Welcome to Seed to Supper! Here you will find invitation links to register for Seed to Supper gardening and food preservation classes, a collection of recorded presentations, and Q&A and FAQ documents.
This free beginning gardening course teaches participants the tools they need to start a garden and grow their own food on a budget. A joint program of Oregon Food Bank and OSU Extension Service, Seed to Supper is offered throughout Oregon and Clark County, WA.
For more information please contact Sonia Reagan at 503-880-6263 or ColCoMasterGardeners@gmail.com.
Course topics:
- Garden site and soil development
- Garden planning
- Planting a garden
- Caring for a growing garden
- Harvesting and using garden bounty
- And more!!
Curriculum: Download a free version of the Seed to Supper curriculum: DOWNLOAD
Resources for Participants:
- Columbia City Community Library – source for used gardening books
Seed vigor is an important consideration!
This chart provides an estimate of how long your seed is viable for, when properly stored (cool & dry!)
- March 5th: Meeting & Making Plans
- Recording of Presentation (video recording)
- Food Hero Demo (video recording) on Cooking with Herbs: Tabouli Bulgur Wheat Salad
- Food Hero Plant Part Salad Recipe
- Parsley and Herbs: Storing and Preparing Video
- Food Hero Monthly Magazine: Whole Grain Basics
- Soil Recipe resources:
- Q & A from March 5th Live Discussion:
- April 2nd: Getting Started with Healthy Soil
- Recording of Presentation (video recording)
- Food Hero Demo on Kale
- Q & A from April 2nd Live Discussion: coming soon!
- May 7th: Planting Your Garden
- Recording of Presentation (video recording)
- Tomato Planting Demonstration with Master Gardener Scott
- Harvesting
- Slide show of the May Presentation (narrated video)
- Food Hero Demo (video recording) on making a Plant Part Salad: Salad recipe demo
- Seed Starting Resources:
- June 4th: Caring for Your Growing Garden Part 1: watering & protecting young crops
- Recording of Presentation (video recording)
- Food Hero Demo (video recording) on making a Radish Cucumber Salad
- Food Hero Radish & Cucumber Salad Recipe
- How to Grow Carrots – video from Johnny’s Seeds (includes demonstration of thinning)
- Recipe: Carrot Top Pesto – put those carrot thinnings to good use!
July 2nd: Caring for Your Growing Garden Part 2: weeds & pests
- Recording of Presentation (video recording)
- Weed Triage Video by Sonia
August 6th: Harvest & Storage, Fall & Winter Gardening & More!
- Recording of Presentation (video recording)
- Food Hero Demo (video recording) on making Baked Zucchini Sticks by Lily Joslin
- Resources from class:
- Local Frost Dates, courtesy of Chip Bubl:
September 3rd: Harvest, Storage & Nutrition (part 2), and Late Season Maintenance
- Recording of Presentation (video recording)
- Food Hero Demo (video recording) on making Bruschetta Salad by Lily Joslin
October 1st: End of Season Container Maintenance, Overwinter Care for Your Garden, Reduce-Reuse-Recycle – $ Saving Tips, Fruit & Perennial Veggie Suggestions, Sharing: Successes, Oopsies & Goals!
- Recording of Presentation (video recording)
- Link to the Benton County video on making your own potting mix
- Resource: Composting with Worms
- Food Hero Demo (video recording) on making Veggie Patties with Lily Joslin
Grow This! Oregon Garden Challenge: This is a call to action for individuals, families, schools, community groups and counties to come together around gardening – to have fun and GROW Oregon’s health and food supply. Each individual or family that signs up will receive a seed kit with 4 different seed packets (until supplies are exhausted). There will also be a series of videos to go along with this challenge. Please complete this simple form with your interest in participating: GROW THIS! OREGON GARDEN CHALLENGE 2021
