Composting made easy.
Theory
- Why compost?
- What is compost?
- The role of compost in an organic garden
- The life in compost
- What goes in, what stays out - ingredients
- Building, maintaining, harvesting, using and storing your perfect compost
- Troubleshooting common problems (vermin, odours etc) & easy remedies
Practical
- Selecting and preparing the site
- Selecting & preparing the materials including compost starters
- Build a small compost heap to manage kitchen scraps and provide soil for your garden
- Bokashi system
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All good edible gardens start with the soil - learn how to create and care for healthy soil.
Theory
- Understanding soil and its relationship with plants; importance of humus
- Soil testing
- Getting your soil ready to grow food
- Ways to improve soil
- How to care for your soil to keep it healthy in the first year
- Strategies for healthy soil; compost, worm castings, green manure cropping, mulching
Practical
- pH testing
- Looking at compost and worm castings
- Soil ribbon test
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An instant garden - build a no-dig garden in no time at all.
Theory
- What is a no dig garden and why to build one
- The origins
- How to build one
- No Dig recipe
- The benefits and outcomes
- Where to build a no-dig garden
- Different ways of creating no-dig gardens
- How to plant in the garden
- Ongoing maintenance
- Installing a worm farm in a no-dig garden
Practical
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Strategies for improving the health of your soil.
Theory:
- Why we need to continually improve our soil and how to do it
- Organic inputs
- Building Humus
- Changing pH balance
- Increasing moisture holding capacity
- Mineral Balance
- Green Manure Crops
- The benefits of compost, worm farms and mulching
- What is Crop Rotation?
Practical:
- Plant out a green manure crop
- Looking at different soil improvers - touch and smell
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You'll have an army of workers in your garden busy working while you sleep.
Theory:
- Elements of a design
- Sectors and Zones
- Positioning the garden
- How to design a garden
- Why good planning saves time and improves productivity
- The needs of the client/school
- Materials required
Practical:
- Set up a worm farm
- Feed a worm farm
- Handle worms and castings - mmm
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