Happy & Healthy Soil 101
$50.00Price
Date: Saturday April 23rd Time: 10am-2pm
Did you know that playing in the soil (definitely not dirt!) makes you happy? Do you want to understand more about how to nurture the life-giving soil in your garden and grow nutrient dense vegetables that are immune to diseases and resistant to insects? Then join us at Groovy Greens HQ for a hands-on gardening class!
We will cover the following topics:
- Soil basics - structure, minerals and biology
- Soil balancing & remineralization
- Improving the biology of your soil
- How to make really good compost and use it well
- On-going soil management
- Climate change connections
Hands-on activities:
- Learn no cost soil health evaluations
- How to take a soil sample for lab testing
- Soil aggregation demonstration
- Viewing soil creatures under the microscope
- Using a broadfork and other tools to prepare a bed for planting
Notes:
- Dress for the weather as we will be meeting outside - we have a covered space.
- We will break for lunch between 12 and 12:30pm - please bring you own lunch & drinks.
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