Worthy Earth Kitchen Garden Course
This course will take you every step along the way on your journey of building your own edible garden and growing your own organic produce.
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Session 2.1: Choosing Your Site
An overview of Session 1.1:
We’ll be looking at:
The six main factors involved in choosing where to place your garden
Why it’s important to consider these factors before making your garden design
How to end up with your ideal spot - ready to start designing and building
An overview of Session 1.1:
We’ll be looking at:
The six main factors involved in choosing where to place your garden
Why it’s important to consider these factors before making your garden design
How to end up with your ideal spot - ready to start designing and building
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Session 2.2: Creating Your Garden Design and Ordering Materials
An overview of Session 2.2
By the end of the session, you should:
Have a better understanding of why we design our gardens like we do
Have a final draft of your garden design completed and polished on Garden Planner
Have a clear understanding of how to order the right volume of compost and woodchip for your garden design
Have clarity on what tools you need to order and by when
*Check tools list below on PDFs
https://www.growveg.co.uk/ - Garden Planner Website
An overview of Session 2.2
By the end of the session, you should:
Have a better understanding of why we design our gardens like we do
Have a final draft of your garden design completed and polished on Garden Planner
Have a clear understanding of how to order the right volume of compost and woodchip for your garden design
Have clarity on what tools you need to order and by when
*Check tools list below on PDFs
https://www.growveg.co.uk/ - Garden Planner Website
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Session 2.3: Marking and Measuring
A lesson on how to mark the perimeter of your garden and measure all of the edges, in order to start building your garden.
A lesson on how to mark the perimeter of your garden and measure all of the edges, in order to start building your garden.
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Session 2.4: Creating Your No-Dig Beds and Pathways
In this lesson we show you how to actually build your garden beds and pathways from start to finish!
In this lesson we show you how to actually build your garden beds and pathways from start to finish!
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Session 2.5: Building Your Additional Infrastructure
An overview of Session 2.5:
We’ll be looking at:
What other infrastructure you require on your garden in addition to your garden beds and why
How all the necessary fundamentals on your garden will make your life easier during the growing season
How you could try to construct them yourself
If you have the budget - pay professionals
If you have the skills - do it yourself
An overview of Session 2.5:
We’ll be looking at:
What other infrastructure you require on your garden in addition to your garden beds and why
How all the necessary fundamentals on your garden will make your life easier during the growing season
How you could try to construct them yourself
If you have the budget - pay professionals
If you have the skills - do it yourself
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Session 3.1: A-Z Crop Overview and Crop Planning
An overview of Session 3.1:
What we’ll cover in this session:
Our top recommended annual vegetables and varieties - A-Z
Options for ratios of your beds used
Crop planning
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1APDjiPdxhuMt7EtHq6Q2cyWrJSK-xJJHEA503-78b94/edit?usp=drive_link - Here's the link to the Google Sheet if you don't have Microsoft Excel
An overview of Session 3.1:
What we’ll cover in this session:
Our top recommended annual vegetables and varieties - A-Z
Options for ratios of your beds used
Crop planning
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1APDjiPdxhuMt7EtHq6Q2cyWrJSK-xJJHEA503-78b94/edit?usp=drive_link - Here's the link to the Google Sheet if you don't have Microsoft Excel
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A lesson on how to sow your seeds in module trays
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Session 3.3: Direct Sowing Into Beds
A lesson on how to use your Jang seeder to directly sow your seed straight into your bed
A lesson on how to use your Jang seeder to directly sow your seed straight into your bed
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Session 3.4: Potting On
A lesson on how to transfer your younger seedlings into larger pots - to allow them to grow and develop further, before transplanting
A lesson on how to transfer your younger seedlings into larger pots - to allow them to grow and develop further, before transplanting
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Session 3.5: Transplanting Module Plugs
A lesson on how to transplant your seedlings into your vegetable beds - their final home, to mature and grow.
A lesson on how to transplant your seedlings into your vegetable beds - their final home, to mature and grow.
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Session 3.6: Growing, Training and Pruning Your Polytunnel Crops
A lesson on how to grow tomatoes and cucumbers from seed, how to nurture them and train them to climb upwards, and how to prune and harvest them also
A lesson on how to grow tomatoes and cucumbers from seed, how to nurture them and train them to climb upwards, and how to prune and harvest them also
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Session 3.8: Harvesting & Post-harvest Packing
An overview of Session 3.8:
How to harvest different crops
Considering washing Vs not washing
Considering best-practice for packaging different crops and labelling them
Looking at different price lists to get an average to gauge your own prices
Ensuring consistency of quality to create repeat orders
https://www.soilassociation.org/farmers-growers/market-information/price-data/horticultural-produce-price-data/ - organic price list
An overview of Session 3.8:
How to harvest different crops
Considering washing Vs not washing
Considering best-practice for packaging different crops and labelling them
Looking at different price lists to get an average to gauge your own prices
Ensuring consistency of quality to create repeat orders
https://www.soilassociation.org/farmers-growers/market-information/price-data/horticultural-produce-price-data/ - organic price list
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Session 3.9: Producing Your Own Compost
A video with Master Composter, Adam, explaining how to produce your own compost, either with a thermophilic (hot composting) method, or a slower but less intensive bay method
A video with Master Composter, Adam, explaining how to produce your own compost, either with a thermophilic (hot composting) method, or a slower but less intensive bay method
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Session 3.10: Saving Your Own Seed
An overview of session 3.10:
We will be exploring:
The overall importance and significance of saving seed
The basic life-cycle of all plants
The differences between wet and dry seeded crops
How to save your own seed from your own crops
An overview of session 3.10:
We will be exploring:
The overall importance and significance of saving seed
The basic life-cycle of all plants
The differences between wet and dry seeded crops
How to save your own seed from your own crops
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Session 3.11: Annual Garden Refresh
An overview of Session 3.11:
We’ll be looking at:
Why we should reamend our garden each year
How to remeasure the garden
How to re-amend it
An overview of Session 3.11:
We’ll be looking at:
Why we should reamend our garden each year
How to remeasure the garden
How to re-amend it
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Bonus Appendix: Deep-Dive Into the Micro - Soil Testing Analysis and Discussions
A video on our soil tests from our Frensham educational garden, the results, the reasons and what we can do about it
A video on our soil tests from our Frensham educational garden, the results, the reasons and what we can do about it
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