Climate Smart Garden Soils

1227 Corporate Center Drive,Oconomowoc WI 53066

13 February, 2023

Description

Climate Smart Garden Soils Climate change represents a major challenge to our horticultural endeavors with its extremes in temperature and precipitation. Heathy soil can reduce the impacts on our plants by buffering the extremes, allowing plants to produce closer to their potential than possible on soil not intentionally managed. This session will examine recent growing season conditions in southeast Wisconsin portending future challenges, discuss key soil health indicators included in the Cornell Soil Health Scorecard, and offer tips to improve the indicators to improve overall soil function to meet the challenges of climate change. Jim Stute is an independent research agronomist from East Troy and works to develop best practices for crop and soil management in regenerative systems which he uses on his own farm. He holds graduate degrees in agronomy from UW-Madison and is a Certified Crop Advisor. ***We request a $5 donation at the door to support the costs of this presentation. This is a program of the Permaculture and Gardening Group of the Waukesha County Green Team.