Learn to grow grain crops in a backyard garden

You don't have to be a large-scale grain farmer to grow tasty, nutritious crops for you and your family. In a free webinar hosted by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, learn how to grow hulled barley, wheat, rye, buckwheat, quinoa, dry peas, sunflowers and more in your backyard garden.

Bob Van Veldhuizen will discuss each crop and the necessary growing conditions, including their suitability for successful production in Alaska. Learn about important production methods such as soil preparation, fertilization (both synthetic and organic), harvesting and processing using typical garden tools and kitchen gadgets.

Van Veldhuizen is a recently retired agronomist from the University of Alaska Fairbanks Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station. He has 50-plus years of agricultural research experience across Alaska.

The webinar will be Wednesday, March 26, from noon to 1 p.m. Registration is required via the online form or by visiting https://bit.ly/GrowingGrains.

For more information, contact Molly Johansson at 907-786-6313 or mjohansson@alaska.edu.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made five business days in advance to Johansson. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to individuals with limited English proficiency upon request to amnorris2@alaska.edu. 

This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

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