Soil Building

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Permaculture Gardening for Everyone
How to Build a Lasagna Garden Bed
Put a garden down over grass or weeds with the lasagna method of soil building. This simple method uses recycled…
Nicky and Dave Schauder
Nicky and Dave Schauder Permaculture Gardens
Organic Gardening Course
Making Compost Tea
Looking for a way to increase your soil fertility without breaking the bank? Explore the process of making compost tea…
Nicky and Dave Schauder
Nicky and Dave Schauder Permaculture Gardens
Organic Gardening Course
Secret Organic Gardening Hacks
Learn eco-friendly solutions for improving any garden. Shawna Coronado helps you discover clever ways to upcycle everyday items in your…
Shawna Coronado
Shawna Coronado
Organic Gardening Course
Vermicomposting: Worms At Work
Learn how to make your own nutrient-rich vermicompost to fertilize your garden. Build a simple outdoor worm bin, and watch…
Crystal Stevens
Crystal Stevens FLOURISH
Organic Gardening Course
Microbes in Soil: The Fungus Among Us
Widely talked about but little understood are our fungal friends here on planet Earth. Partnering with roughly 95 percent of…
Jim Eagan
Jim Eagan
Featured Mother Earth News Fair Workshops
7 Steps to Homesteading
Discover how to build a highly productive homestead using incremental steps that increase your skillset over time. Leah Webb discusses…
Leah Webb
Leah Webb
Healing the Farmer
Sweet in Tooth and Claw: Microbiomes
Take a deep dive into the microbiomes of the ecosystems where you live and where your food is grown. American…
Kristin Ohlson
Kristin Ohlson
2023 MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR
Regenerative Practices for the Home Gardener
Learn how the same techniques many farms implement to enhance carbon-storage capacity can be easily applied in backyard gardens by…
Leah Webb
Leah Webb
Growing Cover Crops Webinar with Parker Garlitz
The What, Why, How, and When of Garden Cover Crops
Are cover crops just for market gardens? Not at all! Learn how to use cover crops in your home garden…
Fair Speakers
Fair Speakers
Practical Skills Course
Sheet Mulching Technique for a No-Till Garden
Traditional methods of garden establishment require the use of a tiller or an immense amount of labor to remove existing…
Leah Webb
Leah Webb
Practical Skills Course
Vermicomposting Makes Sense for Homesteads
If you vermicompost on your homestead it can increase your income. By mixing vermicast into your soil, your plants will…
Rhonda Sherman
Rhonda Sherman North Carolina State University
Practical Skills Course
Farming on the Wild Side
Here is a list of what you will find in the workshop below: A 26-minute video by Nancy Hayden. A…
Nancy Hayden
Nancy Hayden The Farm Between
Livestock Course
Rotational Grazing Basics
Get the basics of rotational grazing from the folks at Premier 1 Supplies. Cover the fundamentals of grazing 250 ewes…
Joe Putnam
Joe Putnam
Winter Gardening Course
Winter Cover Crops for Gardeners
Select cover crops to sow in fall to smother weeds, feed and improve the soil, and prevent erosion. Choose reliable…
Pam Dawling
Pam Dawling Twin Oaks Community, Virginia Association for Biological Farming
Winter Gardening Course
Preparing for Cold Weather Growing
Many people neglect the best time to grow the most food — fall and winter! Yet with the right timing,…
John Moody
John Moody
Understanding Soil Course
Why Should I Understand Soil?
Welcome to this introduction to the Understanding Soil Course! Meet the instructor, Robert Pavlis, learn about his background, and enjoy…
Robert Pavlis
Robert Pavlis
Understanding Soil Course
Introduction to Soil
In this segment, Robert explains the main components of soil, defines what good soil is, and discusses the role of…
Robert Pavlis
Robert Pavlis
Understanding Soil Course
Selecting the Right Soil
In this segment, you'll learn the pros and cons of different kinds of soil and soilless mixes. Then we'll review…
Robert Pavlis
Robert Pavlis
Understanding Soil Course
Plant Nutrients
In this segment, you'll learn about the nutrients that plants need and understand the NPK numbers on a container of…
Robert Pavlis
Robert Pavlis
Understanding Soil Course
Selecting the Right Fertilizer
In this lecture, we'll take a deeper dive into fertilizer and help you select the right one for your gardening…
Robert Pavlis
Robert Pavlis
Understanding Soil Course
Testing Soil Nutrients
In this segment, we'll compare several different soil test options and compare the results from each. Robert shows you how…
Robert Pavlis
Robert Pavlis
Understanding Soil Course
Testing Soil pH
In this segment, Robert defines pH; explains why it is important to plants; shows you how to test it; and…
Robert Pavlis
Robert Pavlis
Understanding Soil Course
Soil and Fertilizer Myths
Soil myths are common and in this segment we'll look at a number of gardening myths that deal with soil.…
Robert Pavlis
Robert Pavlis
Understanding Soil Course
The Rhizosphere
Our final lecture of the program! The rhyzosphere is a thin layer around plant roots. Many gardeners don't know about…
Robert Pavlis
Robert Pavlis
Garden Planning Course
Maps, Crop Rotations, and Harvest Schedule
Measure your garden space and consider the main crops you want to grow so you can figure out a crop…
Pam Dawling
Pam Dawling Twin Oaks Community, Virginia Association for Biological Farming