Sunset Kitchen Garden
With both practicality and aesthetics as guides, the Sunset Savor the Central Coast team has planned and planted a 2-acre kitchen garden on the grounds of the Santa Margarita Ranch. This 2-acre garden will be at its peak during the event, demonstrating how to mix fruit trees, vegetables, and flowers to stunning and useful effect, and showing the potential for a truly local agricultural experience that can translate to your own backyard.
Sunset Kitchen Garden Seminars
Garden to Table: Learn to Grow and Cook Your Own Gourmet Greens with Sunset Senior Garden Editor Julie Chai and Recipe Editor Amy Machnak
Saturday at 10:30 a.m. and Sunday at noon
Lettuce, arugula, kale, chard, and Asian greens can be pricey at the market, but they're a cinch to grow at home. Learn the best ways to start these tasty crops from seeds or seedlings, how to raise them in containers or in the ground, and easy ideas to take them from plot to plate.
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Growing Crops in Pots
Saturday at 11:30 a.m. and Sunday at 2:00 p.m.
Container gardening expert Fern Richardson will show you how to grow edible plants on your balcony or patio. Find out which varieties do best in containers and how to get the most vegetables out of your space. There’s no need for your edible containers to look utilitarian either. Fern will share some suggestions for artfully combining fruits, vegetables, and herbs so your edible garden will be as pleasing to your eyes as it is to your stomach.
The Perfect Tomato: Plant it, Grow it … Eat it!
Saturday at 12:30 and Sunday at 11:00 a.m.
Tomato Man Gary Ibsen gives you all the tricks of the trade to plant and harvest the perfect tomato. Plan ahead for next spring as Gary guides you through the growing habits of 10 or more of his most loved varieties. He will answer questions on sunlight and water needs as well as when and where to plant.
Small Space, Maximum Yield
Saturday at 1:30 p.m. and Sunday at 1:00 p.m.
You don’t need a lot of room to grow food year-round. From raised beds to vertical gardening, the possibilities are limitless. All it takes is a little planning and ingenuity and a few basic techniques. Join Johanna Silver as she shows you how to grow in even the tiniest of plots.
Gardening and Cooking, From Seed to Skillet
Saturday, 2:30 p.m.
Everything you need to know about growing, tending, and cooking up fresh, healthful food. This demonstration will cover the best edibles to plant for cooking and how to get them to grow—including building good soil, the easiest plants to start with, the benefits of planting seedlings instead of direct-sowing seeds, composting, foliar feeding, even gardening in winter.
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