A Master Gardener Continuing Education meeting was held in the Soil and Water(ha!) room last week. Extension provides a way for the Hocking County chapter to earn CE hours in-house with ideas sourced from the members on things they would like to learn about. Mid March is the ideal time to start a whole bunch of different herbs, vegetables and fruits including but not limited to tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, eggplant and the cabbage family. We also did thinning of recently planted lettuce, leeks, cabbage and spinach plants that were at or just past first true leaf stage.
The Volunteers brought their own seed, soiless mix, variety of pots and after a short presentation on needed materials and methods we all got to work.
It was a fun way to both learn and put actual knowledge into practice. These seeds will germinate, get thinned, then transplanted into small pots then eventually into their forever homes. Thanks to the Hocking County chapter of the Master Gardener Volunteers for letting me present to them.
Save the date! I will be teaching a free Seed Starting class to Hocking County residents on April 12th at 7pm at the Youth Center.
Fun day! I really learned a lot. I planted some red pepper seeds that a fellow Master Gardener gave me that day. All seeds are now sprouting!