Tom Bartels – 5 Essentials To Jumpstart Your Food Garden This Year

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Big Ideas & Takeaways:

• The three types of Soil Prep: Double Dig, Broadfork, and No-till, and which is the best for you?
• Learn proper timing for veggie seedlings to maximize plant growth.
• Discover the secret to pest free gardening.
• Only weed ONCE per season when you learn the magic of plant spacing!
• Why you should use compost as mulch.

About the Speaker:

Tom Bartels lives in Durango, CO at 6400 feet of elevation where he grows 1000 lbs of organic food during the 130-day season at his home each year. He’s been using biointensive methods since 2001, and shows others how to do the same, regardless of where they live or the size of their garden. He created Growfoodwell.com to help people learn how to use a natural systems approach to increase nutritional density per square foot while reducing labor. Tom has been an environmental educator for over 25 years and advocates an accelerated transition to organics and local food models for multiple benefits.