Preventative Medicine for your Summer Veggie Garden

WesternHort's March 12 talk with Lisa Putnam and Kathleen Putnam

Doors open 7pm, help us setup 6:30pm
The main goal for home vegetable gardeners is to produce abundant, tasty produce.
Besides choosing the best varieties to grow, what can we do before planting to achieve this goal? Lisa and Kathleen Putnam will tell us about the five main principles of regenerative agriculture and why they are important in a home garden. We will learn how the application of regenerative methods will reduce or eliminate the need for inputs (organic or inorganic), will sequester carbon and will help us determine soil health by looking at rhizosheaths (soil adhering strongly to roots).
We will learn about the importance of cover cropping with a minimum of four plant families and how following these regenerative principles can lead to a complete lack of disease and pest load.
*See westernhort.org for more info including speakers' bios and joining the society.
Meetings are held at the Garden House in Shoup Park, 400 University Ave, Los Altos, located near Lincoln Ave. Zoom link available to members.
In-person meetings often include a sale of diverse plant varieties donated by members and local nurseries as well as books, seeds, tools and other horticultural items on occasion. All are welcome! Free for members (including calHort'rs and first-time visitors, $10 otherwise.

Disregard meetup limit of 10 people and just show up, or become a member for the zoom link.