Video Resources
-
Backyard Composting 101 (June 2020) for Springfield Town Library
-
Regenerative Agriculture for the Home Gardener for 350Vermont (April 14, 2020)
-
Event 1 of the Climate and Community Resilience: Lessons from the Soil Series: Earth's Systems: Foundations of Energy and Matter (March 22, 2020) -Cat's presentation starts at around 53 minutes in
Paper Resources
GMWL believes in the open sharing of information to increase our collective knowledge. Together we can learn how to grow more (food and soil) and waste less (of everything!). The following collection of resources are free to download.
Please respect the Notice for Use of this Guide:
SHARE AND SHARE ALIKE
Please use these resources liberally.
Please give credit to whoever made the documents if that is clear.
Please do not use these to make money.
Contact Cat Buxton at cat@growmorewasteless.com if
you have questions or trouble accessing any documents.
Thank you for helping to spread knowledge!
From Grow More, Waste Less and Others
Take Action to Build the Soil Sponge
Justice
From Others
Regenerative Agriculture and Climate Justice
Center for Grassroots Organizing
Soil
From Grow More, Waste Less and Others
Compost
From Grow More, Waste Less and Others
Composting: Educators Shared Drive
Compost with Cat and the University of Vermont Extension Master Gardeners
Build a Healthy and Active Backyard Compost
Gardening Tips
From Grow More, Waste Less
Deadheading Flowers and Cutting Back Plants
Harvesting Tips for Common Garden Fruits and Vegetables
Vermont Native Plants that Attract Beneficial Insects, By Bloom is a sample of Vermont native plants that are a high value to pollinators and beneficial insects, arranged by bloom time. The list is by no means complete. It is intended as a helpful tool in choosing common native plants that can provide a full season of blooms attractive to beneficial insects.
From Others
Common Garden Weeds from Green Mountain Farm-to-School
Growing Raspberries from Johnny’s Selected Seeds
Seed Planting Chart from FEDCO
Bug Tips
From Grow More, Waste Less
From Others
Bad Bugs at a Glance from Cedar Circle Farm
School Gardens
From Grow More, Waste Less
School Garden Harvest Tracker Form
School Garden Safety Rules and Tips
School Garden Annual Planning Calendar
Theme Gardens
From Grow More, Waste Less
From Others
Theme Garden Ideas from The New York Botanical Gardens
For more information about these ideas:
Vermont Healthy Soils Coalition
Visual Soils Assessment Guide from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
