Increasing Soil Fertility | Volunteer Gardener

Jeff Poppen visits the Pegram Community garden in middle Tennessee and learns the methods they're using to build rich soil. Feeding the decomposers is the main goal of the compost pile, as those mircroorganisms are the key. Cover crops are also used on site. ▬▬ About Volunteer Gardener ▬▬ Produced by Nashville Public Television, Volunteer Gardener features Tennessee gardening experts who share their passion and knowledge with the novice grower as well as the experienced plant enthusiast. NPT’s Volunteer Gardener covers a variety of topics such as home landscape design, organic gardening, plant showcases, community growing opportunities, gardening tips, and regenerative agriculture. ► For more tips and tricks visit: https://www.volunteergardener.org ► Subscribe to Volunteer Gardener’s YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/ytube-vg-npt ► Watch more videos from Volunteer Gardener:    / volunteergardener   ► View full episodes of Volunteer Gardener: https://volunteergardener.org/watch/f... ► Enjoy Volunteer Gardener on any device with the free PBS Video App: https://www.wnpt.org/videoapp ▬▬ About NPT ▬▬ Nashville Public Television, is Middle Tennessee’s & Southern Kentucky’s local PBS station. NPT provides, through the power of traditional television and interactive digital communications, quality educational, cultural and civic experiences that address issues and concerns of the people of the Nashville region, and which thereby help improve the lives of those we serve. WNPT, Nashville's independent nonprofit PBS station, is operated by licensee Nashville Public Television, Inc. ► Learn more about Nashville Public Television: https://www.wnpt.org/ ► Donate: https://www.wnpt.org/donate #gardening #gardeningtips