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Online Class

Garden Essentials: Drip Irrigation & Container Crops

by Garden Tribe
with Colin McCrate & Johanna Silver
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$24.99$40.00

Grow a garden of thriving plants — edible or not — right in your own backyard!

Skill Level

Beginner

What You Get

  • 10 Streaming HD video lessons with anytime, anywhere access
  • Class materials, including a container planting guide, crop lists, irrigation planning and shopping worksheets and a watering guide
  • Detailed instruction, explanation and demonstration
  • Answers from fellow classmates in our virtual classroom

How it works

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  • Watch on any device anytime.
  • Find downloadable class resources in the class viewer.

Class Overview

Want to learn how to grow plants efficiently? Expert Colin McCrate will show you the ins and outs of installing your own drip irrigation system for any size garden. Johanna Silver will then show you how to grow crops in containers. No space is too small for these harvestable crops. You’ll promote healthier plants while saving time, water and money!

Class Overview

Lesson Breakdown

1. Drip Irrigation: Tools & Supplies
08:41
Colin McCrate starts the first half of class with a brief introduction to drip irrigation. He'll go over a variety of components, including the backflow preventer, Y-valve, battery-operated timer, pressure regulator and filter, plus the different kinds of header tubing and drip irrigation lines.
2. Drip Irrigation: Setting Up Drip Irrigation
17:34
3. Drip Irrigation: Drip Irrigation for Containers
04:03
4. Drip Irrigation: Drip Irrigation for Trees & Shrubs
02:00
5. Container Crops: Container Basics
14:16
6. Container Crops: Herbs Three Ways
18:00
7. Container Crops: Cool-Season Vegetables
17:05
8. Container Crops: Instant Salad
14:14
9. Container Crops: Tomatoes
07:48
10. Container Crops: Growing Fruit
03:23
Lesson Breakdown

Recommended with this class

  • Standard gardening supplies
  • Drip irrigation supplies
Recommended with this class

Taught by

Johanna Silver & Colin McCrate
Johanna Silver & Colin McCrate
Instructor
Johanna Silver is Sunset Magazine’s senior editor and author of "The Bold Dry Garden: Lessons from the Ruth Bancroft Garden"; Colin McCrate is founder/co-owner of Seattle Urban Farm Co. and co-author of "Food Grown Right, In Your Backyard."
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