Let’s Get Growing!
Organic, sustainable, regenerative gardening classes, workshops and local resources from Ellen Vande Visse.
Classes & Resources for Gardening & Farming—
Organically & Regeneratively
Welcome to Good Earth Garden School! Here you will find training, products, and valuable information for how to farm and garden using regenerative methods. Topics include organic fertilizers; non-toxic pest management; building healthy soil; composting successfully; raising nutrient-dense vegetables, fruits, and herbs; and carbon farming.
On this site author and teacher Ellen Vande Visse, MS, offers a lifetime of knowledge and experience through courses that combine the science and the spiritual methods of organic growing, as well as a wealth of free resources and helpful products including her popular book, Ask Mother Nature, a Conscious Gardener’s Guide.
Love the Land We Share
Remember & acknowledge that we live and garden in Ahtna Denaina Athabascan country.
We pay our respects to these indigenous custodians and to their Elders past, present and emerging.
Ask Mother Nature: A Conscious Gardener’s Guide
by Ellen Vande Visse, MS
Ask Mother Nature is an Alaskan gardening guide by an Alaskan…in story form. Here is a unique combination of organic gardening guide and a spiritual development manual. The humorous narrative teaches you how to manage soil & pests by directly asking the soil, plants, and pests themselves to co-create harmony with you. Such fun!
Ask Mother Nature is an Alaskan gardening guide by an Alaskan…in story form. Here is a unique combination of organic gardening guide and a spiritual development manual. The humorous narrative teaches you how to manage soil pests by directly asking the soil, plants, and pests themselves to co-create harmony with you. Such fun!
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Actively Aerated Compost Tea is a microbe inoculant with nutrients. It delivers the high microbe diversity and populations that decrease transplant shock, vastly enhance nutrient uptake, decrease the need for irrigation and fertilizers, and combat every kind of plant disease. Click to learn more here— Benefits of Actively Aerated Compost Tea
Ellen is now doing only bulk orders. Please email me at information@goodearthgardenschool.com
For individual gallons, order from the folks who bought my 100 gal brewer at compostTeaOrders@theexperimentalfarmstead.org
They’ll tell you about their brewing dates and pick up locations. I highly recommend their tea!
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Learn step-by-step Alaska backyard composting in this DVD produced in collaboration with Valley Citizens for Recycling Solutions.
ON SALE NOW
Zero in as we actually build a pile, step by step.
Learn how to structure and maintain your heap, using the hot composting method.
See how to remedy problems with your heap.
Discover how to successfully produce high-quality finished compost in 6-8 weeks, even in cold climates.
Written guide included. [3rd Edition | 26 minutes]–Produced by Mollie Boyer, Valley Citizens for Recycling Solutions, in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley, Alaska.
This cold-pressed Norwegian seaweed is an excellent source of trace elements and potassium for seed soak, transplant soak, rooting stimulant, beneficial microbe food, and disease protection for eco- and organic growers. OMRI approved.
Recommended use by the teaspoonful in the garden for mid-season boosts as a spray or drench. Never clogs spray nozzles. The entire package (5.3 oz or 1/3lb) will treat 1 acre. Stores well indefinitely if kept sealed and dry. Directions on package.