Professor Matt Collier based his talk "Fall Gardening, Winter Harvest" on
his lifelong experience with organic gardening and the university course he
teaches titled, "Gardening, Community, & the Environment."
In his talk, Professor Collier provided ideas on how to grow and harvest
vegetables through the winter months. First, he described how to "read" your
space and to locate your garden beds in the ideal spot. When considering
the bed location he said to consider things such as the direction of the
wind, angle to the sun and neighboring slopes which will positively and
negatively impact your winter garden. In addition, he discussed things we
can do to add to the success of our beds such as building garden walls and
creating cold frames. He described several ways to make inexpensive, simple
and effective cold frames. Throughout his talk, Professor Collier included
pictures from his local garden to emphasize points and highlight concepts.
The night wrapped up with a discussion of the importance of compost,
vermicompost and aquaponics. Finally he handed out bookmarks with the
following recommended sources:
- OSU Cooperative Extension Service handout - Fall Gardening.
- Four Season Harvest:Organic Vegetables From Your Home Garden All Year Around by Elliot Coleman (available at the Public Library).
- Seeds of Change commercial site
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