RESOURCES
Factsheets
Curious about composting or organic food growing methods? We’ve got factsheets to cover all of your bases!
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#22 Container Gardening
This factsheet is a primer on getting you started growing healthy, abundant food and flowers in containers, paying special attention to types and sizes of pots, good quality soil, and choosing the right varieties of seed/plants to grow in containers.
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#23 Gardening for Renters
This factsheet addresses a few of the barriers renters face to growing food so more tenants can build food security and support urban ecology.
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#24 Grow Your Own Food
Learn how to build the best soil, the easiest and most productive plants to grow, and how to care for your plants through the growing season.
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#26 Multi-Family Dwelling Composting Options
Learn about ways to divert organic matter from the landfill and recycle this nutrient-rich resource in an on-site small-scale composting device.
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#27 Boulevard Gardening
Learn how to increase local biodiversity, through gardening on public land with boulevard gardens!
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#28 Yard-Free Composting
There are many ways to manage your organic waste without a traditional backyard composting system. This factsheet will give you detailed information on curbside collection in the CRD, worm composting, electric countertop composters, and tumbler composters.
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#30 DIY Greenhouse
Learn how to build a fairly simple and cheap Greenhouse.
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#31 Three Bin Composter Plans
Learn a fairly easy and fair cheap way to build a 3-bin Composting System using pallets.