Pre-Class Prep Work
If you want to gain the maximum benefit from your investment in the class, complete the four assignments in the document below before the class.
Pre-Class Prepwork Google Doc: Assigments 1 -4
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Supplementary material for Soil Tests (Assignment 4)
Sausage Test
Take a handful of soil. Feel the soil. Is it rough, smooth or sticky? Wet the soil in your hand and try to make a sausage. Then look at the table and decide what kind of soil it is. Sausage Test
Fractional Soil Analysis
Slight more involved test for the scientifically minded. Fractional Soil Analysis
Supplementary Learning Material (After Class)
Recommended Text Book
This is just a recommendation. Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, 2nd Edition. Save our trees and get the Kindle Edition
Supplementary Reading
Try The Truly African Way Of Landscaping
Sources of Indigenous Plants for Highveld Gardens