Hi Everyone,
I want to share with you a wonderful (FREE) opportunity to learn more about vegetable and fruit gardening. Jen Boudrie, who is with the Mass Department of Agricutlural Resources (MDAR), has organized a monthly webinar series where she brings in experts to give a talk on some gardening related topic. Upcoming is a talk on growing fruits, last month the topic was seed starting.
In addition to the monthly expert series, Jen hosts a weekly Tuesday evening meetup for anyone interested in talking about gardening.
Both of these are free and open to the public and so I want to share this opportunity with you. If you are interested in attending the lecture on Fruits OR if you are interested in joining in Jen’s weekly Vegetable Gardening discussion group, please email her at the address below.
Happy Gardening!
Hannah
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Hope you can join FRUITS! I’ll email the zoom link on March 9 beforehand.The Zoom “waiting room” will open at 6:45pm. Jen B
Perennial fruits can offer home harvests year after year. Learn about fruits for your home garden!
FRUITS: Planting, Pruning, Management
More and more gardeners are growing fruit for home harvest: strawberries in June, blueberries in July, blackberries in August, and raspberries in the fall. Blueberries are among the most popular fruits to grow in the home garden; they are well suited to New England soil. Grapesare one of the most universally enjoyed fruits; many new varieties have excellent taste and are winter hardy. These fruits and others will be discussed. Specific topics can include planting recommendations, pruning, soil requirements, key pests and their management, selecting varieties, and resources. Please send your fruit interests or questions in advance to jenboudrie@gmail.com.
Sonia Schloemann is a Fruit Specialist with UMass Extension who has been working with commercial fruit growers and teaching master gardeners for over 30 years and recently retired. She has a master’s degree from UMass in Plant and Soil Sciences. The focus of her work has been on sustainable fruit production practices and integrated Pest Management (IPM).
Tuesday, 7-8pm ESTMarch 9, 2021
FREE. Registration not required. Email jenboudrie@gmail.com to get the Zoom link.Host: The Veg/Fruit GroupCE credit 1 hour for Mass Master Gardeners (pending approval)
