New Fall Gardening Classes Added

I've added new class dates for:

Tomato Masters
Winter Vegetable Gardening
Installing a Garden Drip Irrigation System
Backyard Chicken Keeping

I've also added brand new classes:

Container Gardening: Winter Veggies
One-Pot Herb Garden

Click on my Classes and Events page for more information.

Comments

[Thea]

Thy winter vegetable gardening class sounds interesting!
Several years ago we bought a "Black Ethiopian" start from thee. Our son still remembers those wonderful tomatoes!

[Debbie]

All these great classes, and I have to be on the opposite side of the country! I love your site and enjoy reading about your farm, even if I can't visit or take your classes!

[Bonnie Chadwick]

Winter veggie gardening sounds wonderful. This year I invested in some row cover material. I am going to try to harvest and save some lettuces and carrots for late fall, here in Michigan.

[Patricia Messer]

We are going to plant garlic this week and hope to have more of a winter garden as well. I wish we were closer to attend your classes. Please consider a video of your classes on DVD for those of us who can't just pop over for the day.
We'd like to learn what you've learned about backyard chickens, improving our tomatoes and winter gardening. I've mentioned this before, but it sounds like a boxed set that I would buy. Thanks Cynthia!
We appreciate you,
Patricia & Heidi

[Paul McCollum]

It is great to see people getting smarter about growing their own food organically - better for you, better for the planet. I like the idea of teaching people how to do it in organized classes like yours - creating a network of like minded folks in our local area. Good work!

[Cari Santoyo]

I'm going to be signing up for your backyard chicken class. It sounds so interesting!

[sandi]

Hi Cynthia! I'll be pouring wine at the TomatoFest today so maybe I'll see you there..come by the "Wines of Carmel" table for a nice glass of Chardonnay or Pinot.

Sandi

[Jeph]

I'm so jealous of all the folks who live out by you and get to take your classes. Too bad you don't offer some sort of distance learning online version of your classes! After pretty much flubbing installation of some drip/soaker hose irrigation for my deck planters and pots mid summer this year, I'd love to see how someone with experience does it right.

[Angela from Ben Lomond]

Hi Cynthia, My husband & I are amazed at the tomato seedlings we bought from you last spring. They are doing so well & produce the most unique & tasty tomatoes we've ever had! Thank you for doing what you do!!

[Debbie]

my tomatoes did not do very well this year as they were infested by white fly and my lack of attention due to my hectic summer schedule and this was the first year I tried growing them in containers, between the white fly and the deer it was dismal.
Can't afford to take a class though...

I hope to do better next year!

[Patricia]

Reading your comments tells me have a national following. I enjoy your posts and wish I lived closer to attend your wonderfully described classes.

[Felicia]

I am hoping to make it to one your classes. I was so disappointed I missed out on buying one of your tomato plants this yr...definitely next yr.

[Kansas A]

I have to agree with Jeph (one of the above comments), I wish you would do an online version of your classes! I live up in Canada and it's a bit to far to travel. :)

[Damara Ganley]

I am so glad to see you are offering more classes. I look forward to taking your winter gardening class. i get giddy just looking at your website. thanks.

[Gisah]

I just took down my tomato plants today and miss them already. They did great this summer thanks to you help! We've had beautiful tomatoes all summer long and I have a few bags of roasted tomato sauce in the freezer to remember the summer by. Looking forward to taking one of the upcoming classes. Thanks again for all the good info on growing tomatoes!

[Kris Gulesserian]

I really enjoyed the winter veggie class yesterday and learned alot! Invaluable info on ingredients for bed preparation, beneficial insects, seed sowing techniques, etc. Your garden is inspiring!

[Ruth]

I would love to come! Unfortunatly it will be a bit of a trip so I don't think I can come. Plus winter gardening is sort of out in my climate (Canada)!

[Sara]

I wish I was closer so that I could take one of your classes! I second the suggestion for DVDs.

[Silvia]

How inspiring that there are classes for gardening for every season: winter, spring, summer and fall!

[Danielle]

I just had a dinner party and made a capris salad with some of your tomatoes and everyone raved about how good they were. It is so nice to have such a jem so close to where I live! Thank you.

[Doug Whitmore]

So many classes and so little time! I wish I had time to take all of the classes. But, I'll have to settle for trying to take one of the classes.

[Tess Fitzgerald]

I attended the Winter vegetable class on Saturday, Sept. 13th, and I found it to be very helpful. Cynthia did a great job of managing class time, which resulted in a lot of useful information being imparted in what turned out to be a very short 5 hours!

I am very much looking forward to attending more classes at the farm, but am hestitant to advertise this little "secret" too much, as folks from all over the Bay Area (I think us SLV residents were in the minority at the class I attended) and beyond are already catching on and filling up the dates!

Good Job, Cynthia--I look forward to the next class.

[Juliette Williams]

Thank you for your newsletter, for your beautiful produce (we have some of your heirlooms growing in our raised beds!), and for your classes. I'm excited to see that you'll be having a class on backyard chicken keeping. Wonderful!

- Juliette (Boulder Creek, CA)

[Nate]

Hi Cynthia!

It was nice seeing you at TomatoFest yesterday. Thanks for your tips on getting around. It really made our experience more enjoyable. But boy were we stuffed!

If all goes well, we may take a backyard chicken class from you next year.

[Cathy Steck]

would love to take the drip irrigation class. Maybe I can have hubby take the little one to the museum while I take your class.