June 14 – Sensory Testing of Soils, Building Trellis and Other Garden Structures
It will be sunny on Saturday, so we will continue planting and building plant supports. We will do what we missed to finish in the previous classes and check on the results of the previous training.
Meet Time: 8:55 – 9:05 AMMeet Location Harpell
If you anticipate being delayed, kindly inform us beforehand, and we’ll arrange an alternative meeting time and location. Should you find yourself lost, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me via email before June 14th or via phone on June 14th. .
It will be sunny Saturday, so we will continue planting and building plant support. We will do what we missed to finish in the previous classes and check on the results of previous training.
Meeting at Harpell permaculture garden, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, at this address 62 Av. Garden City, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue.
Introduction and check-in
Spotting changes at Harpell permaculture garden.
Planting some summer crops
Check the liquid fertilizer we prepared in the second class and apply it on summer crops.
Sensory testing of different rehabilitate soils at Harpell permaculture garden.
Moving to the farm at Sonneville:
Spotting changes at the farm and count the crops that are already harvested or will be harvested next week,
Spotting garden common problems caused by grazing animals and discuses suitable interventions.
Complete building the trellises for your crops and add more summer crops,
Connect the drip irrigation for some beds,
Weeding and weed timing.
Other activities:
Reading: material will be shared to support your understanding of the importance of urban gardening
Watching a documentary, to discuss in future classes, about the dark side of Agribusiness’s productivity and profitability:
Wrap-up, discussion and planning the visits to your garden plots during the volunteering hours.