Tags: 2019, Curtis Thomsen, Meeting, Season 2018-2019, soil, soil preparation

For our February 2019 event, Curtis Thomsen presented Spring Garden Preparation. Curtis discussed the restoration of properties after the fire, laying out your garden, composting and efficient water usage.

Curtis teaches the principles of composting and vermicomposting as the basis of building good soil for improved yards and gardens by recycling organics generated at home. His mission for 2019 is to also reduce the carbon footprint, bringing the consumer products that are made in the USA. Some of the products he is introducing is made locally right here in California and made from recycled products from Los Angeles and Orange County.

Curtis Thomsen is President of BioContractors, Inc. and an experienced environmental planner and manager with over 28 years total experience, including over 22 years in the solid (recycling, composting, vermi-composting) and hazardous waste management (AB 2464 Hazardous Waste Reduction, Used Oil Programs, HHW recycling, Haz/Mat First Responder) beginning with Mt. St. Helens in 1980.

More recently, Mr. Thomsen worked for the County of Los Angeles implementing the Countywide Smart Gardening Program. For the past 21 years, he has worked on this project that has been educating the public on composting, vermicomposting, grass recycling, water-wise and fire-wise gardening reducing solid waste, improving yards and gardens, teaching Master gardeners, reducing water use and increasing productivity in fruit and vegetable gardens 20 to 200 percent. This outreach program for California residents teaches the public the basics of recycling organics to build a better, sustainable environment at home, while it makes your yard safer for the family.