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# How to heal your soil on an island covered in volcanic ash | INDIE ALASKA
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/indie-alaska/episode/how-to-heal-your-soil-on-an-island-covered-in-volcanic-ash-indie-alaska-jslutn/
- Published: 2024-06-28T20:30:32.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-21T06:34:04.000Z
- Description: In Kodiak, Alaska, Marion Owen is learning how to repair the island's sour soil with compost.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Indie Alaska, Season 13, Episode 5, #ZZZ_Episode_98b188d9-4599-471e-adc0-6a28f543f66f, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_b067a74e-4d91-45e4-9d7b-ab093441ccaf, #v1.16

Marion Owen first observed the many benefits of gardening by watching her mom as a child. Today, Marion lives in Kodiak, Alaska where she is learning how to repair the island's dense, ashy soil through the power of compost to grow the garden paradise of her dreams. INDIE ALASKA is an original video series produced by Alaska Public Media in partnership with PBS Digital Studios.