LINNAEA FARM
ECOLOGICAL GARDENING PROGRAMME
SAMPLE COURSE OUTLINE

WEEK 1 Mar 4-8
Theory: Gardening Schools & Garden design
Practical: Seed sowing, Tools, Fruit trees, Pruning

WEEK 2 Mar 11-15
Theory: Perennial care and division, Seed Sowing,
Practical: Perennials, Tree Planting, Garden areas

WEEK 3 Mar 18-22
Theory: Greenhouse operation
Practical: Greenhouse intro, Record keeping

WEEK 4 Mar 25-29
Theory: Sense of place, Phenology
Practical: Tools

WEEK 5 Apr 1-5
Theory: Compost
Pracitical: Compost/Digging

WEEK 6 Apr 8-12
Theory: Greenhouse design
Practical: Cloches and frames

WEEK 7 Apr 15-19
Theory: Pest
Practical: Chicken tractor

WEEK 8 Apr 22-24
Theory: EVALUATION/TERM BREAK
Pratical: Forest ecosystems, Native Plants

WEEK 9 Apr 29-May 3
Theory: Cultivation
Practical: Soil samples

WEEK 10 May 6-10
Theory: Mulches, Living mulches
Practical: Green manures

WEEK 11 May 13-17
Theory: Rotations
Practical: Corn planting

WEEK 12 May 20-24
Theory: Intercropping
Practical: Bees

WEEK 13 May 27-31
Theory: Year-round cropping
Practical: Starting the winter garden

WEEK 14 June 3-7
Theory: Weeds
Practical: Weeding

WEEK 15 June 10-14
Theory: Marketing
Practical: Harvest/ Market presentation

WEEK 16 June 17-21
Theory: Irrigation
Practical: Water systems/Hay making

WEEK 17 June 24-28
TERM BREAK

WEEK 18 July 1-5
Theory: Green manures
Practical: Green manures, Raspberries!

WEEK 19 July 8-12
Theory: Solar mapping
Practical:

WEEK 20 July 15-19
Theory: Soil overview and texture
Practical: Soil textural analysis

WEEK 21 July 22-26
Theory: Soil life and organic matter
Practical:

WEEK 22 Jul 29-Aug 2
Theory: Plant nutrition
Practical: Soil analysis review

WEEK 23 Aug 5-9
Theory: Organic certification
Practical: Garlic harvest

WEEK 24 Aug 12-16
Theory: FIELD TRIP? Machinery in agriculture
Practical:

WEEK 25 Aug 19-23
Theory: Apple propagation, Taxonomy
Practical: Drying the harvest

WEEK 26 Aug 26-28
Theory: EVALUATION/TERM BREAK
Practical: Seed-saving

WEEK 27 Sept 3-6
Theory: Seeds
Practical: Seed saving, Potato harvest

WEEK 28 Sept 9-13
Theory: ACTIVITY WEEK
Practical:

WEEK 29 Sept 16-20
Theory: Composting toilets
Practical: Processing herbs

WEEK 30 Sept 23-27
Theory: Land trusting
Practical: Open

WEEK 31 Sep 30-Oct 4
Theory: Cosmic influences
Practical:

WEEK 32 Oct 7-11
Theory: Root cellaring
Practical: Fruit harvest

WEEK 33 Oct 15-18
Theory: Thanksgiving, Genetic engineering
Practical: Garlic planting

WEEK 34 Oct 21-25
Theory: Seaweed
Practical: Seaweed, Seed ordering, catalogs

WEEK 35 Oct 28-30
EVALUATION & GRADUATION