Learn gardening basics in statewide webinar series
A series of free online classes will teach participants how to get started on their gardens, as well as techniques such as growing plants through plastic, as Casey Matney demonstrates in this corn patch.
Julie Stricker
907-474-5406
March 6, 2024
Grow your gardening knowledge. University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service agent Casey Matney will teach a series of 11 gardening webinars to help you get your garden ready for the upcoming growing season.
The free classes will be held online via Zoom at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, from March 19 to May 28. Topics include seed starting, soil testing, using raised beds, planting potatoes, hardening off and transplanting seedlings, and composting.
Click on each Zoom link to register for that class.
- March 19 — Seed Starting from Scratch
- March 26 — Large Seed Starts: Corn, Pumpkins and Potting Soil
- April 2 — Soil Testing and Interpretation for Garden and Farms
- April 9 — Working with Fertilizers and Compost
- April 16 — Warming Things up with Plastic, Glass and Plastic Mulch
- April 23 — Raised Rows, Raised Beds, and How to Make Them
- April 30 — Herb Gardening: Inside and Out
- May 7 — Seeding Directly into the Garden
- May 14 — Planting Potatoes
- May 21 — Hardening Plants and Transplanting into the Garden
- May 28 — Composting: No Time to Waste
Can’t make the class when it’s live? Preregister and you will be sent a link to watch the video later.
For more information, visit https://www.uaf.edu/ces/garden/webinars/index.php or contact Matney at camatney@alaska.edu or 907-262-3443.
Accommodation requests related to a disability may be made five business days in advance to Alicia Glessing at akglessing@alaska.edu or 907-262-3442.
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