Here's a five day intensive, aimed at the home gardener looking to get started with some basic skills. I'll be taking sub-units from the comprehensive 10 week course call 'Foundations of Edible Gardening' to give you some essentials to get you started at this time of year.

Friday: DIY seed raising mix. Planting seeds, choosing crops for late winter/early spring in Auckland.

Saturday: DIY Potting Mix. Transplanting seedlings, tools for growing from seed at a home scale.

Sunday: Container gardening.

Thursday: Worm farming, in-ground worm farming.

Friday: Composting basics including hot compost.

[If you can't make it to all the zoom sessions, there will be a link to watch it afterwards]

We'll also use a private Facebook group for Q&A.

The great thing about a private Facebook group is that you can post videos and photos of your own garden, and get to know other people in the class. I see Facebook gardening related groups with thousands and thousands of people, and worry that when a group gets too big, the sense of community is compromised.

If small enough, this group could live on as a gardening mastermind group - each person supporting everyone else, sharing their successes, and even doing some seed swapping by post.