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The Pumpkin Primer: Key Ways to Grow Edible Heirloom Squash

November 22, 2014 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

- Free

November 22, 2014—Facilitated by Anna Peach. Open to all K-12 teachers. This workshop will offer tips for successful squash growing in a school garden. Additional topics to be covered will include nutrient recycling, soil building practices of creating fish emulsion and bokashi, natural pest control, seed selection, melon fly traps, water conservation, variety selection, companion planting and pollinators. Anna has created an interesting squash growing strategy that creates a perennial plant from an annual by using pruning and mulching technique.

View or download the Teachers Teaching Teachers Workshops poster (PDF).

For more information and to register, contact Donna Mitts at dmitts@kohalacenter.org or 808-936-2117.

Details

Date:
November 22, 2014
Time:
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Cost:
Free
Event Category:

Organizer

Hawai‘i Island School Garden Network
Phone:
808-887-6411
Email:
dmitts@kohalacenter.org
Website:
http://www.hisgn.org

Venue

Hōnaunau Elementary School
83-5360 Mamalahoa Hwy
Captain Cook, HI 96704 United States
+ Google Map

Details

Date:
November 22, 2014
Time:
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Cost:
Free
Event Category:

Organizer

Hawai‘i Island School Garden Network
Phone:
808-887-6411
Email:
dmitts@kohalacenter.org
Website:
http://www.hisgn.org

Venue

Hōnaunau Elementary School
83-5360 Mamalahoa Hwy
Captain Cook, HI 96704 United States
+ Google Map