Guest Speaker: Dianne Patras, CCMG
Anyone can grow a garden ~ right? As many are faced with making our grocery dollars stretch, the natural alternative is to grow your own. For some this is all brand new – for others – second nature. This class is great for either a beginner or an expert. Dianne will cover the basics from soils and amendments, site selection and preparation, to seed choices and watering tips and techniques for your soil type. Bring your questions and Dianne will help you get started to a healthy growing season.
About the Speaker:
Dianne Patras has been a University of Minnesota Master Gardener and a University of Minnesota Master Food Preservation Consultant for 25 years. She grew up on a farm on the Iron Range with her parents and 5 siblings. She has been growing fruit and vegetables in large gardens and preserving food for over 50 years. Her family always had a large garden, and Dianne helped her mother put up 1,000 quarts of food each year.
She has taught classes through the master gardener program, at the community garden, and through the community education programs including: vegetable gardening, seed starting, and growing sweet potatoes, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, black berries and black raspberries in a home garden. She also has taught many food preservation classes through the community education program and by invitation to other forums.
Dianne has managed the community garden in North Branch for the past 8 years.
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