Marisha Auerbach: Permaculture Soil Improvement Techniques

[Organizers note: Marisha's lectures consistently draws the biggest crowds of any of our meetup events, and for very good reason: She consistently imparts heaps of practical wisdom that participants can use immediately to make their gardening-lives both more effortless and more fruitful.]

Put Your Carbon into the Soil, Not into the Air!

This evening's presentation will inspire and inform you with permaculture strategies to build soil. Learn about the critters that live in the soil and how they make nutrients available for plants. Learn strategies for enhancing their habitat and thus, increasing nutrients in your soil. We will discuss a diversity of ways that you can use local resources and plants to enhance your fertility in your garden beds including:

Sheet Mulching
Compost
Vermiculture
Hugelkultur
Manures
Green Manures
Terra Preta
Mycology
Effective Microorganisms
Dynamic Accumulators

Note: Registration is $12 in advance (when you RSVP) or $15 at the door.