Tuesday, April 26th 5pm Pacific & AZ / 6pm Mountain / 8pm Eastern with Farmer Greg and Special Guest Michael Moore gardenchat.org Instead of starting a new crop in your gardens with tired old soil, consider boosting the potential yield and health of the crops by rejuvenating the soil each season. In this Garden Chat […]
Young fruit trees and bushes need a little extra care to get through their first summers in the AZ Desert. We will talk about how to prepare your space now for the summer heat that is coming and protect your new tree investments.
We have two 90 minute tours of a Permaculture Food Forest called Cultivated in Scottsdale. Join us either Friday evening or Saturday Morning. The property is a 10 year old food forest designed, built, and maintained by a landscape designer. You will see how fruit tree guilds can be effective and beautiful. Her 120 fruit trees, vegetable gardens and duck pens are great examples of how we can urban farm in the desert.
New topics every month. In this LIVE online Q&A Session…Bill McDorman will be discussing key issues relating to growing your own food and saving the seeds yourselves. He will be answering your seed questions live!
Besides providing the respiration for our plants, the foliage can be a direct method for getting nutrients into the plant itself. A virtually immediate foliar feeding of nutrients can give your gardens the boost they need to improve vitality and growth. Yet with limitations of temperatures and avoiding flowers, the biggest gardening question we get asked is how and when do you fertilize vegetable gardens? We will talk with gardener and chemist Anthony Dominguez about these aspects of foliar feeding our gardens.
Grains for Guts & Gardens
Once upon a time, one could find small-scale, local grain growing in every nook and cranny of our great nation. Thousands of resilient, flavorful and adapted whole grains formed the foundation of nearly every meal. Whether you have gluten caused gut troubles or have come to see the harm caused by chemical grain production, this short class will help you understand why a return to fresh-ground, ancient and heritage grains may just be the simple and elegant solution you have been looking for. Join with us in the Fresh Flour Movement...
In the Rosie on the House radio show, there is a dedicated hour for questions and answers about growing food in the local desert. On the fourth Saturday of each month, Farmer Greg will talk about all aspects of gardening and urban farming in the Arizona climates…
We are at it again - except this time we are making MORE room for your questions. Seed Up Saturday is 3 hours of seed education to to elevate your own gardening guru by learning to save seeds. Presented by the Great American Seed Up. Join us on this Zoom event to update and refresh your skills on seed saving.
Join us for our online Mesquite Chat with Greg Peterson, Don Titmus, Peggy Sue Sorensen, Mike Clow and Janis Norton, as we look forward to our local Mesquite Pod Milling Event in July. We have several videos available that cover the basics of harvesting and processing Mesquite. This chat is for us to answer your questions that still remain.
Extreme heat is no joke especially in the low desert of Arizona. Taking care of your fruit trees and helping them survive is a lot simpler when you understand some of the basics. Let's talk about what you can do at home.
Join Don Titmus as he takes you on a walking tour of the mesquite trees in Rio Salado Park. You will see, smell, touch, and taste mesquite trees and beans as you take our walking class and learn how to collect mesquite beans. Improve your mesquite pod harvesting awareness through this annual refresher class. Depending on the weather and the trees, you might even be able to start your harvest.
Join Janis as she takes you on a walking tour of the mesquite trees near Rio Vista Park. You will see, smell, touch, and taste mesquite trees and beans as you take our walking class and learn how to collect mesquite beans. Improve your mesquite pod harvesting awareness through this annual refresher class. Depending on the weather and the trees, you might even be able to start your harvest.
