Saturday, March 13, 2021, 1:30 to 3:00 pm

An introduction to microbe friendly gardening: for soil health, plant health, planet health, and our health presented by Faith Reeves

These will be “101 introductions” to the concepts with an opportunity to dive deeper in a "Microbe Friendly Gardening” virtual workshop series. If appropriate, Faith will share details during the talk.
Topics that will be covered:
-Where to start
-Assessing our gardens baseline health
-Seed selection and how should we treat our seeds
-Soil health priming
-Plant health and plant nutrition
-The importance of diversity above and below the soil
-Cover crops, foliar nutrition, inoculants and educational resources

Two short articles ("The Path to Carbon-Positive Landscaping" and "Your Backyard's Potential for Mitigating Climate Change") have been provided as pre-reading for this chat. Advance registration allows library staff to email scanned copies of the magazine articles or deliver free printed copies to your curbside vehicle.

Signing into the Zoom meeting: For the best audio and video experience, Zoom recommends downloading the latest version of their free app prior to login. Please sign into Zoom a little before 1:30pm, and click JOIN A MEETING in the upper right corner of your screen. When prompted, enter the Meeting ID 861 5925 6157 and the Passcode 757626.

Here is the recording of the presentation: https://youtu.be/dWhHhlo019U