Permaculture Soils and Composting day course

PERMACULTURE SOILS AND COMPOSTING DAY COURSE

A one-day fast moving workshop comprising theory and practical sessions to give you an excellent base for growing nutrient dense food by building and feeding soil and recycling all waste in your garden.

Soil and Soil Biology

• What makes up our soil, Soil types, soil profiles and pH, Soil organisms
• Practical – Basic soil testing with your own home garden soil

Composting

• Composting systems, Do’sand don’ts, Compost ingredients , Lasagne layering and C:N ratios
• Practical – a tour around various hot and cold composting systems and view outputs

Liquid Fertilisers

• Soil and foliar feeding, Do’s and don’ts, Off the shelf and soil biology activators, making and maintenance
• Practical – making liquid fertiliser from plants and weeds and putting onto the garden

Bokashi

• How to use bucket and bran effectively, inputs and outputs, troubleshooting
• Practical – demonstration of how to use a bokashi system properly and use the outputs

Worm Farming

• Types of worms, placement, Different types of worm farms, worm farm foods, Use and storage of outputs – vermicast and vermijuice
• Practical – Build a worm farm from various materials.

Cost $100 per person. Places are limited to 15 - includes morning & afternoon tea.  Bring something for a shared lunch.

• Practical and theory sessions based on an organic 4ha permaculture property in Whiteman's Valley, Upper Hut which is almost completely self-sufficient.
• To book a place on the course, contact: Dee Turner: 0211252035 or derinatur@hotmail.com. Carolann Murray will be teaching the Upper Hut course. She has written the New Zealand guide to self-sufficiency, and has been teaching permaculture in New Zealand for 15 years.
• Check out the website for feedback on the courses, full details of the practical projects, and a complete rundown of the content – ‘permaculture’ tab - www.korito.co.nz