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Lay your Garden to a Productive Rest: Winter Cover Crops and Green Manures (seeds included)

Join local Homesteader Joey Zeigler of zeiglerhomesteadservices.com to learn about winterizing your vegetable garden with the use of hearty winter cover crops and green manures. Discover the great advantages of using cover crops in the off season such as improved soil health, place holding for the spring crops, early spring foraging for honey bees, improved winter garden aesthetics and more. This class will include cover crop seeds for your own garden. Come build healthy soil with us the sustainable way! Joey Zeigler operates a local business that helps folks setup food systems in their backyard, including: chicken keeping, coop building, garden coaching, orcharding, passive and active water systems and many more homesteading efforts. Joey has participated in the 2012 Urban Coop Tour of Atlanta, the 2013 Decatur Garden Tour, and is a regular speaker on sustainable agriculture and homesteading techniques throughout Metro Atlanta. Advanced registration is required  at https://app.etapestry.com/cart/OakhurstCommunityGardenProj/default/index.php

Cost: $25

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