Learn the basic composting tools and techniques to turn your yard and kitchen waste into black gold for your garden. Extension Master Gardener Beth Buffington will explain how you can combine these skills with no till gardening to develop rich organic soil throughout your garden while reducing water runoff and soil erosion.
Zoom session, recorded April 2, 2021
Video of Presentation
Note: When using cardboard in the garden, be sure to use untreated cardboard.
Chapter Breaks
- 0:00:00 Introduction & Overview
- 0:02:39 Soil Biology & Food Web
- 0:10:33 Components of Compost
- 0:17:26 Recipe for Compost
- 0:22:44 Types of Compost Piles
- 0:25:46 Troubleshooting
- 0:27:12 Containers
- 0:29:48 Questions
- 0:36:58 No-Till Gardening
- 0:51:10 Cover Crops
- 0:52:11 Lasagna Gardening
- 0:52:48 Keyhole Garden
- 0:53:39 Hugelkulture
- 0:54:50 Questions