LINNAEA FARM
ECOLOGICAL GARDENING PROGRAMME
SAMPLE COURSE OUTLINE

WEEK 1 Mar 1-5
Theory: Farm Intro & History
Practical: Farm tour, Fruit trees, Pruning

WEEK 2 Mar 8-12 l
Theory: How to Start a Garden, Record Keeping
Practical: Plot Assignment, Perennials, Cloches

WEEK 3 Mar 15-19
Theory: Seed Sowing & Plant Propagation
Practical: Seed Sowing

WEEK 4 Mar 22-26
Theory: Sense of place, Phenology
Practical: Tools

WEEK 5 Mar 29- Apr 1
Theory: Cultivation
Practical: Digging

WEEK 6 Apr 6-9
Theory: Compost
Practical: Compost making

WEEK 7 Apr 12-16
Theory: Intercropping & Rotation
Practical: Felting

WEEK 8 Apr 19-23
Theory: Plant nutrition & deficiency indicators
Practical: Chicken Tractor

WEEK 9 Apr 26-30
Theory: 1st quarter review
Practical: Caring for plants in greenhouses

WEEK 10 May 3-7
Theory: Evaluation, Break
Practical:

WEEK 11 May 10-14
Theory: Soil
Practical: Corn planting

WEEK 12 May 17-21
Theory: Irrigation
Practical: Watering systems

WEEK 13 May 24-28
Theory: Weeds & Pests
Practical: Weeding

WEEK 14 May 31-June 4
Theory: Mulches & Green manures
Practical: Harvesting & Market preparation

WEEK 15 June 7-11
Theory: Marketing
Practical: CSA begins

WEEK 16 June 14-18
Theory: Livestock
Practical: Planting out

WEEK 17 June 21-25
Theory: Seed Saving
Practical: Soil textural analysis

WEEK 18 June 28-July 2
Theory: 2nd quarter review
Practical: Evaluation

WEEK 19 July 5-9
TERM BREAK

WEEK 20 July 12-16
Theory: Year-round cropping
Practical:

WEEK 21 July 19-23
Theory: Greenhouses
Practical: Solar Mapping

WEEK 22 Jul 26-30
Theory: Hay Making & Machinery
Practical: Soil analysis review

WEEK 23 Aug 2-6
Theory: Cosmic Influences
Practical: Canning

WEEK 24 Aug 9-13
Theory: Taxonomy
Practical:

WEEK 25 Aug 16-20
Theory: Schools of Gardening
Practical: Drying the harvest

WEEK 26 Aug 22-27
Theory: Land Access
Practical: Seed-saving

WEEK 27 Aug 30-Sept 3
Theory: Evaluation
Practical: Break

WEEK 28 Sept 7-10
Theory: Apple Propagation
Practical: Potato Harvest

WEEK 29 Sept 13-17
Theory: ACTIVITY WEEK
Practical: Harvest Festival

WEEK 30 Sept 20-24
Theory: Composting toilets
Practical: Fruit harvest

WEEK 31 Sept 27-Oct 1
Theory: World Food Crises
Practical: Mulch collection

WEEK 32 Oct 4-8
Theory: Root cellaring
Practical: Compost building

WEEK 33 Oct 11-15
Theory: Thanksgiving, Land Ethics
Practical: Put your plot to bed

WEEK 34 Oct 18-22
Theory: Final review & Evaluation
Practical: Farmhouse cleanup

WEEK 35 Oct 25-29
GRADUATION!