This article was published in the June/July 2008 Wedge newsletter. The following information may be outdated.

Organic Lawn Care and Gardening Classes

June 3, 7pm Do-it-yourself organic lawn care. Learn what to do, when, why and how to do it and where to get the supplies.

June 12, 7pm Help your gardens and lawns beat the heat: drought-proof your yard. Come learn what to do to protect landscapes from extreme dry heat, how to use less water and still have a lush green lawn.

June 17, 7pm Keep on gardening! More veggies in summer and fall! We will cover season extension, intensive gardening methods, succession planting and inter-cropping.

June 26, 7pm Rainwater harvesting. Taking rain barrels to the next level. Take a serious look at using the valuable resource of rain and connecting it to drip and standard irrigation systems. Classes are free and taught by Bob Dahm, owner of Organic Bob, an organic lawn and landscape company. Bob was raised on an Iowa farm by a farmer and soil conservation teacher. As manager of grounds for a children's psychiatric hospital, Bob used organics only on the children's playground. The playground looked better than the grounds which were treated with chemicals, so he switched the entire property to organics. The staff asked him to do the same at their homes, and Organic Bob was born.

Other sites of interest:
www.organicbob.com
www.pricoldclimate.org

Urban Earth 910 West 36th St. (Bryant Corners NW) Minneapolis, MN 55408