Would you like to learn the most effective methods to ensure your garden is productive all season long? Deepen your garden knowledge by joining us for another session of our online Resilient Garden Series. Whether you are new to gardening or have many years of experience, there are always new things to learn about growing great food and healthy soil. Experienced garden educator Christie Higginbottom shares her best tips and tricks for an efficient and productive vegetable garden. Topics include:

*Planting Schedule and Succession Sowing
*Season Extension
*Crop Spacing
*Proper Watering
*Pest and Disease Control

Instructor:

Christie Higginbottom coordinated the historic program at Old Sturbridge Village for over thirty years: researching, planning and planting kitchen gardens, flower gardens and the museum’s herb garden collection. Now retired from full-time work at OSV, she presents programs on historic gardens and heirloom plants, and she teaches home gardening classes.

Learn more about NOFA/Mass and become a member at nofamass.org

Thanks to our sponsors:

Ward's Nursery
wardsnursery.com/

Chelsea Green
chelseagreen.com

Go to ChelseaGreen.com and enter code PWEB35 at check-out to receive a special NOFA/Mass Resilient Garden Series discount on your next print book purchase. Here are some recommended titles for more information:

Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, 2nd Edition by Toby Hemenway

Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long, 2nd Edition by Eliot Coleman

Year-Round Indoor Salad Gardening: How to Grow Nutrient-Dense, Soil-Sprouted Greens in Less Than 10 days by Peter Burke

The Regenerative Grower’s Guide to Garden Amendments: Using Locally Sourced Materials to Make Mineral and Biological Extracts and Ferments by Nigel Palmer

Links of Interest:

Online Garden Planning tool:
Growveg.com

Fencing supplies in Harrisville, NH
wellscroft.com/

Continue the conversation and ask questions on our Garden List Serve
lists.riseup.net/www/info/nofa-mass

For assistance with your soil testing, NOFA/Mass Soil Technical Assistance Program nofamass.org/soil-technical-assistance-program/

Follow up with our presenters via email:
Christie Higginbottom: cjh-garden@earthlink.net

Recorded on March 02, 2021

• Tips and Tricks for Full Season Production with Christie Higginbottom (Resilient Garden Series) ( Download)
• Designing an Abundant Garden (Resilient Garden Series) ( Download)
• Foraging for Tasty Wild Edibles in Your Backyard and Neighborhood with Russ Cohen: Resiliency Skills ( Download)
• Kiss the Ground Panel Discussion and Q & A ( Download)
• Hand Scale Bed-Prep Systems for Carrots and Lettuce with Jen Salinetti ( Download)
• An Overview of the New Jersey Pinelands ( Download)