Get Growing: Organic Gardening Series Begins Today

An exciting three-part series on all aspects of Growing: planning, planting, production, and pests. Dates: March 31, April 7 and April 14 (3 Tuesdays) Time: 7-9 PM.  Location: Lenoir Rhyne University Asheville located at 36 Montford Avenue in Asheville NC.  Cost: $15 per class for $40 for the series.

Improve your established garden or start growing for the first time. 

• Class 1:  Why grow organically; site, size, and design; soil and nutrient basics; seasons; tools, Q & A. 
• Class 2:  Seeds and transplants, common problems; composting and vermicomposting; edible yard; Q & A. 
• Class 3:  Mulch; water and fertility; compost tea; cover cropping and nutrients; disease and insects; Q & A.

Register HERE

The Series is taught by Organic Growers School instructors: Ruth Gonzalez, gardener, local food blogger, and author of the OGS Ask Ruth Gardening Column AND Rodney Bowling, co-owner of Mudluscious Pottery and Gardens, a homestead farm in Mars Hill, NC.