Gardening for the Environment
In honor of Earth Day this class goes over some of the biggest impact things you can do to make your gardening and orcharding journey more sustainable. We cover things like composting, alternatives to peat based soil mixes, reuse in the garden, reducing food waste, water conservation, and more.
0:11 Growing Your Own Food
2:22 Sustainable Gardening
11:53 Using Your Harvest
18:02 Eat Everything You Can
22:33 What You Can't Eat
24:54 What to Compost
27:33 What Not to Compost
32:05 Seeds: Save Your Own
32:46 Seedlings: Peat & Plastic
34:19 Containers
38:40 Containers or Not
39:28 Seed Starting & Potting Mixes
40:38 The Problem with Peat Moss
42:44 Peat Alternatives
45:43 Make Your Own
46:06 Water
47:20 Healthy Ecosystem
51:41 Beneficial Insects & Wildlife
54:14 Overwintering & Nesting
57:18 Native Plantings