Class: Growing Your Family’s Produce

I attended a class on Growing Your Family's Produce by Ted Lambert and Moira Weldon on Thursday night at the Frederick County Cooperative Extension. The class is a part of the Master Gardeners Seminar Series that I've mentioned previously.

This class, like the one two weeks ago on pruning and soil, was very informative. Mr. Lambert and Ms. Weldon discussed techniques for creating a raised bed (bordered or not), container gardening, guidance on when and how to plant various vegetables in central Maryland, dealing with pests, and tools, among a ton of other great stuff. The speakers also recommended three books that I plan to pick up:

• The Vegetable Gardener's Bible by Edward Smith
• Lasagna Gardening by Patricia Lanza
• Weedless Gardening by Lee Reich
  

If you can make one of these classes (there are four more), I strongly recommend you do so.