Mulch around your shade trees breaks down to amazing soil that makes them thrive.

Chip Drop  helping arborists get rid of wood chips and cheap mulch for gardeners.

View your yard/garden as a system.  Putting systems in place to get healty soil, letting nature do the work.

Don’t de-thatch.  It acts as organic compost for the seasons.

Using chickens to thatch and fertilize naturally.

Urban Farm for classes and other info on growing your garden and trees.

If you’re gonna plant something, plant what you love or like to eat.

Planting on the east side of your house is the best for shade in the afternoon.

Plant herbs.  Easy, cheaper to grow.  Expensive to buy.

Discussion on hydroponic and aquaponic gardens.

Growing healthy soil:  dirt, air space, water, organic matter (compost, potting mix), and everything live in the soil (worms, ants, micro organisms)

Wood chips placed on top.  Wood chips are not compost.

Organic matter with jump start your garden.  Adds life to soil, retains water, insulated the space around the garden.

Greg describes a garden he set up for his friend Perry.  Shows how inexpensive it was to set up.