Week 6 part 1 – Soil
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- Class Video
Week 5 part 1
Class Assignment: Watch the video below The Jar Test and do a test of the soil in your garden. If you don’t have a garden then you can select some soil from your yard, a park, or a vacant lot. Submit your results in a video or picture and upload to the forum.
Here is a pdf that you may find useful on the moisture and C/N of different materials for compost- On-Farm Composting Handbook Appendix A: Table A.1. Typical characteristics of selected raw material AppendixATable1OFCH
Optional Additional reading;
- Adding Biology for Soil and Hydroponic Systems by Dr. Elaine R. Ingham and Dr. Carole A. Rollins
- 10 Steps to Gardening with Nature by Dr. Elaine R. Ingham and Dr. Carole A. Rollins
- The Compost Tea Brewing Manual by Dr. Elaine R. Ingham
- Worms at Work by Crystal Stevens
- Teaming with Microbes by Wayne Lewis and Jeff Lowenfels
- Teaming with Nutrients by Jeff Lowenfels
- Earth Repair: A Grassroots Guide to Healing Toxic and Damaged Landscapes by Leila Darwish
- An Earth Saving Revolution by Teruo Higa
- Soil Not Oil by Vandana Shiva
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