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Understanding Your Soil Better - How to test and feed your garden soil before planting.Tuesday, May 6th from 6:30pm - 8:30pm.
Location: Northern Roots Market Garden - 5030-57th Street in Yellowknife
In this workshop you will learn how to test your soil, how to read the pH and three of the main nutrients nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium (N-P-K). You will learn how to enhance your soil so you can grow better and healthier food plants.
This workshop is facilitated by local market garden growers Lone Sorensen (Northern Roots) and Jocelyn Apps (Yellowknife Urban Farm) and will take place outside in the Northern Roots Market Garden at 5030-57th Street in Yellowknife.
Once you have registered you will receive instructions on how to collect your soil sample to bring for the workshop.
A soil test kit with 40 tests (10 of each set) is included in the registration fee of $48 (includes GST)
This workshop is a part of “Transform Your Yard into a Food Garden” stand alone sessions open to the all Yellowknife and surrounding area citizens. This program is made possible through the City of Yellowknife’s commitment to the Agriculture Strategy GROW initiative.
If you are facing financial constraints, you can contact Trent Dundas, EDO at the City of Yellowknife to apply for “access for all”
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5030 57th St, Yellowknife, NT X1A 1Y4, Canada
