Real Skills for Growing Food

Two days of hands-on learning, equipping you with the skills to grow food in your own home, no matter what shape or size.

This course will cover

  • Soil health and composting: Meet the soil food web, build a small and large compost pile.
  • Propagation techniques: Make your own seed raising mix, planting seeds, pricking out and potting up.
  • Vegetable growing: Build a no-dig garden and explore biointensive food production.
  • An introduction to market gardening including crop planning, extending your season and sewing seeds. These skills can also be applied to urban growing as well!

Students receive

  • A copy of The Practical Australian Gardener by Peter Cundall,
  • Some organic vegetable seedlings to get you growing,
  • Morning and afternoon refreshments, BYO lunch, and
  • Skills and knowledge useful for the rest of your life!

For more info and to register, click here.

  • September 12, 2015 at 10:00am – September 14, 2015
  • Hobart City Farm & surrounds
    St Johns Avenue New Town
    Hobart, Tasmania 7000
    Australia
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  • $260.00 AUD
  • Hannah Moloney

    0418 307 294
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