Growing Microgreens: October 29th
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We’re excited to announce the itinerary of the August 4-6 Workshop: Sustainable Living and Community!
August 4 – 6 at Chuckleberry Community Farm
Friday Evening
- Welcome and weekend overview
- Introduction to and practice of non-violent communication and emotionally intelligent community relating
Saturday 8 a.m.: 45-minute yoga and/or meditation practice, followed by breakfast
10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.: Year-round microgreens
- Why grow microgreens? Research on this superfood
- Setting up a grow system apparatus
- Sourcing and testing seeds
- Soaking, timing, Bokashi use, warmth, drainage
- How to grow them: soil, prepping trays, spreading seeds, monitoring, incubating, and watering
- Troubleshooting and checking for mold
- Harvesting, storage, Bokashi composting, and soil management
Lunch
1:30 p.m. – 4 p.m.: Intro to off-grid systems
- Learn about our Annualized Geo-solar System, and its benefits
- Solar hot water for shower and hot tub
- Refrigerating using Earth and differential thermostat
- Rain water catchment and solar pump to water gardens
Dinner
Sunday 8 a.m.: 45-minute yoga and/or meditation practice, followed by breakfast
10 a.m – 12:30 p.m.: Successful intensive gardening
- 4-season gardening practices
- High yields via double cropping
- Growing great garlic
- Home made Bokashi and speed composting
Lunch
1:30 p.m. – 4 p.m.: Facility and gardens tour
- Q & A tour of the farm
- Emotional intelligence and non-violent communication integration exercise and practice
- Wrap-up and takeaways