Cost: NOFA-NJ Members & Newark Residents - $20; General Public - $30

Whether you are a gardening newbie or a veteran, NOFA-NJ’s Organic Gardening Course for Food Production will provide you with time-tested information as well as opportunities to discuss specific questions about your garden. Learn how to improve your soil and how to plan, prepare and plant your own plot. Where there are gardens, there are weeds, diseases, pests and hungry critters and you will discover methods to manage these challenges. Instructor, Al Johnson has farmed or gardened organically for over 50 years.

What will be covered:
-Site Consideration and Water

-Planting
-Crops & Planting Schedules
-Direct Seeding or Using Transplants
-Rotating Your Crops

Soil Fertility
-Making and Using Compost
-Do I Need a Soil Test?
-Using Manures, Lime, and Other Soil Additives
-Using Mulches in Season and Out
-Cover Crops

-Pest Control
-Insects
-Disease
-Weed Management
-Keeping Critters Out

-Extending the Garden Into the Fall

-Small Fruit Primer

Questions? Call 908-371-1111

*Lunch and refreshments will be provided

CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO REGISTER