ARAS Community Growing Patch Hands-on Gardening Series: Planting Potatoes in Straw with Carlene Schneider

Adults, Teens, Seniors. Registered (Be there at 10 a.m.) Visit ARAS Community Growing Patch: Planting Potatoes in Straw with Carlene Schneider to register.

Children welcome!

Recycle old straw bales to grow your potatoes on sod or soil. This method can eliminate scabs and result in a very clean harvest.

This program will be a hands-on planting session in the ARAS Community Growing Patch.

Learn about the Ardrossan Recreation and Agricultural Society, the ARAS Community Growing Patch, and volunteer opportunities.

Presenter Bio: 
Carlene was raised and educated in Ontario, attending the University of Guelph, majoring in horticulture and business. Since moving to Alberta in 2004, she has found one great opportunity after the next within the agriculture, rural development, and reclamation sectors. The purebred Angus farm she is lucky to live on is nestled between Elk Island National Park and Edmonton. With her family, the farm is evolving to include a market garden business that allows her and her family to connect with their community.