April - Grow Your Own Food and Pollinators

Grow Your Own Food - April 19th

What and when to plant:

Virginia Tech publication on how to get started on your garden plan and things to consider: https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/426/426-312/426-312.html

And one on intensive gardening methods to take advantage of limited space: https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/426/426-335/426-335.html

Another Virginia tech publication - super- handy Vegetable Planting Guide with planting and harvest dates for 37 different vegetables!

https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/426/426-331/426-331.html

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Pollinators and Native Plants - April 26th

8 Reasons to Plant Native Plants: https://pressbooks.lib.vt.edu/emgtraining/chapter/19/#chapter-1769-section-1

Natives... Why Now?‍ ‍https://pressbooks.lib.vt.edu/emgtraining/chapter/19/#chapter-1769-section-5

If you really want to “dig in” - Here is the whole Va Tech Master Gardener Training on Native Plants : https://pressbooks.lib.vt.edu/emgtraining/chapter/19/

Here’s a great organization that supports pollinator health with lots of great info on bees - https://beebettercertified.org/we-need-bees/

Get FREE pollinator garden templates for our region here: https://www.howardnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Native-Plant-Pollinator-Garden-Templates.pdf