Seems they are both right. Soil microbiology is essential, plant cover crops essential. I recently learned, from the SFW team, that AM fungi requires roots to stay present in the soil, so therefore something growing in the soil at all times is essential to maintain certain types of fungi. So much to learn.
I think of anyone who stands alone, as a single person, and goes against Big Ag as a hero. For that reason Elaine's always been hero of mine as well. No one's stood taller in the face of Big Ag than her imho 😇
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@@soilfoodwebschool thank you so much guys! I really appreciate that! Iv wanted to take Elaine’s courses for over seven years now. Iv been devouring every snippet of information available online since it was available. Her teaching absolutely has changed my life. My gardening style and understanding is a direct result of learning ( indirectly) from her teaching. My land is thriving now and was sick over a year ago. I have not had the money to do the courses but it’s ok, I expect it will happen someday. I’m currently doing The online permaculture student course with Matt Powers. He was kind enough to sponsor me to do the course. I’m a huge fan and can I please take this opportunity to thank you from the bottom of my heart.. When I put into practice your work it was an incredible experience and things have never been the same.. A similar experience to learning from Paul Stamets work. It’s all paradigm shifting. I read the Jeff Lowenfels trilogy too thanks to the change. It’s hard for me to express in a comment. I know you guys know.. I watch nearly everything and attend as many of your webinar’s as possible. I had the idea years ago to do the course and offer consultation here seeing in advance what was coming but the universe had a slightly different path for me. I know you understand. Deep gratitude for Elaine and all you guys. Sending love 😁🌱💚🙏✨🍄🪱🐝🐛🐞🪰🪲🐌🦗
Thank you for posting. I am a new home gardener in San Antonio trying to stay organic and sustainable from the beginning. Right now I’m working on replacing my Bermuda/st Augustine lawn with prairie grasses.
I don't doubt that understanding physics will help many biologist in future which is why I would want my daughter to learn from Dr. Shiva and Dr. Elaine 🙏
Talk about COVID and its impact on global supply chain, I'm in rural South Africa, some war in far away eastern Europe has just doubled my input costs. Can't sustain that, I'm going with mother nature.
Our promotion is still available if you email us at info@soilfoodweb.com! Understanding how soil biology works to grow your crops with really help you work with mother nature!
Also in RSA. I think we need a good eco school for smallholders. The Regenerative Agric website suggests the big commercial farms are moving that way, but am not sure regen approaches are applied much in smallholder sector. Where are u based Ntate? Am in Limpopo
@@christopherburman3340 Limpopo, me too. Vuwani area, next to Levubu. Yes in my circles there's very little consciousness of regenerative agriculture. The eco school idea I find very interesting.
Great presentation! And it came at just the right time for me, as I was peering through my microscope at some soil samples! I took the foundation courses a couple of years ago. Last year we started making compost and doing microscopy on our small farm in MN. Now this year we'll be making compost extract and applying it to our fields. Dad and I were actually just finishing up the design for an in-furrow liquid application system we'll be putting on our corn planter. The goal is to have a flexible system that I can move between several implements, so I can apply extract when planting cash crops, cover crops, interseeding etc. We're even repurposing an old chisel plow, outfitting it with some slim knives that can inject compost extract below the soil surface with minimal disturbance, for instances where we can't put it on with a planter. It's a really exciting time to be doing this work! Big thanks to Elaine and everyone at the Soil Food Web School, and to guys like Ray, Gabe Brown, Rick Clark, Allan Williams, Dave Brandt and a whole host of others who are working hard to get the word out about regenerative practices! I couldn't name them all if I tried, but it sure is nice to be in good company.
Incredible presentation! We need to get this education to our farmers across the country. We can tolerate weather extremes if we take care of the soil first.
God it's so refreshing to hear you say these things ray. All life is conected from the biologyies smallest to the largest lifeforms. One doesnt survive longtetm without the other. its a shame the state of education these days. I agree with every aproach you state and discuss. Nature's archetypes are always going to be the right path. Thank you to all like minded peoples
Interesting and very good. I just want to say one thing. If the biology in the soil is restored, lots of natural perennials will grow, and may be a good soil cover.
The algae blooms in the river I live on this spring... had two big thunderstorms that must have washed all the nutrients from the tilled farms right into the river. 😪 Large river, about a mile wide, salt water, with tides... and these algae were covering everything and grew 4 foot towers everywhere! Was like a city of algae.
@@soilfoodwebschool Massachusetts, the rivers doing a good job clearing it out, almost gone, I can see the oysters again! going to have to wait awhile to eat em though 🙁water was super clear until start of april and was eating a few all winter!
24:58 requires management knowledge, experience, and more .I been trying to use your method since i heard you at holton and elsewhere. Todays info is ost informative yet.. THANKS FOR YOUR CONTINUING EDUCATION AND INFORMATION ON/THIS TOPIC OF REGENERATIVE FARMING, IF I MAY DESCRIBE IT THAT WAY. SEEMS EASY TO MAKE MISTAKES INSTEAD OF SUCCESS. THANKS AGAIN FOR TODAY'S IN DEPTH UPDATE.
.....THANKS, VERY MUCH, FOR ALL OF THIS INCREDIBLY COMPELLING, INFORMATION, BASED ON THE LATEST, CUTTING EDGE SOIL-BIOLOGY RESEARCH, AND PRACTICAL, REAL WORLD EXAMPLES!!...I'LL BUYMYSELF A MICROSCOPE, AND START LEARNING WHATEVER I CAN!!!... THIS IS THE MOST AWESOME "LIFE-SCIENCE"!!!!
Muy buena presentacion y debate. Espero y deseo profundamente ser parte de esta red de conocimiento y que podamos la gente de habla hispana aprender y divulgar estos conocimientos
Ray: Ever done a search for 'abandoned farmland' or composite risk indicator of farmland abandonment? What type of business opportunity could seize this abandoned farmland and regenerate it for everyones profit?
I missed the Live Feed, however, truly appreciate all this information and validation regarding what " we are all attempting...,and have set our focus to do. "This is so very important!!!
Rippers like the Yeomans ripper (as they don't turn the soil over) is an excellent first amendment if they are used to merely break through and break apart the hard pan that existed. 'No till' can resume when the dirt has a fighting chance of becoming soil.
In a world of academics, it becomes apparent that spiritual mindsets are required for understanding the web of life beneath our feet, that sustains us.
@Dr, Froghopper could not agree with you more. There is a wealth of wonderful presentation here: www.soilregensummitcollection.com/ You may find presentations by John D. Liu, Sadhguru, and Dr. Vandana Shiva of particular interest.
Im 77 yrs old ,i had to sell my farm because i was ignorant of all this wonderfull new soil biology, Damn i wish i was joung again and could have farmed with this revelation. I gave up farming when my soils and bank manager said enough is enough, to the next generation god speed go get em like Gabriel
While you're conversations are interesting, they seem to cover the same topics over and over. Bacteria, fungi, nematodes, protozoa... Geological aggregates, sand, silt, clay... Could you show some actual transformation/ demonstration videos, picture slideshows or something. Don't your consultants visit farms pretty regularly maybe you could do some before and after demonstrations.
I think that is the point. Like he said they are trying to change mindsets and the producers have to think. Most farmers don’t think anymore they let the agronomist and coop do the farms thinking and is it any wonder the biggest checks we write is to those same places.
Happy Mother Earth Day! I definitely think those two should be combined, Mother's Day and Earth Day. It just makes sense. And then, make it a celebration every day. Kinda like y'all are doing! Thanks for your awesome content.
What about soils that are naturally very low in organic matter? Such as calcareous soils that are present in Pakistan's Punjab region. The organic content is less than 0.5% in most soils.
Your question is addressed in other lectures on this topic and also the topic "permaculture" where there is an attempt to transform non-organic soil so it supports plant life. In some cases people have introduced organic matter like compost... It doesn't take much to get the process started but can be critical to how quick the transformation happens (counted in seasons). And, the process is started using only certain types of plants that can survive in very minimal conditions like grasses. Eventually with each season a new type of plant is supported in the soil.
It's time scientists and non-Indigenous leaders who say wise things like "all is one, its all about relationship and connectedness" that in the same breath they acknowledge that this is the essence of Indigenous being and worldview. We have always known this. Its time for reconciliation in the food system and Indigenous leadership.
Hola saludos desde Panamá no o hablo inglés pero te Vi por primera vez en un programa, besa el suelo muy bien programa y todo lo que explicaste y los demás personajes duros y que sigan creciendo está forma de pensar y trabajar
I’m in NM, on severely, dead, until recently, abused geological dirt. I’m wanting to make soil. I’m on 1.25 acres. I have a LOT of work to do. I’m desert, 5000’ elevation, 200’ above the Rio Grande, zone 7a.
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I'm sorry I was unable to be a part of this when it happened but I would like to interject a comment. Talking about mindset is very important and one analogy given was that of a bank account. Saying that most farmers and ranchers have the bank account mentality. If that mindset could be changed to a high return investment account mentality it would be more successful. Truth be told if we are improving the soil a little each year through limited inputs we will find that because of the soil life improvements of microbiology our investments are greatly increased and we get massive returns!!! There are different ways of making these investments!! But the returns will be very good!! The longer these minor investments are made the greater the returns!!!
Good Morning! We are farmers from North India. We would surely want to join the course, but it should be affordable, your currency is 80+ times more expensive. I would appretiate, if you could find a way out. Thanks.
So much of these instructions are clearly taught on the web. I hope you find your way. I want to add that Indian farmers are heroic. You blew our minds with your actions.
How do you plant small seeded crops into high residue from cover crops if you dont turn it in?if you turn it in,how is it considered regenerative?I hear leave the soil alone,and plant cover crops,but if you use mulch,it takes tons of it every year...for even a small garden
Shade. Plant in shallow ditches. Capture water. Is there any nitrogen fixing trees or hardy desert trees and shrubs? Also straw or leaves or grass or wood chips as a ground cover. If any of that allows survival of trees and shrubs then maybe plant annuals in between rows of trees and shrubs. Likely irrigation would be required. Its possible that animals and perennial grasses in a tree Savannah grassland is more achievable than growing annuals.
You definitely have it rough there with so little rain. You need drought tolerant plants and trees. Mesquite trees are valuable once you get them established. Cereal rye is a valuable crop that can tolerate poor soil and somewhat dry conditions if you plant it cooler temperatures like Fall and through Winter. Raising livestock and making sure you have a healthy dung beetle population will be an enormous help. If you can't afford to have animals or don't want to spend time on raising them then look around for free manure, leaves and scrap wood/mulch in your area. Rabbits are an excellent animal to raise for a small property and require very little input.
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Hi. I have a plot of land that went through a stage or grasses..the grasses died and its now comlletely covered in vines. I want to plant a crop there. What will better match this stage in succession? Peppers/ tomatoes or watermelon?
I am not sure what to think now. I got fascinated by Ruth Stout's method or Back to Eden gardening or Charles Dowding - where vegetables are being grown on the heavily mulched beds (hay, wood chips, pure compost). Whole plots are for example covered with hay/straw, which you constantly resupply, and you uncover only where you put vegetable seeds/seedlings. Do you tell me now that these methods are missing big in some way? By not constantly growing cover crops everywhere? Is the heavily mulched ground, without cover crops, weak in soil biology?
In my opinion they are missing out. This opinion is informed by small scale, commercial farming using no-dig methods and, increasingly, adding diverse cover crops (and as the weed pressure diminished, going in with polyculture cash crops). While covering the soil with a mulch undoubtably produces great crops, you do have to resupply everything on an ongoing basis. Also I noticed quite early on that the root systems of the vegetables, even the ones that grow for a "long" time (60+ days in the garden) rarely ventured far from the compost layer. There was a noticeable lack of aggregation and root penetration. Enter cover crops and I can dig down to my elbow in well aggregated soil with my bare hands. Of course, my soil is 69% sand and 13% clay according to a near infrared soil test so that helps explain the digging. The NIR test is not as great as a Haney test (or the direct observation like Elaines, though I've had my soil looked at by a student of hers), but it does measure soil carbon and biology indirectly. I built up to 16% soil organic matter (9,3% carbon) in a matter of years using mulches and integrating cover crops in a market garden. The benefits of diverse living roots for a long period of time is so clear. However, integrating that with intensive market gardening can be a challenge. Especially if you aren't careful with the species you bring to the table and like to try things :) I think there is room for a hybrid approach between the deep mulches and diversity. The SFW School's push for perennial covers is also very interesting and I'd say if people can really figure that out it's going to be the future.
This is a great question, and Joshua's offers lovely advice! You are also welcome to email us your question to info@soilfoodweb.com, and one of our science team members will do their best to answer with the SFW Approach in mind.
@@lorettarussell3235 I've used a wide variety of cover crops. Different mixes of clovers, sainfoin, alfalfa, phacelia, buckwheat, forage rye, various turnips and radishes, mustards, vetch, winter cereals like oats, triticale, and barley, two kind of millet, sunflowers, flax, forage kales, and chicory. I've mixed and matched and remixed over time depending on the conditions and what I want to achieve. I've always had lots of diversity because many of those came in pre made mixes. I've even added veggies and herbs that I have extra seed of, for example dill and coriander. After five years of using the covers I bought when I started I'm just now getting to the bottom of the bags, say 80kg total seed I purchased. It was rather expensive at the time, but at the end of these years of use it was totally worth the investment. Growing veggies means higher revenue and eventually decent profit margins so "expensive" species in the mix are affordable in my context.
Twenty nine hundred dollars. Dang I'm just a prepper, tho. Not a commercial farmer. I can afford some trial and error. That stick and rope crimper was hella cool, Ray. I think the quantum stuff was a bit off. Information still can't travel any distance "immediately". Speed of light still applies, even with quantums. It's not *that* spooky.
I'm shocked to see cows grazing in land intended to grow crops for human consumption. My question would be how do you avoid infecting the soil and subsequent crops with salmonella, listeria, e.coli, et al? Are the animals tested for disease? I would think that if the crops are tested, that's too late. You want to prevent the introduction of malevolent viruses and bacteria from gaining a foothold rather than dealing with a discovered problem later. In a controlled environment like a worm bin, you're raising predators that feed on all bacteria including malevolent so the problem is less likely to occur given enough time for the worm population to process all the material in the bin. But in an open field, I don't know that you'd have a natural population sufficient to process material to ensure all harmful bacteria have been consumed leaving only naturally occurring bacteria which are generally all beneficial. I'm speculating but perhaps in fields where there are also farmed animals, maybe only specific crops low in water content would be grown that would be less likely to support colonies of malevolent bacteria?
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Seems they are both right. Soil microbiology is essential, plant cover crops essential. I recently learned, from the SFW team, that AM fungi requires roots to stay present in the soil, so therefore something growing in the soil at all times is essential to maintain certain types of fungi. So much to learn.
Just signed up for this class last week & am absolutely ecstatic! Many voices here have been personal heroes for a long time. Thank you all!
I think of anyone who stands alone, as a single person, and goes against Big Ag as a hero. For that reason Elaine's always been hero of mine as well. No one's stood taller in the face of Big Ag than her imho 😇
agreed! 🥰💚🙏🍄
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@@soilfoodwebschool thank you so much guys! I really appreciate that! Iv wanted to take Elaine’s courses for over seven years now. Iv been devouring every snippet of information available online since it was available. Her teaching absolutely has changed my life. My gardening style and understanding is a direct result of learning ( indirectly) from her teaching. My land is thriving now and was sick over a year ago. I have not had the money to do the courses but it’s ok, I expect it will happen someday. I’m currently doing The online permaculture student course with Matt Powers. He was kind enough to sponsor me to do the course. I’m a huge fan and can I please take this opportunity to thank you from the bottom of my heart.. When I put into practice your work it was an incredible experience and things have never been the same.. A similar experience to learning from Paul Stamets work. It’s all paradigm shifting. I read the Jeff Lowenfels trilogy too thanks to the change. It’s hard for me to express in a comment. I know you guys know.. I watch nearly everything and attend as many of your webinar’s as possible. I had the idea years ago to do the course and offer consultation here seeing in advance what was coming but the universe had a slightly different path for me. I know you understand. Deep gratitude for Elaine and all you guys. Sending love 😁🌱💚🙏✨🍄🪱🐝🐛🐞🪰🪲🐌🦗
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Thank you for posting. I am a new home gardener in San Antonio trying to stay organic and sustainable from the beginning. Right now I’m working on replacing my Bermuda/st Augustine lawn with prairie grasses.
I don't doubt that understanding physics will help many biologist in future which is why I would want my daughter to learn from Dr. Shiva and Dr. Elaine 🙏
Talk about COVID and its impact on global supply chain, I'm in rural South Africa, some war in far away eastern Europe has just doubled my input costs. Can't sustain that, I'm going with mother nature.
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Go for it!
Also in RSA. I think we need a good eco school for smallholders. The Regenerative Agric website suggests the big commercial farms are moving that way, but am not sure regen approaches are applied much in smallholder sector. Where are u based Ntate? Am in Limpopo
@@christopherburman3340 Limpopo, me too. Vuwani area, next to Levubu. Yes in my circles there's very little consciousness of regenerative agriculture. The eco school idea I find very interesting.
Ray's presentation begins at 14:05 🤩. Thank you 🙏
Thanks, I don't think I would have made it.
Great presentation! And it came at just the right time for me, as I was peering through my microscope at some soil samples!
I took the foundation courses a couple of years ago. Last year we started making compost and doing microscopy on our small farm in MN. Now this year we'll be making compost extract and applying it to our fields. Dad and I were actually just finishing up the design for an in-furrow liquid application system we'll be putting on our corn planter. The goal is to have a flexible system that I can move between several implements, so I can apply extract when planting cash crops, cover crops, interseeding etc. We're even repurposing an old chisel plow, outfitting it with some slim knives that can inject compost extract below the soil surface with minimal disturbance, for instances where we can't put it on with a planter.
It's a really exciting time to be doing this work! Big thanks to Elaine and everyone at the Soil Food Web School, and to guys like Ray, Gabe Brown, Rick Clark, Allan Williams, Dave Brandt and a whole host of others who are working hard to get the word out about regenerative practices! I couldn't name them all if I tried, but it sure is nice to be in good company.
Incredible presentation! We need to get this education to our farmers across the country. We can tolerate weather extremes if we take care of the soil first.
God it's so refreshing to hear you say these things ray. All life is conected from the biologyies smallest to the largest lifeforms. One doesnt survive longtetm without the other. its a shame the state of education these days. I agree with every aproach you state and discuss. Nature's archetypes are always going to be the right path. Thank you to all like minded peoples
Thank you Dr Elaine for your work 🙏
Keep spreading the good news. Keep going Ray.
When you love your soil enough is when you never want to see it again. (Greg Judy liked that comment).
Interesting and very good. I just want to say one thing. If the biology in the soil is restored, lots of natural perennials will grow, and may be a good soil cover.
The algae blooms in the river I live on this spring... had two big thunderstorms that must have washed all the nutrients from the tilled farms right into the river. 😪 Large river, about a mile wide, salt water, with tides... and these algae were covering everything and grew 4 foot towers everywhere! Was like a city of algae.
Wow, Mike! What a sight! Where do you live?
@@soilfoodwebschool Massachusetts, the rivers doing a good job clearing it out, almost gone, I can see the oysters again! going to have to wait awhile to eat em though 🙁water was super clear until start of april and was eating a few all winter!
Fantastic presentation Ray! Thank you for sharing your insight. It is so needed.
24:58 requires management knowledge, experience, and more .I been trying to use your method since i heard you at holton and elsewhere. Todays info is ost informative yet.. THANKS FOR YOUR CONTINUING EDUCATION AND INFORMATION ON/THIS TOPIC OF REGENERATIVE FARMING, IF I MAY DESCRIBE IT THAT WAY. SEEMS EASY TO MAKE MISTAKES INSTEAD OF SUCCESS. THANKS AGAIN FOR TODAY'S IN DEPTH UPDATE.
.....THANKS, VERY MUCH, FOR ALL OF THIS INCREDIBLY COMPELLING, INFORMATION, BASED ON THE LATEST, CUTTING EDGE SOIL-BIOLOGY RESEARCH, AND PRACTICAL, REAL WORLD EXAMPLES!!...I'LL BUYMYSELF A MICROSCOPE, AND START LEARNING WHATEVER I CAN!!!... THIS IS THE MOST AWESOME "LIFE-SCIENCE"!!!!
Muy buena presentacion y debate. Espero y deseo profundamente ser parte de esta red de conocimiento y que podamos la gente de habla hispana aprender y divulgar estos conocimientos
Igual, quiero que mi familia en Nicaragua tengan esta información!
Ray: Ever done a search for 'abandoned farmland' or composite risk indicator of farmland abandonment? What type of business opportunity could seize this abandoned farmland and regenerate it for everyones profit?
I missed the Live Feed, however, truly appreciate all this information and validation regarding what " we are all attempting...,and have set our focus to do. "This is so very important!!!
You are so welcome
Rippers like the Yeomans ripper (as they don't turn the soil over) is an excellent first amendment if they are used to merely break through and break apart the hard pan that existed. 'No till' can resume when the dirt has a fighting chance of becoming soil.
Ray Archuleta begins speaking at 8:40. Thank you Ray!!!!!!!!!! Thank you to the webinar organizers 🙏
Wonderful presentation! I have completed the foundation course and would love to learn about Rays seed mixes next. Thank you all.
In a world of academics, it becomes apparent that spiritual mindsets are required for understanding the web of life beneath our feet, that sustains us.
@Dr, Froghopper could not agree with you more. There is a wealth of wonderful presentation here: www.soilregensummitcollection.com/ You may find presentations by John D. Liu, Sadhguru, and Dr. Vandana Shiva of particular interest.
Im 77 yrs old ,i had to sell my farm because i was ignorant of all this wonderfull new soil biology, Damn i wish i was joung again and could have farmed with this revelation. I gave up farming when my soils and bank manager said enough is enough, to the next generation god speed go get em like Gabriel
While you're conversations are interesting, they seem to cover the same topics over and over. Bacteria, fungi, nematodes, protozoa... Geological aggregates, sand, silt, clay... Could you show some actual transformation/ demonstration videos, picture slideshows or something. Don't your consultants visit farms pretty regularly maybe you could do some before and after demonstrations.
I think that is the point. Like he said they are trying to change mindsets and the producers have to think. Most farmers don’t think anymore they let the agronomist and coop do the farms thinking and is it any wonder the biggest checks we write is to those same places.
Fabulous information...Enjoyed the tutorial, I am employing these techniques.
Happy Mother Earth Day! I definitely think those two should be combined, Mother's Day and Earth Day. It just makes sense. And then, make it a celebration every day. Kinda like y'all are doing! Thanks for your awesome content.
What about soils that are naturally very low in organic matter? Such as calcareous soils that are present in Pakistan's Punjab region. The organic content is less than 0.5% in most soils.
Maybe if you can establish some cover crop or plants and check out what they are doing in China And Africa reversing desertification.
Your question is addressed in other lectures on this topic and also the topic "permaculture" where there is an attempt to transform non-organic soil so it supports plant life. In some cases people have introduced organic matter like compost... It doesn't take much to get the process started but can be critical to how quick the transformation happens (counted in seasons). And, the process is started using only certain types of plants that can survive in very minimal conditions like grasses. Eventually with each season a new type of plant is supported in the soil.
Dr. Elaine Ingham is a straight-up gangsta!
Thanks. Paul Nicholson. Matt Slaughter took on Cheri Noble and won.
It's time scientists and non-Indigenous leaders who say wise things like "all is one, its all about relationship and connectedness" that in the same breath they acknowledge that this is the essence of Indigenous being and worldview. We have always known this. Its time for reconciliation in the food system and Indigenous leadership.
I am a small gardener here in central Louisiana. I am a open book, where and what do I start first to improve my soil ?
What a champ. Also look at Di and Ian Haggerty, hugely successful in the oppressive environment of the W.A wheat belt, North of Perth
Yes, we love Di and Ian Haggerty too! Many people doing great work in restoring soil and land!
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Hola saludos desde Panamá no o hablo inglés pero te Vi por primera vez en un programa, besa el suelo muy bien programa y todo lo que explicaste y los demás personajes duros y que sigan creciendo está forma de pensar y trabajar
I’m in NM, on severely, dead, until recently, abused geological dirt. I’m wanting to make soil. I’m on 1.25 acres. I have a LOT of work to do. I’m desert, 5000’ elevation, 200’ above the Rio Grande, zone 7a.
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"Northwest Kansas, whoof" as a North-Central KS resident I completely understand that reaction from a soil food-web scholar.
Great presentation! Great information! Thanks!
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Bingo! the mixed cover pic says it 99%
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I'm sorry I was unable to be a part of this when it happened but I would like to interject a comment. Talking about mindset is very important and one analogy given was that of a bank account. Saying that most farmers and ranchers have the bank account mentality. If that mindset could be changed to a high return investment account mentality it would be more successful. Truth be told if we are improving the soil a little each year through limited inputs we will find that because of the soil life improvements of microbiology our investments are greatly increased and we get massive returns!!! There are different ways of making these investments!! But the returns will be very good!! The longer these minor investments are made the greater the returns!!!
Thank you Thank you Thank you ..
i started breeding worms for my own soil ..
and i have Now found my Tribe ...
Good Morning! We are farmers from North India. We would surely want to join the course, but it should be affordable, your currency is 80+ times more expensive. I would appretiate, if you could find a way out. Thanks.
We are doing Regenerative Farming. We are using WDC solution and getting great resulta. Thanks.
So much of these instructions are clearly taught on the web. I hope you find your way.
I want to add that Indian farmers are heroic. You blew our minds with your actions.
on 1:50 he names cover crop (ceara)I couldn't find the proper name ?
question is whether the butterfly can produce a tomato in Texas
Lloyd from Perth Always interested in soil test organic farming
How do you plant small seeded crops into high residue from cover crops if you dont turn it in?if you turn it in,how is it considered regenerative?I hear leave the soil alone,and plant cover crops,but if you use mulch,it takes tons of it every year...for even a small garden
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Around 1:03:45 Ray says something like "I take an infiltration ring and a sosal jar" What is this jar?
Hi I'm jun of Philippines what arenecessary needs to regen soil
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I live in tabernas desert. I have black sand with lots of stones in it. Any advice on getting the biology back in it as it is very hot here. Thanks
Shade. Plant in shallow ditches. Capture water. Is there any nitrogen fixing trees or hardy desert trees and shrubs? Also straw or leaves or grass or wood chips as a ground cover. If any of that allows survival of trees and shrubs then maybe plant annuals in between rows of trees and shrubs. Likely irrigation would be required. Its possible that animals and perennial grasses in a tree Savannah grassland is more achievable than growing annuals.
You definitely have it rough there with so little rain. You need drought tolerant plants and trees. Mesquite trees are valuable once you get them established. Cereal rye is a valuable crop that can tolerate poor soil and somewhat dry conditions if you plant it cooler temperatures like Fall and through Winter. Raising livestock and making sure you have a healthy dung beetle population will be an enormous help. If you can't afford to have animals or don't want to spend time on raising them then look around for free manure, leaves and scrap wood/mulch in your area. Rabbits are an excellent animal to raise for a small property and require very little input.
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What all will stone dust from the crushing process do for heavy clay soil if mixed together please.
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You need a good foundation. You have to know the biology of the soil and the conditions they live in.
Hi. I have a plot of land that went through a stage or grasses..the grasses died and its now comlletely covered in vines. I want to plant a crop there. What will better match this stage in succession? Peppers/ tomatoes or watermelon?
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Hi,Beck from white house Tennessee!
I am not sure what to think now. I got fascinated by Ruth Stout's method or Back to Eden gardening or Charles Dowding - where vegetables are being grown on the heavily mulched beds (hay, wood chips, pure compost). Whole plots are for example covered with hay/straw, which you constantly resupply, and you uncover only where you put vegetable seeds/seedlings.
Do you tell me now that these methods are missing big in some way? By not constantly growing cover crops everywhere? Is the heavily mulched ground, without cover crops, weak in soil biology?
In my opinion they are missing out. This opinion is informed by small scale, commercial farming using no-dig methods and, increasingly, adding diverse cover crops (and as the weed pressure diminished, going in with polyculture cash crops). While covering the soil with a mulch undoubtably produces great crops, you do have to resupply everything on an ongoing basis.
Also I noticed quite early on that the root systems of the vegetables, even the ones that grow for a "long" time (60+ days in the garden) rarely ventured far from the compost layer. There was a noticeable lack of aggregation and root penetration.
Enter cover crops and I can dig down to my elbow in well aggregated soil with my bare hands. Of course, my soil is 69% sand and 13% clay according to a near infrared soil test so that helps explain the digging. The NIR test is not as great as a Haney test (or the direct observation like Elaines, though I've had my soil looked at by a student of hers), but it does measure soil carbon and biology indirectly. I built up to 16% soil organic matter (9,3% carbon) in a matter of years using mulches and integrating cover crops in a market garden.
The benefits of diverse living roots for a long period of time is so clear. However, integrating that with intensive market gardening can be a challenge. Especially if you aren't careful with the species you bring to the table and like to try things :) I think there is room for a hybrid approach between the deep mulches and diversity. The SFW School's push for perennial covers is also very interesting and I'd say if people can really figure that out it's going to be the future.
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@@joshuafinch9192 what cover crops did/do you use to create that kind of soil? Sounds amazing
@@lorettarussell3235 I've used a wide variety of cover crops. Different mixes of clovers, sainfoin, alfalfa, phacelia, buckwheat, forage rye, various turnips and radishes, mustards, vetch, winter cereals like oats, triticale, and barley, two kind of millet, sunflowers, flax, forage kales, and chicory. I've mixed and matched and remixed over time depending on the conditions and what I want to achieve. I've always had lots of diversity because many of those came in pre made mixes. I've even added veggies and herbs that I have extra seed of, for example dill and coriander.
After five years of using the covers I bought when I started I'm just now getting to the bottom of the bags, say 80kg total seed I purchased. It was rather expensive at the time, but at the end of these years of use it was totally worth the investment. Growing veggies means higher revenue and eventually decent profit margins so "expensive" species in the mix are affordable in my context.
Twenty nine hundred dollars. Dang
I'm just a prepper, tho. Not a commercial farmer.
I can afford some trial and error. That stick and rope crimper was hella cool, Ray. I think the quantum stuff was a bit off. Information still can't travel any distance "immediately". Speed of light still applies, even with quantums. It's not *that* spooky.
What does Morocco's being not a democracy have to do with soil regeneration? (1:23:20-1:23:25)
I second that. Good question.
I am Ashok from India
Philippines
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Who would of thot of comparing today's dust to dust bowl days dust"
Philippines
Have you heard of Sadhguru who is doing soil perseveration in Europe.
I'm shocked to see cows grazing in land intended to grow crops for human consumption.
My question would be how do you avoid infecting the soil and subsequent crops with salmonella, listeria, e.coli, et al?
Are the animals tested for disease? I would think that if the crops are tested, that's too late. You want to prevent the introduction of malevolent viruses and bacteria from gaining a foothold rather than dealing with a discovered problem later.
In a controlled environment like a worm bin, you're raising predators that feed on all bacteria including malevolent so the problem is less likely to occur given enough time for the worm population to process all the material in the bin. But in an open field, I don't know that you'd have a natural population sufficient to process material to ensure all harmful bacteria have been consumed leaving only naturally occurring bacteria which are generally all beneficial.
I'm speculating but perhaps in fields where there are also farmed animals, maybe only specific crops low in water content would be grown that would be less likely to support colonies of malevolent bacteria?
Oregon
Spain
Simply and more informative think of carbon compounds not elemental carbon.A bit more to scratch your head about!
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