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Compost & Other Soil Amendments

Is your garden soil not quite what you want it to be? Need to make some improvements? Soil amendments may be a solution. Before making any additions or changes to your soil, its good to know what soil amendments are and how they may work in your soil.
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Benefits of Compost

Compost benefits the garden as well as the environment. Photo: Pixabay.com The process of composting is good for your garden and for the environment. Home composting allows gardeners to recycle organic material while conserving landfill space and reducing reliance on fossil fuel.
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Basics

Build a great foundation of climate-conscious, Earth-friendly gardening principles and knowledge tailored to the needs, climate and conditions of gardens in Marin.
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How To Use Compost

Compost is multi-purpose. It can be used as mulch, topdressing, soil amendment, or as an organic fertilizer. Adding compost to the garden is one of the best ways to improve soil and support plant health.
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Compost Troubleshooting

Use this table to turn around problems you may be encountering with your composting system.
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Compost Systems

The real work of composting is done by a variety of underground inhabitants including earthworms, sowbugs, bacteria, fungi and other micro-organisms. Some you can see, but most you cannot.
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Harvey's Garden, Tiburon

Blackies Pasture Garden in Tiburon (now known as Harveys Garden in honor of former UC Marin Master Gardener Harvey Rogers) was started in March 1995, at the suggestion of the Tiburon Peninsula Foundation, on approximately 0.05-acre in a former parking area.
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Falkirk Demonstration Garden, San Rafael

Help Desk | Events Calendar | Español | Garden Walks | Marin IJ Archive | Leaflet | Edible Demo Garden | Falkirk Garden | Harvey's Garden | Youth Programs | School & Community Gardens | Seed Saving & Sharing | Speakers Bureau | Master Gardener Program  Falkirk …
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cherry tomatoes and raspberries from the Edible Demo Garden at Indian Valley College Novato CA
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Edible Demo Garden

The 2100 sq ft Edible Demonstration Garden at Indian Valley Organic Farm and Garden (IVOFG) in Novato was designed and installed by UC Marin Master Gardeners in 2016 and is a hands-on teaching tool for UC MMG and the public.
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