as a community - And how to get involved with your new communities !

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