Want more success in your vegetable garden? Want to know what long-time growers know? How about local resources? You want Veg Club! This series of classes from Kitsap Regional Library and Bainbridge Prepares covers everything from beginner basics to specialized techniques for experienced growers. Join us and be a better gardener.
Carol Appenzeller returns to provide more tips on spring vegetable garden planning at a virtual Kitsap Library session on March 8, 2022. In this session, we cover construction of easy-to-make, mobile enclosures to protect early-season plants, make heat lovers much more productive, thwart disease, and extend your harvest season. You’ll also learn how to set up simple, inexpensive lights to grow your own vegetable starts.
0:00 Intro
3:30 Video outline
4:03 Planting in successions
6:09 What to plant in cells vs in the bed
9:16 What to use for cell planting
11:10 How to care for starts outdoors
16:08 When to “pot up” or transplant out
17:50 Q&A #1
22:17 Using light to get a jump on the season
35:17 Damping off & fungus
37:44 Moving plants outside
39:27 Slugs
50:25 Q&A #2
51:00 Cloches and tunnels
1:03:25 Q&A#3
1:05:18 Where to get materials
1:12:27 Upcoming classes
1:13:32 Final Q&A
Document: Resources for Planning and Preparing your Food Garden