Soil Blocking

125 Clydesdale Ct,Grass Valley CA 95945

25 June, 2022

Description

Eliot Coleman writes in his book New Organic Grower...... "It's always satisfying to find a technique that is simpler, more effective, and less expensive than what existed before." For the production of transplants, the "soil block" meets those criteria. Leo has used soil blocks to grow his starts since he met Elliot Coleman at the Sierra Harvest Sustainability conference. He will get you excited and comfortable with pressing out perfect blocks for your little babies. Join him on Saturday the 24th of June to learn the in's and out's of this great system. About the instructor-Leo has been growing some of his own food most of his life. In 2000 Leo found his passion, farming, and went on to start and co found Living Lands Agrarian Network, which is now called Sierra Harvest. Harmony Valley Farm is located minutes from Nevada City. Using a "no till" system, we produce a variety of perennial and annual fruits, veggies and flowers. Incorporating various animals in a rotational grazing system. Increasing fertility and closing nutrient cycles as much as possible.