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Topics > Garden
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ABCs of Gardening
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$39.00 (1 section available)
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How does your garden grow? Are you tired of the way it looks? With the ABCs of gardening, you will be able to rehabilitate your yard with a few simple steps. Students should bring a photo of their yard to class. Students will learn: 1. Soil analysis: amendments/fertilizers. 2. Site analysis: what to keep and what not to keep. 3. Plant selection: choosing the proper plant for your yard. 4. Maintaining your new yard: water, pruning, protection.
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From Seed to Harvest
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$39.00 (1 section available)
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Try starting and growing your own seedlings at home! Learn how to start seeds, care for starter plants, transplant in the garden, and care for them all the way through to harvest.
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Growing Fruits and Berries
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$39.00 (1 section available)
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Always wanted to grow your own fruits and berries to eat freshly picked or to cook and bake with? We know just how to help. Students will discover the wide range of varieties that are best to plant in this area along with the benefits of fruits and berries in the landscape. When you have an abundance of harvest, learn the best way of preserving them.
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Growning Plants for Fun and Profit
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$139.00 (4 sections available)
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Turn your love of plants into an enjoyable and profitable home business. Learn how to grow and market plants on a small scale without major capital investment. In an area as small as 1000 sq. ft., you can generate thousands of dollars' worth of plant material in a single growing season. This course is your practical guide to licensing, site preparation, equipment, how and where to find supplies, how to select and produce plants appropriate to your climate zone, how to produce quality material and, most importantly, how to market your product.
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Hillside Gardening
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$39.00 (2 sections available)
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Does your landscape include a hill? Learn how to turn this into a true landscape asset. Students will explore how to analyze their hill and select the best solution to their problem. Bring a photograph to class.
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Organic and Sustainable Gardening
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$39.00 (1 section available)
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Learn how to utilize and develop the soil food web to your advantage in building a healthy and productive garden that does not rely on pesticides or chemicals. Make your own organic sustainable fertilizers and attract "good bugs" to your garden. Get tips on sustainable reuses of common items for your garden.
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The Frugal Gardener - Gardening on the Cheap
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$39.00 (1 section available)
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You can shell out a LOT of cash on plants and supplies at garden centers and home remodeling stores! Learn how to garden the economical way by seed-saving, propagating plants, home remedies, and reusing/repurposing common items. You will receive a variety of resources where you can borrow tools, and get access to free or cheap supplies.
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Vegetable Gardening
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$39.00 (1 section available)
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Plant a vegetable garden and stretch your food budget. Do you miss the fresh vegetables from the summer time? Are you tired of winter and longing to get started planting in the garden? Discover what cool weather crops can be planted now. Discover how you get a jump on the season. You have never had a garden before? Learn how to get started then enjoy fresh vegetables straight from your own yard.
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