COLUMBIA, Mo. â University of Missouri Extension will offer a webinar series to help beginning home gardeners grow a vegetable garden. The Zoom course covers the basics from planning and seed starting to diseases and insects.
Sessions are 6:30-8 p.m. Thursdays, March 25-May 27. Live sessions include lectures followed by question-and-answer periods with MU Extension horticulture specialists.
âFor those interested in growing their own food, this is a good course to start with, focusing on the basic knowledge for gardens,â said MU Extension horticulturist Debi Kelly.
Schedule of topics
April 1: Seed starting and sourcing plant materials
April 8: Cool-season crops
April 22: Crop fertility (includes making compost)