The first week of December is California Healthy Soils Week. To help "celebrate" the occasion, I was asked to give a lecture on some tips to keep your garden soil healthy. If you're the type that likes to watch videos, then you can watch the recording. (It's about 1 hour, including the questions at the end.)

If you're like me and like to get the short, bullet-point version, here it is.

Dustin's Healthy Soil Tips:

• Know your native soil (Try this link!)
• Make permanent paths
• Treat beds like beds: don't stand or walk in them and keep them covered—with mulch
• Add organic materials like compost
• Rotate crops; be sure to include cover crops
• Till gently; here's an article to learn more

Originally published on the Backyard Gardener blog (Dec. 16, 2020): 
https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=44434