729 Chestnut Fall Schedule
Sundays from 8:30am
– 1pm
Tea / Coffee / Water Provided
Please Bring Water Bottle/Mug, Gloves, Snacks and
Hat!
1 – Sunday, 14 October
2012
· Introduction + Goals of Fall preparation
· Lesson – Why we are growing soil
o Soil lifeweb
o Soil content
o Soil concerns – why soil test, especially in the
city.
o Compost!
· Soil Testing
o proper soil sampling
· Spreading Mulch
· Banana Management
o Management of banana circles
o Mulch Bananas with Bananas
· New Compost System
2 – Sunday, 21 October
2012
· Lesson – Irrigation Design
o Types of irrigation: Pros / Cons
o Costs + Efficiency
o Parts and Materials
· Irrigation Design + Construction
o development of irrigation system to accommodate
trees and annual cropping
· Cover Cropping
· Compost Management
3 – Sunday, 28 October
2012
· Discussion – Why Long Beach is low food security
o What is food security?
o How can it be measured / determined?
o Civilization vs wild nature – which has more
abundance?
o What steps can we take?
o Possible alternatives
· Soil Test Analysis
o What does it mean?
o What do we need?
· Transplanting Trees
o Correcting spacing issue
· Bed Preparation
· Winter Cropping
· Compost Management
4 – Sunday, 4 November
2012
· Lesson – Tree Pruning + Propagation
o How to prune
§ Cleaning and sharpening cutters
§ What to look for
§ How to cut branches correctly
o How to propagate
§ What cuttings can you propagate
§ How to root them
· Tree Pruning
· Tree Cutting Propagation
· Compost Management
5 – Sunday, 11 November
2012
· Discussion – Holistic Landscape Design
o What are potential uses of site, moving forward
o Ideas for spring cropping
o What does the site have abundance of?
§ What does it need?
o Community inclusion
· Nursery development / planning
· More Winter Cropping
· Banana Propagation
· Compost Management
6 – Sunday, 18 November
2012
· Potluck Brunch!
· Vegan / Vegetarian only, please
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