[Scpg] DEC 7/Mesa Food Exchange Special Event/Booksigning with Virginia Hayes

[Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

  A Book Signing In The Garden!
Join the Mesa Garden Exchange, SB Chapter of Food Not Lawns
December 7, 2008, 11:30-1:30
for Garden Exchange, Succulent Planter Contest
and Booksigning with Virginia Hayes

Bring your extra homegrown veggies, fruits, 
herbs, flowers, seeds, seedlings, compost worms, chicken eggs, etc.
Share produce with neighbors, talk gardens, meet 
new friends and catch-up with old friends

Location: 2014 El Camino de la Luz
More info: www.mesaexchange.org

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Connoisseurs of good food understand that the 
highest quality natural ingredients are vital to 
gourmet dining. In this era of mass-produced 
foods, they are turning in increasing numbers to 
their own gardens as the most reliable source for 
organically grown and freshly harvested herbs, 
fruits, and vegetables. Amateur chefs and home 
gardeners who value nutritious, naturally grown 
foods will find themselves referring to this book 
time and time again. It shows how to grow the 
very finest natural, organic ingredients in their 
own garden, greenhouse, or if space is at a 
premium, in a window box. Author Virginia Hayes 
explains the steps involved in cultivating herbs, 
fruits, vegetables, and even edible flowers. She 
provides directions for potting, pruning, and 
tending the plants, and concludes with advice for 
harvesting, storing, and using these foods in the 
kitchen. She devotes separate chapters to greens, 
herbs, edible flowers, special “heirloom” 
vegetables, baby vegetables, flavorful fruits and 
berries, ethnic specialties, and mushrooms. She 
also offers seasonal tips to help home gardeners 
grow many fresh, natural ingredients all year 
round. Full-color illustrations throughout.
Virginia Hayes Instructs on Creating a Gourmet Kitchen Garden
Making compost and compost tea
Preparing soil for planting

Light and exposure requirements
Starting seeds for transplanting

Extending the season­greenhouse, cold frame, or window sill

Weed control
Mulching
Protecting against pests and diseases

Staking, tying, and other support methods . . . and much more!

Compete in our first annual succulent planter competition.

Find the most creative planter to plant and
share succulent clippings...soil provided.

Judging will begin at 1:00 sharp.

Prize: Gourmet Garden, signed copy
For questions and to preorder your copy of Gourmet Garden: sbfam at aol.com

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