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Soil health information from our annual classes is included in these videos.
Aerated Composter
Farm manager Randy Pistacchio gives a detailed tour of Long's Iris Gardens' new aerated static pile composter, designed and funded with help from Eco-Cycle.
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Cover Crops IDale Strickler of Green Cover Seed discusses cover crops for the semi-arid Front Range.
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The Disappearing Kochia
Larry Lempka planted cover crops into his field of kochia. The kochia was gone when he harvested the cover crops at season’s end. Larry describes his process.
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Wood Chips on Hay Fields
Bill Howland of Nine Mile Ranch has been applying wood chips to his hay field to improve its soil health. Bill describes his soil testing results and process from 2019-2023.
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Haney Soil Test
Lance Gunderson of Regen Ag Lab explains the Haney soil test.
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Inter-cropping Corn
Zach Thode experimented with inter-planting alfalfa into corn for grazing. Zach describes how his experiment both failed, succeeded, and lessons learned.
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Organic Grain Storage
Dave Asbury of Full Circle Farms describes plans for his organic grain storage facility and the Boulder County Sustainability Grant funding he received for it.
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Lining Irrigation Ditches
3 Silver Lake Ditch board members describe lining 1.5 miles of ditch to maximize water yield.
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Free Grazing for Soil HealthDan Murphy of Boulder Better Wagyu describes how he has increased his grazing acreage by offering to improve his neighbors’ soil in exchange for free grazing on their land.
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Soil Erosion on OSMP
On 3/31/2023, high winds hit Stratton, a Boulder OSMP property purchased for $3.2 million and now occupied by uncontrolled prairie dogs, causing another severe dust storm.
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Cover Crops II4 local CSSHP growers relate their experiences with cover crops on the Front Range.
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Water ConservationJules Van Thuyne discusses water conservation experiments conducted in his cornfield in 2022.
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Livestock Tire Tanks
Jerry DeBruyne describes the advantages and challenges of installing tire water tanks so he can rotationally graze his cattle, with the help of NRCS funding.
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Cover Crops for Pumpkins
Bob Condon discusses successes and failures with cover crops roller crimped for a following pumpkin crop.
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BVLCD Corn Test Plots
Vanessa McCracken and Jules Van Thuyne describe the the Boulder Valley and Longmont Soil Conservation District's test plots in Jules' corn field.
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