Harvesting Your Hard Work: Part 3 of the Growing Your Own Food Series
September 19 • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
As fall weather approaches, we’ve come to the end of our Growing Your Own Food series and it’s almost time to harvest all that hard work! Join local farmer Amy Erlwein at the Van Scott Nature Reserve where we will discuss the final stages of growing your own food—the harvest!
In the third and final installment of this series, Amy will discuss and demonstrate how to properly harvest your crops along with how to preserve and store your food through canning, dehydration, freezing and more. Amy will also explain how to collect and store your seeds properly to ensure that they will be ready for planting next spring.
Amy has been farming in Sullivan County, NY for over 40 years and currently serves on the Delaware Highlands Conservancy’s Board of Directors. In this 3-part education series, Amy will discuss the process of how to grow your own food from seedlings all the way to harvest. Each program will focus on different aspects of gardening and discuss important processes that can help your garden succeed. We’ll discuss proper planting techniques, correct maintenance and care for your seeds, and finally, how to properly harvest and store your crops for both short and long term timeframes.
The program fee per workshop is $10 per family, or $25 for all three sessions of the Growing Your Own Food series. You may register for each program individually, or in advance for all three at the discounted rate.