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I’ve steadily been falling in love with soil over the last few years as I’ve learned more about what’s happening under our feet. There is SO much beauitful and fascinating complexity there.
So I was beyond excited to be joined by David Montgomery and Anne Bikle in this podcast episode. They are the authors of one of my favorite reads of the last year, “What Your Food Ate.” You’ll be head-over-heels for soil by the end of this episode!
Podcast Episode Highlights
- A look at history and the importance of soil for civilizations
- How some past civilizations damaged their soil
- A closer look at what is in healthy soil
- How to naturally boost soil fertility
- The Garden “Trio” for helping your soil health
- A closer look at the nutrient loss in our fruits and vegetables
- The “Fab Four” of soil
- The connection between nutrition and taste
- The issues with glyphosate
- How to fix our damaged soil right now
- Responses to those who think herbicides and conventional farming is necessary
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Podcast Episode Resources and Links Mentioned
Learn more about David Montgomery and Anne Bikle here: https://www.dig2grow.com/
Find them on twitter here: https://twitter.com/Dig2Grow
Check out Redmond’s Salt here: http://theprairiehomestead.com/salt and use code HOMESTEAD to get 15% off
Check out Redmond’s Soil Test here: http://theprairiehomestead.com/soiltest and use code HOMESTEAD to get 15% off
Have a message you want to share with the world? Apply to be a guest on the Old-Fashioned on Purpose podcast here: https://www.theprairiehomestead.com/podcast-guest-application
Weekly musings from my homestead: http://theprairiehomestead.com/letter
My essays on an old-fashioned life: www.prairiephilosophy.com
My homesteading tutorials & recipes: www.theprairiehomestead.com
Our Wyoming-raised, grass-finished beef: http://genuinebeefco.com
Jill on Twitter: http://twitter.com/homesteader
Jill on Instagram: @jill.winger
Jill on Facebook: http://facebook.com/theprairiehomestead
More Soil Tips & Resources:
- The Mystery of the Poisonous Potting Soil (podcast episode)
- Cover Crops: Your Garden’s Best Kept Secret (podcast episode)
- How I’m (Attempting) to Improve Our Clay Soil This Year (podcast episode)
- 7 Simple Ways to Improve Garden Soil (blog article)