Organic Biointensive Gardening with Allan Lavalier

Come learn the basic technique of “Grow Biointensive” gardening and mini-farming and how it can be applied to your backyard and/or mini-farm. The eight essential points will be covered:  double-digging /deep soil preparation, off-set spacing of plants, making/using compost, companion planting, high carbon seed crops for sustainable soil fertility and calories, high calorie root crops, the use of open pollinated seeds and simple seed saving techniques, and using the whole system approach. The River Market Loft classroom presentation will be followed by an on-site double digging, compost/fertilization application, and a transplanting demo at Meadowlark Community Garden. Class fee is $45 for River Market members and $50 for non-members.