Urban Worm Composting -The Real Dirt: Soil Health and Soil Science for Gardeners Class, January 13th from 1-5pm

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This is a 4 hour class on the soil food web, soil creation and microspy in Berkeley, CA USA.  Bring your own handful of dirt to examine under a microscope.   This class teaches how and why soil works; how to inoculate your soil with the right microbiology to match plant types; how to determine what is missing in your soil by use of a microscope; and learn how the soil food web works.  For registration, see below:

Urban Adamah Farm
1050 Parker Street
Berkeley, CA 94710 USA

Sliding Scale $45-75

Click here to register

Download the Power Point Presentation for the Class, Click here

Class Syllabus

Earth’s Soil  History

Topics include how soil is made and what type of soil exist today.  What is Earth’s early atmosphere like?  Where does today’s  micro- organisms come from?

Plant Succession

Mother Nature’s first step for producing different soil types.  Soil type follows planted plants.  Learn how plants build soil.  Learn building soil micro-biology without compost, teas or any inoculants.

Download Frederic Clements’ Book on Plant Succession in PDF, Click here

Food Web

An Introduction to the soil food web and its members.  The class explains all of the components in soil and how they interact. The following topics are considered:

Fixing Nitrogen – Predator-Prey Nitrogen Cycle

Learn how to fix nitrogen organically.  What is fixed nitrogen and why we need it?  There are many natural cycles in soil and water, where microbes create fixed nitrogen.

C:N Ratios in Plants

 Learn how to determine if a plant is a true green or brown for your compost pile.

Microscope

Learn how to prepare slides for examining soil.  Learn what the mico microorganisms look like and how they move.  We’ll be taking collected soil samples and viewing them under the microscope.

 

Introduction to CELSS (Closed Ecological Life Support System)

Internal view of CELSS.   The chamber has been closed for 2 months with no gas, liquid or soil interaction with the outside.  Six fish live in the water.  The fish eat plants and algae.

Detailed CELSS Information on the Project, Click here

Picture of outside of CELSS.

 

Class location

Urban Adamah Farm
1050 Parker Street
Berkeley, CA 94710 USA

Sliding Scale $45-75

Click here to register

 

 

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