1. Compost: Getting The Good Dirt Presented by: Vynnie The GardenerPhoenixpermaculture.org602.770.1613 terrafirmaaz@yahoo.com Composting (Getting the Good Dirt)

2. Compost: Getting The Good Dirt Presented by: Vynnie The GardenerPhoenixpermaculture.org602.770.1613 terrafirmaaz@yahoo.com What you’ll learn about in this workshop… ? ? ?

3. Compost: Getting The Good Dirt Presented by: Vynnie The GardenerPhoenixpermaculture.org602.770.1613 terrafirmaaz@yahoo.com What is compost? Compost is: BUG FOOD!!!

4. Compost: Getting The Good Dirt Presented by: Vynnie The GardenerPhoenixpermaculture.org602.770.1613 terrafirmaaz@yahoo.com Kitchen veggie scraps Lawn clippings Tree leaves Cardboard packaging Junk mail What can be composted? Dryer lint Spent tree fruit Shredded tree branches Shredded documents Pet hair

5. Compost: Getting The Good Dirt Presented by: Vynnie The GardenerPhoenixpermaculture.org602.770.1613 terrafirmaaz@yahoo.com …and still more of what can be composted

6. Compost: Getting The Good Dirt Presented by: Vynnie The GardenerPhoenixpermaculture.org602.770.1613 terrafirmaaz@yahoo.com What not to compost? Meat product Junk mail Dryer lint Spent tree fruit Shredded tree branches Shredded documents Pet hair

7. Compost: Getting The Good Dirt Presented by: Vynnie The GardenerPhoenixpermaculture.org602.770.1613 terrafirmaaz@yahoo.com Why do you compost? ? ? ?

8. Compost: Getting The Good Dirt Presented by: Vynnie The GardenerPhoenixpermaculture.org602.770.1613 terrafirmaaz@yahoo.com Why should we compost? Compost provides organic garden nutrients Compost controls waste from landfill Compost creates a closed loop system at home

9. Compost: Getting The Good Dirt Presented by: Vynnie The GardenerPhoenixpermaculture.org602.770.1613 terrafirmaaz@yahoo.com How do we make compost? Nitrogen (live material / green material) Carbon (dead material / brown material) Water (H2O / agua) Air (ya know, air…)

10. Compost: Getting The Good Dirt Presented by: Vynnie The GardenerPhoenixpermaculture.org602.770.1613 terrafirmaaz@yahoo.com How do we use compost? Mulch in the garden Nourishing edibles

11. Compost: Getting The Good Dirt Presented by: Vynnie The GardenerPhoenixpermaculture.org602.770.1613 terrafirmaaz@yahoo.com Composting methods: pile layer tumbler natural

12. Compost: Getting The Good Dirt Presented by: Vynnie The GardenerPhoenixpermaculture.org602.770.1613 terrafirmaaz@yahoo.com

13. Compost: Getting The Good Dirt Presented by: Vynnie The GardenerPhoenixpermaculture.org602.770.1613 terrafirmaaz@yahoo.com Questions??