Grow Your own food Academy
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Orientation
Welcome! (watch First)
I'm so glad you're here! I'm confident this course will be a benefit to you and your community as you embark on this journey to grow your own food.
The Four Pillars
Understand the 4 pillars of a successful garden and the foundation they are built on.
In this online course you'll learn the foundations of organic home gardening from veteran organic farmer Kyle Stenersen of Humble Roots Farm. With over 10 hours of lessons and multiple downloadable resources (including a custom garden planning worksheet), you'll be so much better equipped to tackle your garden in the future.
The Plan: Establishing A Solid Foundation
Lesson 1: Where to grow
Choosing the right spot for your garden is the beginning of success.
Lesson 2: Establishing Garden Beds
Learn to take a raw garden plot and lay out garden beds for maximum growing efficiency
Lesson 3: Garden Planning
Building and maintaining your garden plan will make all the difference in your yields and enjoyment.
Pillar 1: Soil Health and Nutrition
Lesson 4: Soil Principles
Discover what makes a healthy soil and how to understand and unlock its secrets.
Lesson 5: Testing and Amending Soil
We must find out how our soils are deficient in order to make any improvements.
Lesson 6: Feeding The Soil And Plants
Plants have nutritional needs, but it’s mostly the soil that needs feeding.
Pillar 2: Water and Irrigation
Lesson 7: Overhead Irrigation
Nothing can survive without water, Knowing how much and when to give it is the job of the gardener.
Lesson 8: Drip Irrigation
Strategic, slow and steady watering right where it’s needed most.
Lesson 9: Irrigation Management
Making and keeping a plan can mean the difference between a meager harvest and a huge one.
Pillar 3: Seeds and Plants
Lesson 10: Starting Seeds
There are many advantages to starting your own seeds. Let’s explore them and learn how to do it!
Lesson 11: Choosing Seeds
Picking the right supplier is an important step in your success.
Lesson 12: Buying Transplants
Buying plants can also be a great way of starting the season, let’s consider some of the details.
Lesson 13: Transplanting
Once you learn the basics, planting your veggie plants is one of the most fun parts of gardening.
Lesson 14: Direct Seeding
Planting seeds is more intricate than just tossing some seeds on the ground. Technique and practice are critical to good germination.
Pillar 4: Protection
Lesson 15: All About Weeds
Weeds are more than just pesky plants. These guardians of the soil deserve some consideration so you can learn to deal with them.
Lesson 16: Weeding Techniques
HOW we remove the weeds from the garden will affect your happiness! Work smarter, not harder.
Lesson 17: Insects In The Garden
Bugs don’t deserve the bad reputation they get. Once you see insects in a new light, you’ll love them too!
Lesson 18: Animals In The Garden
It’s our job as gardeners to grow crops while excluding wildlife, which we are also called to protect.
Lesson 19: Dealing With Disease
Disease is a part of our world, but thankfully we have the ability to modify our growing environments, making disease less of a problem.
Crop Type Specifics
Lesson 20: Frost Protection
Cold snaps can foil our plans of early crops. Thankfully we have technology that can help us succeed.
Crop Specifics
Lessons 21-27: Crop Type Specifics
Here you will learn some of the specific needs of individual crop types.
Bonus Lessons
Lesson 28: Build Your Own Greenhouse
A greenhouse is such a major upgrade to your gardening, and it doesn’t have to be complex or expensive!
Lesson 29: Grafting Tomtaoes
Joining rootsock and scion is the best way to get a robust crop of tomatoes.
Lesson 30: Fertigation
Fertilizing with Irrigation provides many benefits, not the least of which is more food!
Conclusion
Your training is complete. Now get out there and practice what you’ve learned!
In this online course you'll learn the foundations of organic home gardening from veteran organic farmer Kyle Stenersen of Humble Roots Farm. With over 10 hours of lessons and multiple downloadable resources (including a custom garden planning worksheet), you'll be so much better equipped to tackle your garden in the future.