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As hard as we try to avoid it, modern industrial thinking can easily creep into our homesteads. Take soil health for example. Have you ever walked through the garden store and wondered which of the isolated “ingredients” you should add to your garden to “fix it?” I have! But there’s a better way.
I’m joined by Aaron Elison of Redmond Agriculture in this episode. He helps us dismantle this reductionist mindset so we can take a “whole food” approach to caring for your garden. From Nature’s Intelligence to a surprising way to remove toxins from your soil, this episode is full of nuggets!
Podcast Episode Highlights
- Why folks should consider getting a soil test done for their garden
- How can we make the nutrients available in the soil
- Why there is no ‘quick fix’ or ‘perfect solution’ for fixing your soil
- Primary factors that cause biologically poor soils
- How perspectives about soil health are changing…
- Common symptoms in plants with poor soil
- What to do with the soil test kit results
- A closer look at salt in the soil
- A closer look at chicken manure and other manures for the soil
- Putting it all together to feed your soil a whole food diet
- Working WITH nature and not against it
- Looking closer at Redmond’s soil test kit and products and help
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Podcast Episode Resources and Links Mentioned
Learn more about Redmond’s Agriculture and their Soil Test Kit here: http://theprairiehomestead.com/soiltest
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More Soil Tips & Resources:
- How Fall in Love with Your Soil (podcast episode)
- The Mystery of the Poisonous Potting Soil (podcast episode)
- How I’m (Attempting) to Improve Our Clay Soil This Year (podcast episode)
- 7 Simple Ways to Improve Garden Soil (blog article)