Organic Fertilizers and Soil Amendments

This hands-on working lab takes place in the Grateful Tomato Garden where students will incorporate the necessary and appropriate organic fertilizers and amendments into one of the in-ground beds of Wasatch Community Gardens’ Youth Program to prepare it for the May tomato planting. Students will get hands-on experience calculating the correct amount of nitrogen and other materials to add and on working those amendments into the soil. We’ll be out in the garden and getting dirty in this working lab, so gardening clothes, gloves, a water bottle, hat and sunscreen are in order! You may wish to bring a hand towel or bandanna as well, for drying off after you rinse your hands in the well at the end of class. Let’s prep this bed together so that you go home knowing just what to do in your own garden for the best possible veggies this summer!