Homestead gardening lecture offered March 31 at SSCC
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Southern State Community College will present guest speaker Dona Grant on the topic of homestead gardening 6 p.m. Thursday, March 31, in the Learning Resources Center on the college’s South Campus, 12681 U.S. Route 62, near Sardinia. The event is free and open to the public.
“With skyrocketing food prices, lower product availability, and an increasing amount of food-borne illnesses associated with mass produced foods, wouldn't it be great to produce your own safe, wholesome foods for your family? “Would you like to offset rising fuel prices by safely and securely burning wood to heat your home and cook your meals?” asks author Dona Grant in her most recent book, “Today’s Homestead II.”
Grant and her husband live on a 27-acre family farm near Winchester. They raise heirloom orchard fruits, kitchen herbs, vegetables and a wide variety of berries for their own consumption and for sale.
During the March 31 event, Grant will discuss the basics of homestead gardening, including an introduction to various gardening methods such as lasagna gardening, container gardening, raised bed gardening and conventional gardening. She also will discuss soil-building techniques, seeding and transplanting tips, insect and disease control, and harvesting and storing a crop.
To learn more, visit Grant’s blog site at www.homesteadblogger.com/thequeensblessing. For more information about the speaking event at SSCC, please contact Mary Ayres, LRC manager, at 1-800-628-7722, ext. 3681, or mayres@sscc.edu.[[In-content Ad]]
“With skyrocketing food prices, lower product availability, and an increasing amount of food-borne illnesses associated with mass produced foods, wouldn't it be great to produce your own safe, wholesome foods for your family? “Would you like to offset rising fuel prices by safely and securely burning wood to heat your home and cook your meals?” asks author Dona Grant in her most recent book, “Today’s Homestead II.”
Grant and her husband live on a 27-acre family farm near Winchester. They raise heirloom orchard fruits, kitchen herbs, vegetables and a wide variety of berries for their own consumption and for sale.
During the March 31 event, Grant will discuss the basics of homestead gardening, including an introduction to various gardening methods such as lasagna gardening, container gardening, raised bed gardening and conventional gardening. She also will discuss soil-building techniques, seeding and transplanting tips, insect and disease control, and harvesting and storing a crop.
To learn more, visit Grant’s blog site at www.homesteadblogger.com/thequeensblessing. For more information about the speaking event at SSCC, please contact Mary Ayres, LRC manager, at 1-800-628-7722, ext. 3681, or mayres@sscc.edu.[[In-content Ad]]