Recording of Gardening from the Ground Up Webinar
Recording of Backyard Composting Webinar
Compost is gardening gold, and you can learn how to make it in your own backyard in this recorded virtual workshop. StopWaste educators, Lori Caldwell and Jeannie Pham, share all the basics, including how to build a pile, troubleshoot, and harvest. The webinar also explores the best uses of finished compost.
StopWaste Farm Partners
StopWaste works with urban farms and community gardens to fight climate change with carbon farming practices. Practices such as feeding the soil with compost and keeping unplanted areas covered help these communities grow healthy food and sequester carbon in the soil.
Healthy Soils Activity: The Slake Test
The Slake Test is a visual display of the structure of your soil’s aggregates as well as your soil’s resiliency to erosion and “slaking.”
Healthy Soils Activity: The Worm Count
The Worm Count provides a very reliable method of measuring the levels of organic matter in your soil.
Healthy Soils Activity: The Nitty Gritty
The Nitty Gritty is a nifty tool that helps you determine the type of soil you have and lets you skip the hand sorting!
Webinar Resources
What You Can Worm Compost
Deciding what to put in your worm bin is an important part of the composting process. Don't overfeed your worm bin! If you add more food than the worms can eat it will start to smell and attract flies.
Carbon Farming
Carbon farming not only helps mitigate climate change, but also creates thriving landscapes that are more resilient to drought and flooding.
