Is your soil ready for winter?

Is your soil ready for winter?
Learn how to assess soil structure and health
using in-field tools

Good soil structure is essential to healthy, productive soil, and managing winter rain. Aggregate stability and infiltration tell us a lot about soil structure—especially erosion resistance, water storage capacity, root growth, and soil productivity. Using a simple in-field test, you can evaluate the condition of soil aggregates.

Bring a handful of soil to see how it does, or better yet, bring multiples to compare soils.(preferably dried)

In this workshop, you will:
•Learn to assess aggregate stability using slake and slump tests comparing soils from different management practices with Kabir Zahangir, Regional Soil Health Specialist, NRCS
•Conduct aggregate stability tests with your soil (All)
•Learn to assess soil infiltration with Kabir Zahangir
•Get updated on regional benchmarks for soil health (Margaret Lloyd and Lindsey Kelley, UCCE)
•Hear from experienced growers Scott Park (Park Farming Organics) and Andrew Brait (Full Belly Farm) on how they assess soil health on their farm.

Questions? Contact Margaret Lloyd, UCCE Small Farms Advisor, 530-564-8642

This workshop is organized in association with the Organic Growers Think Tank of Yolo/Solano/Sacramento Counties

Lunch provided, Register here to reserve your lunch