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Preserving Your Vegetable Harvest, August 10

July 27, 2023

The Learning Garden presents:
Vegetable Garden Series: Preserving Your Vegetable Harvest

Thursday, August 10, 2023
10:00 – 11:30 a.m.

NC Cooperative Extension
Buncombe County Center
49 Mount Carmel Road
Asheville, NC 28806

Presenter: Cathy Hohenstein – Extension Area Agent, Family and Consumer Sciences

Now that your vegetable garden is producing a generous harvest, storing and preserving those vegetables extendsFall Harvest_Melissa Robertson_CC BY-NC-ND 2.0_Flickr the bounty so you can enjoy the rewards of all your hard work throughout the year. There are many methods of preserving vegetables-some easy and some a bit more involved.

Join Cathy and learn more about the latest safety recommendations for canning, freezing, dehydrating, pickling and fermentation.

Registration: The talk is free, but seating is limited and registration is required. Please click on the link below to register. If you encounter problems registering or if you have questions, call 828-255-5522.

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Common Vegetable Garden Pests, June 8

May 25, 2023

The Learning Garden presents:
Vegetable Garden Series: Common Vegetable Garden Pests

Thursday, June 8, 2023
10:00 – 11:30 a.m.

NC Cooperative Extension
Buncombe County Center
49 Mount Carmel Road
Asheville, NC 28806

Presenters: Buncombe County Extension Agents – Alison Arnold, Consumer Horticulture and Meghan Baker, Small Farms

Now that you’ve planted your vegetable garden, it’s time to discuss the nemesis of every veggie gardener: common vegetable pests. Which ones should you look out for and what can you do about them? June is a perfect time to be in your garden scouting for insects that are eating the leaves of your bean plants and boring holes in your lettuce.

Join Alison and Megan as they highlight the most common pests seen in a vegetable garden, what they look like from larvae to adult stages, when they emerge, the signs and symptoms of insect damage, and effective methods of control.

A portion of this program may be in the garden, please dress appropriately.

Registration: The talk is free, but seating is limited and registration is required. Please click on the link below to register. If you encounter problems registering or if you have questions, call 828-255-5522.

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Planting a Seed Saving Garden, May 25

May 11, 2023

The Learning Garden presents:
Vegetable Garden Series: Planting a Seed Saving Garden

Thursday, May 25, 2023
10:00 – 11:30 a.m.

NC Cooperative Extension
Buncombe County Center
49 Mount Carmel Road
Asheville, NC 28806

Presenter: Barb Harrison, Extension Master GardenerSM Volunteer

Planting a seed-saving garden takes careful and thoughtful planning in order to grow a garden that produces homegrown produce, but also produces viable seeds for you to harvest and save for replanting next year. There are several “rules of thumb” to remember as you choose the plants from which you will be saving seeds.

The program will begin indoors where we will cover what you need to know to have a seed-saving garden. The terms open-pollinated (heirloom), hybrid, self-pollinating, and Isolation distances are all important terms to understand for seed saving. Tomatoes, pole beans, peppers and lettuce are good choices for beginning seed saving.  We will plant these in The Learning Garden during this program. Then at the OctoberFest, on October 14th, we will harvest and save the seeds from these plants.

This will be an in-person program at the Extension office at the address above. Portions of this program may be held outside; please dress appropriately for the weather. The classroom size is limited so register to reserve your seat!

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