Workshop dates: Saturday April 10th, Sunday April 18th!

How to start growing your own vegetables using natural methods. We offer this workshop for beginning and advanced gardeners as a way to grow vegetables organically.  This combination workshop/workbook covers the steps essential to preparing a concrete block raised bed garden. 100% Money Back Guarantee! If you have already taken someone elses class we want you to try ours. You will be amazed. We guarantee it!

This workshop includes:

The Reasons To Grow Your Own Food  & The Advantages Of Concrete Block Gardening

The Secrets To Building  Your Concrete Raised Bed Garden

Concrete block raised bed garden construction, including a list of building materials, methods & plans
The different types of blocks * The garden plot location * Preparation of location
The different types of mulch & weed barriers * Size, shape, & construction of your concrete block gardens
Watering systems, low water gardening & plans, water barrels, & watering tool
Season extenders: Cold frame, hoop houses over your concrete raised bed garden

Build your Soil. : The Magic is in the Soil Mix

Components to build your soil *  Soil mixing * Soil microbes & pH
Planting Your Bed: The Know How
Planting your concrete raised bed garden, vegetable production & vegetable reference guide
Seed planting and transplanting * Starting seedlings indoors & transplanting outdoors, hardening off
Planting seeds directly into the garden * Plant spacing in your concrete raised bed garden
Planting & growing in the concrete block holes, Free planting space!
Buying And Planting Seeds: Non-hybrid ,Open pollinated, & Heirloom
Frost dates & fall frost protection * Cold hardy, frost hardy & tropical plants
Weed control *  Crop rotation * Vertical growing  * Fertilizer and compost * Organic & natural fertilizer   
Products that you can trust * Composting materials & components * Composting bins *
Compost recipes & teas * Insect & disease prevention * Companion planting for insect control
Organic & natural pest control & recipes * Reference guide for good & bad insects in the vegetable garden
Common plant disease *  Organic & natural disease control

Information and Resources

Web links, videos, books, magazines, newsletters ,local, mail order, and web suppliers

Registration: please call (417) 634-5414 from 9 am to 5 pm or email.

 Workshop is $40.00 per person, + $30 for workbook (over 200 pages of info)
* If your spouse or another family member attends with you, their workshop/seminar cost is half-price ($20)
 You can share your workbook with your spouse or another family member or purchase extra copy for $28.00
* Please bring pencil or pen with you, there will be places in your workbook to take notes.