Permaculture Design Certificate Course (Part 2, Winter 2020): 

January 24 - January 30

• What are the components and processes of healthy, biologically active soil and compost?

  You are encouraged to test soil on your design site and to build or rebuild a compost system.
  

• Presentation: Soil Basics (Narrated Lecture 37 minutes) Page
• Presentation: Compost Happens (Lecture, 35 minutes) Page
• Presentation: Vermicompost, A Living Soil Amendment (Video, 9 minutes) Page
• Presentation: Ray Archuleta on Soil Health (Video, 27 minutes) Page
• Please select two of these three soil activities.

  If you have at least a 1/4 acre of land you are highly encouraged to complete assignment 3.3. This map will be useful for your Practicum portfolio.

• Activity 3.1: Test Your Soil Assignment
• Activity 3.2 Make a plan for Spring: Composting Assignment
• Activity 3.3 Create a Soil Assessment Map Assignment
• Participant Forum: Soil Health
• Optional Activities

• Reading: Selections from Cornell Garden Based Learning Page