Start Your Own Edible Garden
Start Your Own Edible Garden
Grow delicious, nutritious fruit and vegetables in your own backyard! In this course, you’ll learn how to give your garden a healthy start and keep it growing strong all season.
You’ll begin by figuring out which type of garden is right for you. You’ll explore climate considerations, learn how to read a zone hardiness map, and find out how to spot a micro-climate in your yard. You’ll discover how to properly prepare a garden bed so your crops have the best opportunity to thrive. You’ll even learn to understand fertilizers and make compost! Whether you want to provide your family with nutritious food, save money, get some exercise, or just be more self-sufficient, this course will give you the skills and knowledge you need to be on your way to a successful harvest.
Syllabus
- Lesson 1 – Why Grow Your Own Garden?
- Lesson 2 – What Should You Grow in Your Garden?
- Lesson 3 – Preparing Your Garden
- Lesson 4 – Your Garden Soil
- Lesson 5 – Leafy Greens
- Lesson 6 – Root Vegetables
- Lesson 7 – Vine and Bush Vegetables
- Lesson 8 – Fruits and Berries
- Lesson 9 – Herbs
- Lesson 10 – Irrigation and Your Garden
- Lesson 11 – Collecting Seeds and Preserving Your Harvest
- Lesson 12 – End-of-Season Cleanup
Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 8 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Prerequisites:
There are no prerequisites to take this course.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.
<ul><li>6 Weeks Access</li>
<li>Course Code: seg</li>
<li>Start Dates* Jan 12 | Feb 09 | Mar 16 | Apr 13</li>
<li>$187.00 USD</li></ul><br><br>
<p><strong>Self-Paced</strong></p><br>
<ul><li>3 Months Access</li>
<li>Course Code: T9652</li>
<li>No Instructor, Start Anytime</li>
<li>$187.00 USD</li></ul>
Katie Powell-Lee has worked as a landscape designer for a range of projects from community parks to wetland development. Her work has been featured in many publications including "Tactical Operations and the Informal Settlement" and has been exhibited at the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam. In addition, she volunteers as a garden educator teaching edible gardening to children at an urban learning farm. Powell-Lee received a Master of Landscape Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Michigan.
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