The Soil Food Web

Speaker: Julie Maurer

February 24, 2009

7:00 p.m.

Co-Hostess: Karin J.

Most gardeners understand the importance of nitrogen, phosphosur, and potassium (NPK) to plant health. But truely healthy plants need more than NPK: they need healthy soil. Healthy soil is full of life, including bacteria, fungi, small "bugs" and earthworms, otherwise known as the Soil Food Web. Julie will discuss the roles many different organisms play in creating healthy soil, and provide some examples of simple steps that gardeners can take to create healthy soil to support healthy plants.