Composting in the Pacific Northwest
This podcast is a crash course about how to think like a Master Composter and the education goes well beyond composting.
Beyond the composting basics, you will learn how to:
- Understand your soil
- Manage worm bins, green cones and other composters
- Control insects and other problems
- Mitigate the effects of global warming through organic practices
This Seattle Tilth series is narrated by Joshua McNichols, a volunteer with the Master Composter/Soil Builder program. In addition to the Master Composter program, Seattle Tilth offers organic gardening classes for adults and kids, demonstration gardens, volunteer opportunities, educational events, and a hotline for gardening questions.
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- Update frequency
- every 37 days
- Episodes
- 7
- Years Active
- 2009 - 2011
Master Composters #7: Diary of an Urban Soil
Photo by erix!, shared via Flickr. In this episode of Seattle's Master Composter Podcast, host Joshua McNichols translates soil science into a short piece of young adult fiction. And you thought soil…
Fri 12 Aug 2011
Master Composters #6: Mulches
Photo by Shacker, shared via Flickr Mulches provide instant protection for bare soils. You can apply them in the fall, if you waited too long to plant your cover crop. This gets you quick protection …
Wed 07 Apr 2010
Master Composters #5: Cover Crops
You've amended your soil with compost. But all your soil's hard-won nutrition will wash out to sea unless you protect it from the winter rains. Join the Master Composters in the garden to learn how c…
Thu 04 Feb 2010
Master Composters #4: Worm Bins
Worm bins give you another way to manage food waste in the city. In this episode, we compare worm bins to their close relative, the green cone.
Tue 08 Dec 2009
Master Composters #3: Green Cones
You can't put food waste in your compost bin. So where can you put it? In a green cone. Green Cones are the lowest maintenance way to deal with food scraps. We discuss how this system works, and wher…
Thu 05 Nov 2009
Master Composters #2: Soil Types
Photo by Cyron, shared via Flickr. What kind of soil is right for your garden? Join Master Composter Graham Golbuff in Seattle Tilth's demonstration garden. We'll dig some holes and learn what disti…
Tue 06 Oct 2009
Master Composters #1: How to Make Compost
Follow the Master Composters as they prepare yard waste for composting at Seattle Tilth's demonstration garden in Wallingford. You wil learn all the tricks to make make quick, high quality compost at…
Fri 02 Oct 2009
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