SHERMAN COUNTY — Interested in gardening and want to experience the deep satisfaction that comes from growing a portion of your own food? Want to stretch your food budget by growing, eating and storing food that you grew yourself? Need tips and budget-friendly ways to have a vegetable garden in the space that is available to you?
Mark your calendar for the Seed to Supper gardening classes in Sherman County. Seed to Supper is a free, comprehensive beginning vegetable gardening curriculum designed for adults gardening on a budget. The course highlights practical, low-cost techniques for building, planning, planting, maintaining and harvesting a successful vegetable garden.
Seed to Supper will be hosted by the Sherman County Senior Center, a congregate meal site, and taught by Oregon State University Extension staff Cindy Brown, a longtime enthusiastic vegetable gardener and cook, with assistance from local OSU Master Gardeners. Â
Participants will receive a course book, gardening supplies, seeds and plant starts, and a certificate of completion.
There will be two series of classes offered in Sherman County; pick the one that best fits your schedule. The first series will be held evenings Thursdays, 6-8 p.m. at the Wasco Event Center office space in Wasco through March 28 (Feb. 29, March 7, March 14, March 21, and March 28).
The second series will be held mornings Mondays 10 a.m. to noon at the Grass Valley Market Annex in Grass Valley beginning March 25 (March 25, April 1, April 8, April 15, April 22, and April 29).
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