Best location? How to lay out? Plan your garden for the best vegetables. Learn how to use flowers to attract pollinators. This free online class was offered by Extension Master Gardeners.
Speaker: Extension Master Gardener Rebecca Halbe
Zoom session, recorded Saturday April 11, 2020
Video of Presentation
- 00:00 Introduction
- 04:08 Garden Planning Needs
- 13:02 Important Questions
- 16:24 Map Out Your Garden
- 23:48 Soil Tests
- 26:57 Considerations
- 27:37 Shade Tolerant Plants
- 29:02 Crop Rotation
- 33:50 Companion Planting
- 37:47 Succession Planting
- 44:22 Small Space Gardening
- 46:06 Attracting Pollinators
- 48:00 Protecting the Garden
- 54:03 Basic Gardening Tools
- 56:28 Seeds & Seedlings
- 59:04 Resources
- 1:00:28 Questions
Additional Resources
Links mentioned in Zoom Chat
- Planting chart for Northern Virginia:
https://mgnv.org/resources/planting-dates-for-arlington-and-alexandria/ - Resources for Fruits and Vegetables:
https://resources.ext.vt.edu/searchresults?contentname=fruits%20and%20vegetables - Planning the Vegetable Garden
https://mgnv.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Planning-the-Vegetable-Garden-426-312.pdf - Soil testing info for Virginia:
https://www.soiltest.vt.edu/fees-and-forms.html - Virginia Tech Pest Management Guide
https://mgnv.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2021PestManagementGuideHomeGroundsandAnimals.pdf - Plant NOVA Natives
https://www.plantnovanatives.org/ - Attracting beneficial insects
https://extension.psu.edu/attracting-beneficial-insects - Arlington Food Assistance Center
https://afac.org/