Back in January, the Powell River Garden Club hosted a captivating speaker at one of their regular monthly meetings.
The presentation was titled Gardening Made Easy, and was presented by Connie Kuramoto, a technician and instructor at Malaspina University’s Horticulture Department for over 20 years, as well as an instructor for Gaia College's Organic Master Gardener Program. The talk was aimed at any gardener, expert or amateur, looking for ways to make their garden a little lower-maintenance. In this audio clip, Connie talks about weeding, mulching and lasagna gardening:
Right off the bat, Connie
was a hit with the crowd; her gardening philosophy
was fairly simple: save yourself time, save yourself work, save yourself
trouble.
Much of the surprise of many of the gardeners at this
meeting, Connie describes her particular way of planting her garden. It
consists of mixing various seed packets and scattering them into the garden
beds. It's a little unorthodox, but it can be a great way to get the
most veggies for the least amount of work. Of course, certain seeds work better
than others for this method of planting: kale, lettuce, many edible greens can
be grown this way. As the vegetables get bigger, they start to crowd each other
out. And maybe it sounds labour-intensive to thin out the crops as they start
to mature, but listen to what Connie has to say about thinning her garden: she weeds and harvests at the same time!
All this, and more, in a captivating presentation, recorded January 2016.
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