Soil Amending Simplified

Am loving this video, I have taken so much on from it. We have a 40 acre farm that's gotten way out of hand, so this vid has helped massively.

Am loving this video, I have taken so much on from it. We have a 40 acre farm that's gotten way out of hand, so this vid has helped massively.

Great video! Lots of useful information. Improving soil is an exciting process that I enjoy. Be well.

Holy moly, this is DEEP! So much information; he's on a whole different level. But I understood some of the information. Thank you.

Soil decompaction sounds a lot like tilling

I have a small (unfortunately) garden of just 25ftx25ft. I’ve been gardening for only 2,5 years and learned a lot from my own experience.
The cheapest and easiest way to bring my soil to life was just 3 ingredients.
1. Compost and leaf mulching (free).
2. Coffee grounds from local coffee shops (free).
3. Epson salt (dirt cheap).

I know you can and probably should do much more than that. But it works for me.And it’s not a “professional” advice. But it’s the easiest way for me due to lack of time (with a full time job and kids) and limited $ resources.

I have never laughed so hard, and then been so amazed by the density of information in a talk. I could watch this 10 times and still be hearing new things in new ways that I hadn't considered before.

Thanks!

"sweet little biscuits" 🤣

no brew time mentioned?

This is all great information; cover crops, broadfork, water management, avoiding compaction, worms.... One thing I would add that helps with all of this is to actually till the soil once a year.
When starting a new growing area or row I would also turn the soil with a subsoiler plow (aka furrow buster), and then add compost and then till.

I am gonna have to watch this again because all I can remember is that there is a tool for measuring penetration :P

THE COLLEGE BOYS DON'T KNOW NEARLY ENOUGH TO TEACH A SMALL FSARMER, WE REALLY KNOW MORE THAN THEY DO.

WE ALL HAVE OUR WAYS, NO ONE WAY IS BEST. HAPPY FARMING...

I have an interest in fungus and it's role. I am trying to take the approach of organics in the soil that increase their presence. Any thoughts?

Beer, thats the key!

Thanks for the info. Maybe you can give me a suggestion on 40 new young evergreen trees I have planted a month ago. We put them in about 5 inches of 100% black turned cow manure compost purchased. I thought this would be great soil. I now notice the soil is very thick and compact after watering or rain and still moist now 2 weeks after last rain. Water is not sitting but soil it is very thick and doesn't seem to dry. Now I am afraid to over water. How can I amend this and will it kill my trees?

Tremendous explanation, watching it twice (or more). Once more from Brazil ty ♥

I'm a home gardener with no real interest in making a business of it. But I love the living pathways. I currently use woodchips and your rights .. it isn't kind to knees. This spring I think I'm going for chamomile, creeping thyme, clover and maybe a few others.

Can I come do an unpaid internship for you?? Maybe someday 😏
-someone who’s changed given their life to this amazing cause for 8 years, years of intensive therapy and very high emotional intelligence and patience. Any farmers out west, I would gladly give you my hard work for a little tinge of your experience ❤️ I love my families farm but realllly need a hand honing in and organizing everything I’ve learned in a cohesive way.

Please make the Living Soil Handbook as an Audiobook.

I intentionally grow weeds when I have a troublesome weed that keeps coming back.
I will do a chop and drop of those weeds since they are growing back due to a deficiency in the soil that the weeds are attempting to amend and restore.
Once the weeds amend the soil by adding whatever was deficit in the top soil they stop growing.
I will also designate areas to growing certain weeds and harvesting the foliage after they produce seed and compost the biomass for use in other areas of the garden.
It may sound a bit crazy but my main garden beds produce very little weed growth by doing this.

Thanks for the info Just Subscribed and bought a copy of your book from your website.

The rebar in soil trick reminds me of using a toothpick in baking. Not that I bake. Or even farm, for that matter. Incidentally, broad forking sounds like something from the dark web. But I digress..

pH <= 6 will hinder nutrient update in many veggies

It’s amazing to see God’s creation at work and the glory is apparent every time I step foot in a garden. Thank you for the time and effort you put into your content. Every video is well thought out and informative. I will continue to pray for you and your family.

Hi .. sir how control of rote, fungal disease and pest control in my back yard vegetable garden? ❤

A Saudi agronomist wrote a paper on the different pH of biochar depending on the parameter of burning temperature, although of course other factors also affect pH. But basically hot burning over 800 C produces alkaline char, and cooler in region of 450 is more acidic. So I'm wondering if air temperature oxidation (or cold composting) as with leaf mold produces stable amorphous carbon that is the most acidic ?

I heard recently about biocyclic humus soil. Its involved with a vegan certification system that avoids any use of large animal manure. In essence hot composted windrows once ripe are planted with vegetables to refine the compost for a further five years to form 'Humus soil'. The vegetables grow in pure compost. The theory is that amorphous carbon or humus is produced by the plant's interaction with soil and this makes the soil permanently fertile, with yields four times higher than those produced by chemical fertilizers. I'm not concerned with the scalability of this as I'm just a gardener, but the idea of permanently fertile soil without animal inputs intrigues me. Many say it is impossible. I have mixed experience in my own garden. On the one hand the best lasagna beds with manure added don't last that long, but plants have a a wonderful mutually beneficial effect. Plants love plants. I focus my experimentation in the space between the old theory of competition for nutrients and light and the glaringly obvious mutuality. Exclusively being guided by either end of the spectrum is not effective. We have to get into detail and specifics and some people say plant companionship rules are unscientific bunkum. So much to learn, but in a nutshell, we're only at the beginning of truly understanding the power of plants in creating fertility.

Dr. Elaine Ingham teaches how the aerobic microorganisms can not only amend the nutrients, also break up compaction creating a healthy soil sponge that holds water for longer even year round! Her Foundation Courses are so easy a child could learn it and teaches more then a collage course!

Mantap bapak Bule😁🙏🤣

Remember sand can compact too.. I feel like here in south Florida we seem to overlook that and just focus on our over abundant drainage , high pH and lack of basically any nutrient other than phosphorus.

Amazing! I am starting my small 5k sq ft garden soon, on my own on a compressed land that hasn't been touched for at least 10 years, and this channel helped me a lot, lot.

Subscribed and liked video. Thank you for the truth about gardening!!! Also I will support on other platforms if you give Jesus >2 hours of your time. Great way to do that is watch a movie called “Case for Christ”.. I heard you mention something about us evolving from sea to land and I would love for you to hear a good argument for Jesus, what He said when he walked this earth, and all He has to offer us.

I know you’re a man of truth ! Keep up the great videos, brother! My gardens are doing great because of em’

The consumed a lot of beer part!! A + had to subscribe! 😎

No problem with the length of the video. As long as you keep on with the rational, reasonable sounding tone, and provide additional, possibly accurate and useful information, you can talk all day long, and I'll still watch!

Thanks for the great effort(s)!

I've grown tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers every year for a lot of years (30+). I've grown other things from herb gardens to potatoes to turnips, but I am no expert. I have found a formula that works for me: compost most important - next leaf mold, therefore I have both compost piles and dry leaf only piles. After these two, 3rd, never walk in rows (compact soil once fluffed) 3ft minimum of no compaction. Raised beds solve this issue and I both ground grow and have raised beds. Once you got these down, feed soil with organic plant food and 10-10-10 fertilizer, a micro nutrient supplement, and humic acid, and gypsum. I also add bio-char and wood ash and homemade liquid fertilizers and microbe solutions. I seldom spray for bugs because marigolds rock. If I must spray, I use habanero pepper spray. The seldom times that's not enough, garden season is over for me. Don't want harsh pesticides in the food or soil. Mulch once plant break ground. That'll save on watering. That's about all I do. It's a lot but it's not that much and totally worth it.

What is the red headed plant please?

Graeme sait worth a listen

"Yes I do think the beer was essential...is that not science?" LOL

Tremendous explanation, thank you man. These are the folks I want to buy all my produce from.

This video was SO HELPFUL! Thank you, so much.

Good job 👍

💡Fungus! If you're growing veggies, you have a compost program, and you're trying to be self sustainable, it's just too darn easy to have 2-3 edible mushrooms flushing a few times a year. They are such good helpers for all the things mentioned here!
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U do a great job at explaining what Indo not know
I started watching u more. And u know so much that is other my head will catch up
Sir your jokes is what got me hooked on just watching u
Thank u for your time and effort
Need that looks like a big fork. That u ride in the first it looks fun
Thank u for your time and effort
U have a lot of knowledge
May not understand everything
But excited to do what I am learning from u
I caught the joke on beer
U are super funny in a subtle way
Makes me listen closer
I have acreage
I love growing things
God Bless u and your family
U r just plain good entertainment love it

If you really like beer, why don’t you tell us how to grow barley and hops?