Learn to grow tomatoes
We are proud to present a series of Hands-on, multiple sessions workshops organised by our Grow Community member Sasha Faminoff running the wonderful CSA-farm Earthculture Farm.
Spring/summer 2017
Do you love tomatoes with real flavour? Want to learn how to grow your own super tasty tomatoes that are full of nutritional benefits? This workshop series will combine theory with hands-on experience to teach you all about how to grow great tomatoes for yourself. Beginning from how to choose and plant seeds, we will cover all of the steps needed to plant and grow tomatoes. Many of the principles you learn in this course will be applicable to growing other vegetables as well!
Minimum 4, maximum 6 participants per group. The sessions will take place on Thursdays or Saturdays, depending on the number of participants, and will run from March to August 2017. Each session will be from 2-4 hours long.
Participants will have the option to receive two tomato plants to grow at home.
Educational level: From complete beginners up to those who have grown tomatoes but feel like they need to learn more.
Instruction language: English & Swedish
Dates:
Session 1 - Choosing varieties, setting up an indoor nursery with lights, and planting seeds. Thursday March 23 / Saturday, March 25
Session 2 - Potting up, setting up an outdoor heating table. Thursday April 13 / Saturday, April 15
Session 3 - Soil preparation, fertilization and transplanting. Thursday / Saturday mid May, exact dates to be announced.
Session 4 - Plant care: pruning & trellising, mulching, weeding and watering. Thursday / Saturday mid June, exact dates to be announced.
Session 5 - Harvesting, cooking, and preservation methods. Thursday / Saturday mid August, exact dates to be announced.
Cost: 1500:- for all five sessions, or 375:- per individual session (if space is available)*
Location: Gothenburg, and Earthculture Farm in Bergum.
About the farmer
I'm Sasha Faminoff. In 2009, I started farming small-scale as an apprentice at a working farm on Vancouver Island in B.C., Canada. Later I worked at two different small farms in Richmond, B.C., both as farm hand and field operations manager. I love eating fresh organic vegetables and I hope you do too. I am also a trained teacher, and daydream of combining teaching and farming to help produce a new crop of farmers for the future.
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