Hello friends. This blog serves as a digital reference tool to organize and share the knowledge and goodies offered through this program, for ourselves and our communities.

Feel free to send link suggestions, class notes additions/corrections, recipes, etc. to sanaz7[at]gmail[dot]com.

10/24/2009

8th Class: Pruning – Sat. 10/24/09

Notes coming soon

10/18/2009

Homework: Pruning – Sat. 10/24/09

Pruning Introduction Article
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/extension/pruning/pruning.html

Pruning Cuts

Fruit Tree Pruning Basics

EXTRA:(not necessary to complete before Saturday's workshop--just a wonderful resource for those of you that are interested in growing fruit trees)

10/17/2009

10/14/2009

6th Class: Pest & Disease Mgmt – Sat. 10/14/09

Pest & Disease Mgmt - presented by Pam Pierce

Prof of City College
SF Leauge of Urban Gardeners
Blog
Revised Editition
SF Chronicle Lessons for Old Gardeners
Alameda Master Gardeners - Alameda College - 3 seminars - Pam Pierce will talk about the lessons from Old Gardens

Pests, and other problems with vegetables
Problems that a gardener has:
(1) Problem of not expecting failures
(2) Assume all is hopeless, and that problem will spread to other plans

Problems growing food crops = sense of urgency - difficult figuring out what to replace with

Ornamental gardener
Growing food crops - don't want to do anything that is toxic so we think v
Goal -Address Food Gardening Problems Constructively
through IPM

Grow Your Own Microgreens & Other Baby Sprouts

You Grow Girl - Microgreens

Sprout Seeds