Training Courses

[HeyWayne]

What about maintaining/pruning fruit bushes - raspberries/currants etc. I'm rubbish at it.

[Alison]

..........Allotments for Busy People............

Good job it's only a 3 hour course otherwise the busy people wouldn't have time to attend - seriously though, (apologies if this already exists) is there any thought that some of these course could be made available over the interweb as unless you live close by it'll take longer to travel than attend which means that a lot of possibly interested people might miss out?

Pruning fruit trees.

I was going to suggest that too

Fruit Tree Pruning - Details of forthcoming course from Garden Organic

We already do lots of pruning courses, this next one is in January.

Sounds good and just what I could do with as I'm more than aware that I'm a bit random with my pruning at times. Shame it's a Thursday though as that's a difficult day for me - I could only find courses for January listed, is it being run again this winter or do I need to mail GO direct?

[ancee]

I know lots of people are trying orchards, but, I was watching an old river cottage and he was on about his nuttery!!!!! Nuttery!! I didn't even know that a group of nut trees were called that!! So, (veggiechicken are you on board??) How about "How to start a nuttery?" I am really pleased with my idea and am grinning, my husband is looking at me like i'm a big loon, but, hey, that's nothing new...

[veggiechicken]

Thanks for the thought ancee, I already live in a Nuttery!! Too many blummin squirrels to be able to collect any nuts here so I have to collect them on the Grapevine instead

[zazen999]

Good job it's only a 3 hour course otherwise the busy people wouldn't have time to attend - seriously though, (apologies if this already exists) is there any thought that some of these course could be made available over the interweb as unless you live close by it'll take longer to travel than attend which means that a lot of possibly interested people might miss out?


I was going to suggest that too



Sounds good and just what I could do with as I'm more than aware that I'm a bit random with my pruning at times. Shame it's a Thursday though as that's a difficult day for me - I could only find courses for January listed, is it being run again this winter or do I need to mail GO direct?

You missed one last week. We are just planning all of next year's so they will appear as they are confirmed.

There is a general course on t'internet...Grow your own Veg - Online Course - News story from Garden organic

[zazen999]

What about maintaining/pruning fruit bushes - raspberries/currants etc. I'm rubbish at it.

Good idea - noted.

[zazen999]

How about quarterly courses on 'What to do on the Allotment in Winter/Spring/Summer/Autumn'

This could cover the various seasonal tasks such as planting onions/garlic/fruit bushes in early winter, digging and manuring before sowing in spring, watering,harvesting and keeping on top of weeds in Summer and composting your plants and collecting leaves for leaf mold in Autumn.

We feel this might help the novices who aren't sure what to do when, and also jog the memories of the established allotmenteers.

Andy


We are thinking about having talks for our Allotment of a similar nature.

Yup, like it. Like it alot.

[Hans Mum]

What about something aimed at keeping your crops?? various methods of storing, clamps, storages etc, preserving, juicing, wine making etc. What to do with gluts, and you could incorporate something about which wild fruits/berries can be harvested. I know for a long time I wasnt 100% what sloes looked like....I do now

[zazen999]

Preservation and Foraging...yup.

Excellent.

Thanks all. Lots of ideas to think about.

[Linnea]

could split the foraging one into hedgerows, woodland and mushrooms. I'd love to do a mushroom course as I don't trust myself to get the ident right from books!

[veggiechicken]

Where do you live Linnea? Add it to your profile!! We had a thread going on here a few weeks back about Fungi foraging events and if we know where you are we can alert you!

[Linnea]

added! thought it was there but obviously not! grateful for any updates on local courses

[Bigmallly]

Chemical free pest control?

[zazen999]

Yay - first one being advertised...places are booking up already

Allotments for Busy People - Details of forthcoming course from Garden Organic

[Feral007]

Don't forget the compost teas! I love the idea of using what you have to make what you are growing, grow better. Not taking things out of the ground, but putting them back as you do. My son keeps telling me I can't take all the 1000's of lettuce we'll end up with to work for 'all them folks' but I have to put them back into the garden if we is not eating them! I struggle with the concept! But Jackie French talks about the 'supermarket' mentality, where if you have too much of something and it goes off/bad, you feel like you've lost out on value. If it is going back into the compost, onto the garden chopped up, or into a compost tea, or as mulch, you lose nothing, you just change the way you're using it. Can be a stretch for people, but when they realise they don't have to buy into the fertiliser etc it's good.