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Compost: Getting The Good Dirt
Presented by: Vynnie The GardenerPhoenixpermaculture.org 602.770.1613 [email protected]
Composting
(Getting the Good Dirt)
Compost: Getting The Good Dirt
Presented by: Vynnie The GardenerPhoenixpermaculture.org 602.770.1613 [email protected]
What you’ll learn about in this workshop…
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Compost: Getting The Good Dirt
Presented by: Vynnie The GardenerPhoenixpermaculture.org 602.770.1613 [email protected]
What is compost?
Compost is:
BUGFOOD!!!
Compost: Getting The Good Dirt
Presented by: Vynnie The GardenerPhoenixpermaculture.org 602.770.1613 [email protected]
• Kitchen veggie scraps• Lawn clippings• Tree leaves• Cardboard packaging• Junk mail
What can be composted?
• Dryer lint• Spent tree fruit• Shredded tree branches• Shredded documents• Pet hair
Compost: Getting The Good Dirt
Presented by: Vynnie The GardenerPhoenixpermaculture.org 602.770.1613 [email protected]
…and still more of what can be composted
Compost: Getting The Good Dirt
Presented by: Vynnie The GardenerPhoenixpermaculture.org 602.770.1613 [email protected]
What not to compost?• Meat product • Junk mail
• Dryer lint• Spent tree fruit• Shredded tree branches• Shredded documents• Pet hair
Compost: Getting The Good Dirt
Presented by: Vynnie The GardenerPhoenixpermaculture.org 602.770.1613 [email protected]
Why do you compost?
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Compost: Getting The Good Dirt
Presented by: Vynnie The GardenerPhoenixpermaculture.org 602.770.1613 [email protected]
Why should we compost?• Compost provides organic garden nutrients
• Compost controls waste from landfill
• Compost creates a closed loop system at home
Compost: Getting The Good Dirt
Presented by: Vynnie The GardenerPhoenixpermaculture.org 602.770.1613 [email protected]
How do we make compost?
• Nitrogen (live material / green material)
• Carbon (dead material / brown material)
• Water (H2O / agua)
• Air (ya know, air…)
Compost: Getting The Good Dirt
Presented by: Vynnie The GardenerPhoenixpermaculture.org 602.770.1613 [email protected]
How do we use compost?
Mulch in the garden
Nourishing edibles
Compost: Getting The Good Dirt
Presented by: Vynnie The GardenerPhoenixpermaculture.org 602.770.1613 [email protected]
Composting methods:
• pile
• layer
• tumbler
• natural
Compost: Getting The Good Dirt
Presented by: Vynnie The GardenerPhoenixpermaculture.org 602.770.1613 [email protected]
Compost: Getting The Good Dirt
Presented by: Vynnie The GardenerPhoenixpermaculture.org 602.770.1613 [email protected]
Questions??
