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Saturday, April 6th, from 11 am – 1 pm, enjoy a picnic at Good Cheer and bring your garden questions! Cary Peterson, Good Cheer Garden Coordinator, will be available to answer questions, and demonstrate the use of floating row covers, and other garden tricks of the trade. We’ll be having salad from our hoophouse!
For the Top Tips and info sheets for March, click HERE.
For the Top Tips and info sheets for April, click HERE.
There are other opportunities to learn while volunteering at the weekly work parties at Good Cheer Garden, and the Whidbey Institute. Click HERE for more info!
The new season is beginning!
- Wednesday, March 6th, from 4 – 6 pm, bring your questions to the Good Cheer Garden! Cary Peterson will be available to answer your garden questions, and also to show you how to grow starts using soil blocks.
- Wednesday, March 13th, starting at 1 pm, Sarah Birger will be teaching pruning basics at the Good Cheer Garden. We’ll practice our skills by pruning the Good Cheer plum and pear trees!
The best way to learn is by doing!
- Come to the Good Cheer Garden work party on Wednesdays, from 9 am – 4 pm, for as long or short as you can. Lunch at noon.
- Another great work party is on Thursday afternoons, at the Whidbey Institute Westgarden, from 1 – 4 pm. Come for as long or short as you can.
Help grow veggies for the Good Cheer Food Bank, while learning what to do seasonally to grow your own!
When the pumpkins are ripening, you know the season is coming to an end! It’s time to plant garlic and prepare your garden for the winter… and next season.
The last class of the season is on Tuesday, October 9th at the Good Cheer Garden, from 4:00 – 6:00 pm. Note the earlier time!
- How to get your garden ready to grow next year by putting it to rest for the winter
- Garlic planting tips
- Top Tips for October
Presented by Cary Peterson, Growing Groceries Coordinator
Class fee is $15, scholarships available.
Location: Good Cheer Garden, but stay tuned for alternate nearby location if weather is inclement.
For more information, email growinggroceries@whidbey.com
The gardens have been bountiful, and it’s time to celebrate the harvest!
On Saturday, September 8, Growing Groceries will be part of the Good Cheer Harvest Party and Music Fest, and the class will be in the Good Cheer Garden:
1:00 – 2:30 pm: Top Tips of the Month and Get the “Scoop on Poop”!
Presented by Cary Peterson, Good Cheer Garden Coordinator
- How to increase the fertility of your soil with animal manures, worm castings, and local plant and animal amendments. Manure has been in the news lately… find out why.
- Special guest, Chris Korrow, will share about the ways biodynamic gardening enlivens and enriches your garden.
- Top Tips for September- bring your questions!
2:30 pm: Ed Hume of Ed Hume Seeds will be at the Good Cheer Harvest Party to answer your questions, and sign his new book Gardening with Ed Hume: Northwest Gardening Made Easy.
4:15 pm: Worm Bin Q & A where you can learn how to make great vermicastings.
Ongoing: lots of cooking demonstrations to learn how to create delicious meals with your garden produce!!
The Good Cheer Garden is at 2812 Grimm Rd. at Bayview Corner, Langley.
For information and registration, email growinggroceries@whidbey.com.
How can we preserve all these sweet summer tastes for our snacking pleasure through the winter? Learn how to make fruit and veggie leather!
Come to a class on fruit and vegetable dehydration in Thomas Berry Hall at the Whidbey Institute, from 5:30-7:30pm on Tuesday, August 21st! B.Y.O.B. (berries, of course!) and your favorite container for the fruit & veggie mixture to take home.
The class is by donation and is open to everyone.
Come explore different mixtures of fruits from the land and veggies from the garden to create yummy dehydrated concoctions!
To register, please email community gardening apprentice, Mech, at mechellekn@gmail.com.
We’ve had some hot summer days, the crops are ripening, and it’s time to enjoy a bountiful harvest. You can still sneak in fast growing fall crops, or sow the last plantings for your overwintering veggies.
On Tuesday, August 14th, at the Good Cheer Garden at Bayview Corner, from 5 pm – 7 pm learn about:
- Cover crops for building soil fertility
- TOP TIPS for the month and Q & A (bring your questions!)
Hoophouses
Wish you had better tomatoes this year? Hoping to have more greens this winter or start growing earlier next year? Hoophouses are simple and inexpensive to build! Get inspired now, and you’ll have one by next season!
- How to grow throughout the year by putting your veggies under cover
- Construction tips and tricks
- Best veggies to plant
Presenter: Cary Peterson, Growing Groceries Coordinator
Class fee $15 or by donation.
Class is at the Good Cheer Garden, 2812 Grimm Rd. at Bayview Corner, Langley.
For information and registration, email growinggroceries@whidbey.com
Photo credit: Susan Burgers (raspberries)
How can it only just be summer, and it’s already time to start planning for the winter crops? That’s our climate! You can eat year round from your garden by growing into the fall and over the winter.
On Tuesday, July 10th at the Good Cheer Garden at Bayview Corner, from 5 pm – 7 pm learn about
- Planting an overwintering garden – when to plant, and choosing the right varieties.
- TOP TIPS and bring your questions!
Presenter: Cary Peterson, Growing Groceries Coordinator
Class fee $15, or by donation.
Class is at the Good Cheer Garden, 2812 Grimm Rd. at Bayview Corner, Langley.
For information and registration, email growinggroceries@whidbey.com
On Tuesday, June 12th at the Good Cheer Garden, from 5 pm – 7 pm, learn about
- In ground worm bins: How to make nutritious vermicastings from your food scraps. An excellent soil amendment!
- Top Tips & Garden Q & A. Bring your questions! When the sun is out, we have lots of it. Great growing weather!
Note- this Growing Groceries is the second Tuesday of the month!
Presenter: Cary Peterson, Growing Groceries Coordinator
Class fee is by donation.
The Good Cheer Garden is at 2812 Grimm Rd, Langley, WA 98260
For information and registration, email growinggroceries@whidbey.com
The growing gets going in April! The cold may be daunting, but there are veggies that love this weather!
Tuesday, April 3rd, from 5 – 7 pm, at the Good Cheer Garden
- Hands-on demonstration at 5 pm: Getting the jump on your irrigation.
- Top tips and questions at 6 pm, including floating row cover tips, crop rotation and soil fertility.
Click HERE for more information!
This season, the monthly Growing Groceries classes will be held every first Tuesday of the month.
On Tuesday, March 6th, from 5 – 7:30 pm, learn about this cold, early part of the season when the garden is starting to awaken, with practical and timely tips on garden planning, soil preparation, seed selection and growing starts.
The class will be held at the Good Cheer Garden, and Bayview High School.
For more information, click HERE!
