“Most food plants are annuals that are harvested or go to seed and die, all within one year. When plants are harvested, the mineral nutrients they have absorbed are removed from the soil so it is necessary to amend food garden soil with mineral nutrients at each planting cycle. Mineral nutrients come in a variety of natural forms.” Greater Victoria Compost Education Centre

And one natural form is compost. Learn how composting works to benefit your garden and how to set up your own system, with Alysha Punnett’s: Composting Basics, 10:15 am Feb 15 at Seedy Saturday. 

Photo courtesy of Debbie Gascoyne