Well, we’d scheduled our annual fruit tree pruning workshop for April 6th, but with spring coming as early as it has this year, by then it’ll be well past pruning season! And so, in anticipation of a long, warm summer, we thought it might be more worthwhile to host a Dry Land Gardening Workshop instead.

Unless it snows quite a lot, the well we use to water the homestead garden typically dries up in August. If we want to continue watering our vegetable garden beyond then, we have to truck the water in. All this effort over the years has made us think about ways to reduce our watering needs. We still water a bit to set the seed and give the plants a boost when they’re really looking sad, but last year, we only watered our garden 5 times. Of course, this effort is a “work in progress”—but isn’t that what gardening is all about anyway?

Come kick off our open visitation season and learn a little bit about the water-wise vegetable gardening strategies we’ve found to be successful.

Free. Individuals, families, and kids welcome. Dogs need to be on leash during open hours.