A group of agriculture- and food-related organizations is offering the first of a series of workshops Saturday on how to extend the growing season through use of greenhouses.
The workshop will run from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Old Fort Lewis, 18683 Colorado Highway 140, in Hesperus. The cost is $20, which includes all materials and lunch from Zia’s Taqueria. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. in the library at the Old Fort or at http://form.jotform.us/form/50395919474164.
Representatives from the National Resources Conservation Service will discuss growing in high tunnels, and local growers will share tips on how to set up low tunnels in home gardens.
Sponsors of the workshop, in conjunction with the Western Center for Risk Management Education, are the Colorado State University Cooperative Extension, San Juan Resource Conservation and Development, Dolores Conservation District, Southwest Farm Fresh, Rocky Mountain Farmers Unions, the Durango School District 9-R nutrition department and Fort Lewis College’s Old Fort and environmental center.
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