Okay, maybe not NO disease, but insignificant diseases and pests sounds good, right? Plus, perennial fruits and veggies mean less work for more harvest. Eliza loves teaching the two class topics available this week at the Swamp Rabbit Cafe & Grocery. Click here to sign up for class or click here to see the full 2014-2015 class schedule.

Photo Caption: Passionfruit (Passiflora incarnata) are one of the perennial food plants that can be grown in this area — and they also happen to be native! Come Tuesday to learn more than 30 types of garden foods that only need to be planted once. We didn’t see this one growing on the ground and accidentally POPPED it — so we gave it some rue seed pods for eyes and prepped it for a closeup.

THIS WEEK:

• November 4^th, 2014 Tuesday

  • Perennial Fruits & Vegetables for the Southeast 6:15pm – Ever wish your garden would just come up on its own in the spring? Don’t worry, asparagus isn’t the only delicious perennial vegetable out there. This class will cover dozens of plant-only-once greens, roots, shoots, and fruiting vegetables that require little to no maintenance in our climate. Learn how to plant the closest thing to a zero work food garden!

• – November 6^th, 2014 Thursday

  • Understanding Plant Diseases & Preventing them in Next Year’s Garden 6:15pm – Controlling the plant diseases for next year’s garden often hinges on what you do in the fall and winter. Come learn the most common plant diseases in the southeast, how to identify them, and how to prevent them. We’ll mostly cover organic preventative measures that keep you from dealing with diseases in the first place!

Click here to sign up for class or click here to see the full 2014-2015 class schedule.