Ira Wallace
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
Heritage Harvest Festival at Monticello
Ira Wallace, author of The Timber Press Guide to Vegetable Gardening in the Southeast is a worker/owner of the cooperatively managed Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, where she coordinates variety selection and new seed grower contracts. Southern Exposure helps people keep control of their food supply through seed saving and sustainable gardening.
Ira will be speaking at the Maryland, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Kansas, Texas, North Carolina FairsWorkshops
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Sun Growing Common and Uncommon Greens for Summer Salads and More
Salad greens are some of the most satisfying plants a gardener can grow. What else can you sow a little of in a bare patch and start harvesting just four weeks later? If you've mastered the basic greens (such as romaine, leaf lettuces, and spinach) and you're looking for something a little different, or if your salad patch looks a little peaked in mid-summer, Ira Wallace has a few adventurous ideas for you as well as tips, varieties, and timing to keep the ordinary greens coming. Learn about 10 out-of-the-ordinary greens to try this year, including some that bridge the mid-summer gap between the cool, prolific spring and fall salad seasons.
Organic Gardening
Available In:
Maryland, Sunday 1:00-1:30 p.m., Heirloom Gardener Stage
Oregon, Sunday 1:00-1:30 p.m., Heirloom Gardener Stage
North Carolina, Sunday 1:00-1:30 p.m., Mother Earth Living Stage
Growing Great Garlic and Perennial Onions
Learn about heirloom garlic and Perennial onion varieties, from planting to cultivation and harvesting at home. Ira Wallace covers soil preparation, weed control, and disease prevention as well as curing and storage requirements. Add these culinary essentials to your garden!
Modern Homesteading Organic Gardening
Available In:
Oregon, Sunday 10:00-11:00 a.m., Heirloom Gardener Stage
Pennsylvania, Workshop time to be determined
Kansas, Workshop time to be determined
Texas, Sunday 11:30-12:30 p.m., Heirloom Gardener Stage
North Carolina, Sunday 3:30-4:30 p.m., Heirloom Gardener Stage
Grow More, Work Less: Expert tips for your vegetable garden
Simple tips and techniques for adding self-sowing annual, perennial, and biennial vegetables to your garden. Learn how to save time and money in your edible landscape, permaculture beds, or any vegetable garden.
Organic Gardening
Available In:
Maryland, Sunday 10:00-11:00 a.m., Heirloom Gardener Stage
North Carolina, Saturday 5:00-6:00 p.m., Homestead Hustle Stage
Garlic, Onions, Shallots, Perennial Onions, and Leeks: Choosing the right fall-planted alliums for your garden!
Fall is the perfect time to plant garlic, shallots, perennial onions, and leeks. Learn about what distinguishes the different alliums, uncommon and everyday. Look at samples and leave with a sample of something new and fun to plant in your garden this fall. Ira Wallace curates the Heirloom Allium collection at Southern Exposure Seed Exchange.
Modern Homesteading Organic Gardening
Available In:
Maryland, Saturday 2:00-3:00 p.m., Heirloom Gardener Stage
Pennsylvania, Workshop time to be determined
Kansas, Workshop time to be determined
Extending the Harvest: Creating a four-season garden
Learn how to plan, create, and produce garden bounty all year. This workshop focuses on the all-season garden, including in-depth succession planting, planting summer crops for a fall garden, and fruit planting for late winter.
Modern Homesteading Organic Gardening
Available In:
Oregon, Saturday 2:00-3:00 p.m., Heirloom Gardener Stage
Pennsylvania, Workshop time to be determined
Kansas, Workshop time to be determined
Texas, Saturday 5:00-6:00 p.m., Heirloom Gardener Stage