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How to Build a Cubic Yard of Living Soil
0. WELCOME
Getting Started
Download the Welcome Packet
Schedule Your 6 Weeks
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1. SOIL
Some Background on our Soil (6:00)
Why Living Soil is the Foundation of a Resilient Garden
How Tilling, Bad Farming, and Deforestation Affect Natural Systems
A Cubic Yard of Soil
TAKE ACTION: Calculate Your Compostables (3:16)
Big List of Compostables
2. COMPOSTING OVERVIEW
A Brief History of Composting
Thermophilic Composting (3:13)
Introduction to Cold (Living) Composting (4:17)
Your Carbon + Nitrogen Sources
3. MATERIALS (FOUNDATIONAL + BIOLOGICAL)
Gathering Your Resources (Materials List)
Using Symbiotic Relationships to Do Some Work for You (11:04)
List of Useful Symbiotic Relationships
The Benefits of Earthworms in Your Garden
The 3 Types of Worms We Use
TAKE ACTION: Take Stock of What’s in Your Area
TAKE ACTION: Culture Your Own Indigenous Microorganisms (IMO’s) (12:09)
Nitrogen Fixation
[NEW] TAKE ACTION: Worm Trap (7:22)
4. THE WORM BIN
Ratio for Living Composting
Examples of Small (and Creative) Worm Bins (6:49)
TAKE ACTION: Set Up Your Worm Bin (3:23)
How to Add Bedding to Your Worm Bin (6:43)
Worm Bin Maintenance + Instructions
Blend Before Worm Bin
5. THE BASE PILE
Using Living Compost to Create Living Soil
6 Ingredients for Living Soil
Getting Minerals into Your Soil
Tour of a Microfarm's Worm Bin (11:06)
Building Your Base Pile (3:43)
Adding Compostables to Your Base Pile (3:34)
Using Inoculants for Efficient Composting
Inoculating Your Carbon (5:27)
Composting Cardboard (2:43)
Recommended Week by Week Schedule
6. CONDITIONS + TROUBLESHOOTING
What to Feed Your Compost (2:24)
Worm Bin Troubleshooting
Conditions + Troubleshooting
How to Deal With Pests
GROUP CALLS RECORDINGS (Fall 2019)
Q&A call #1: Thursday, September 5th @ 7pm PT (38:48)
Q&A call #2: Thursday, September 19th @ 5pm PT (46:06)
Q&A call #3: Thursday, October 3rd @ 5pm PT (37:14)
Q&A call #4: Friday, October 18th @ 5pm PT (49:36)
Q&A call #5: Wednesday, October 30th @ 5pm PT (56:07)
Q&A call #6: Thursday, November 14th @ 3pm PT (16:19)
Thermophilic Composting
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