Cover Cropping: Year Around

Keep your soil in tip top shape year round!
This beginning class will explain what are cover crops, why and how they benefit your garden and the environment and when to plant them. Some benefits are the reduction or elimination of fertilizers, improvement of soil structure, reduction or elimination of pesticide use, and the increase of soil nutrient retention and water infiltration and percolation.

Speakers: Lisa Putnam and Kathleen Putnam

Lisa Putnam has a BS in Agricultural Economics from UC Davis and also studied nutrition science at Davis. She currently manages a small sustainable organic farm in Woodside and home veg garden in Portola Valley. Lisa is a UC Master Gardener and Master Composter. Lisa’s passion is soil and compost. Along with her sister Kathleen, has been teaching gardening at Lyngso’s, San Mateo County Fair, and Garden Clubs for the last 15 years.

Kathleen Putnam is a professional organic vegetable gardener serving the Mid-Peninsula and is an ISA Certified Arborist. Kathleen has a certificate in Environmental Horticulture from City College of San Francisco and is a UC Master Gardener. Kathleen’s passion is fruit trees and soil. Along with her sister Lisa, has been teaching vegetable gardening and pruning techniques at many venues for the last 15 years.