from the valley’s top Tomato grower – Sabrina Boileau
part 4. End of season care and harvest
– Season extension with a greenhouse
– Harvesting tomatoes
– End of season care
– Feeding back your soil
– Review of how your tomatoes did/are doing. Show us pictures of your plant and harvest!
– Tomato seed exchange
Date: Tuesday, August 8
Time: 6:30 – 8:00
Location: Groundswell greenhouse
Cost: Note: Maximum of 14 people. Members $20. Non members: $30
Note: when booking for all 4 – Members – $60/Non Members $100; see part 1 for tickets
Facilitator: Sabrina Boileau, a passionate expert on bio-intensive agriculture
Things to Bring: your garden journal (if you don’t have one you can buy one at the garden for $10), garden gloves, dress in layers it will be warm in the greenhouse and then as night sets it will get cooler, water bottle)
from the valley’s top Tomato grower – Sabrina Boileau
part 3. Middle season care and pruning
– Fertilizing your tomato plant/sign of nutrient deficiencies in your tomato plants/nutrition needs for tomato plants
– Pruning: when, why and how
– Trellising your tomato plant
– Health assessment of your tomato plants
– Pollination
Date: Tuesday, June 27 – rescheduled
Time: 6:30 – 8:00
Location: Groundswell greenhouse
Cost: Note: Maximum of 14 people. Members $20. Non members: $30
Note: when booking for all 4 – Members – $60/Non Members $100; see part 1 for tickets
Facilitator: Sabrina Boileau, a passionate expert on bio-intensive agriculture
Things to Bring: your garden journal (if you don’t have one you can buy one at the garden for $10), garden gloves, dress in layers it will be warm in the greenhouse and then as night sets it will get cooler, water bottle)
from the valley’s top Tomato grower – Sabrina Boileau
part 2. Transplanting and dealing with common pest
– Transplant of tomatoes to their final destination
– Preparation of the bed to receive tomato plant
– Spacing of the tomato plants
– Watering of your tomato plants
– Common pest and disease to look for and how to prevent it
– Choose your trellis system
Date: Tuesday, April 11
Time: 6:30 – 8:00
Location: Groundswell greenhouse
Cost: Note: Maximum of 14 people. Members $20. Non members: $30
Note: when booking for all 4 – Members – $60/Non Members $100; see part 1 for tickets
Facilitator: Sabrina Boileau, a passionate expert on bio-intensive agriculture
Things to Bring: your garden journal (if you don’t have one you can buy one at the garden for $10), garden gloves, dress in layers it will be warm in the greenhouse and then as night sets it will get cooler, water bottle)
from the valley’s top Tomato grower – Sabrina Boileau
*series of 4 can be booked individually or save $ when booking together – Members – $60/Non Members $100
1. Early growth stages and seedlings start – Types of tomatoes: choosing your perfect tomato!
2. Transplanting and dealing with common pest
3. Middle season care and pruning
4. End of season care and harvest
part 1. Early growth stages and seedlings start – Types of tomatoes: choosing your perfect tomato!
– Timing for greenhouse planting vs. garden planting
– How to be successful when starting tomato seedlings
– How to care for young tomato plants
Date: Tuesdays, March 14
Time: 6:30 – 8:00
Location: Groundswell greenhouse
Cost: Note: Maximum of 14 people. Members $20. Non members: $30
Note: when booking for all 4 – Members – $60/Non Members $100
Facilitator: Sabrina Boileau, a passionate expert on bio-intensive agriculture
Things to Bring: your garden journal (if you don’t have one you can buy one at the garden for $10), garden gloves, dress in layers it will be warm in the greenhouse and then as night sets it will get cooler, water bottle)
