LATE SPRING/EARLY SUMMER in the KITCHEN GARDEN, SUNDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2024:
JOIN MICKEY…
We’ll meet in the Dairy at 10am for a refreshing tisane, cup of tea or coffee and cake…(afterall a big morning lies ahead!). Then we’ll launch into our introductory session, first exploring the design principles that underpin the layout and aesthetic of the kitchen garden here and compare the two different growing methods employed. These topics play an important role and as the day progresses, you will begin to discover just how you might choose to incorporate parts of these concepts into your very own kitchen garden. We’ll talk too, about seasonal produce, the veg famiy groups, crop rotation, companion planting and seeds (collection, germination, propagation) and…soil.
By late morning (hats on) we’ll be out in the garden for an immersive experience, a close inspection of all we’ve just discussed, whilst looking too, at the relevant tasks of the moment: from care and nurture of veg through this early part of the growing season and discussing how the next phase is likely to unfold. The how and when of seasonal crop rotation (which will still be underway following a bumper winter/early spring harvest). It’s now we’ll talk about planting, staking, support structures, pests, protection….as we taste our way too, around the garden. Eventually we’ll end up at the compost (if not in it!). It’s here we’ll discuss in detail, the most important topic of all….for it, and soil…are everything…without which none of the rest is possible, including our own good health and nutrition.
By 2pm we should be back in the Dairy for late little seasonal something at the long tables…made from the bounty we’ve just explored. Time to reflect on the information and visual overload, to quietly digest, ask questions and continue the conversation.
After lunch you can choose some seeds to sow in your own garden, (it’s a timely moment for you to do so) and you will be welcome to potter in the Barn and linger longer in the garden.
This is a time of enormous activity in the kitchen garden…of crop rotation alongside bountiful spring-grown produce…one of the very best times to learn all the kitchen garden has to teach us, about growing.
Suitable for absolute newcomers and old hands alike. Everyone is welcome.
Please wear sensible shoes, layers (the temperature can always swing wildly here!) and bring a hat – perhaps a brollie too as we’ll go ahead rain, hail or shine!
Cost $295.00 per person 10am – 4pm
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