Simple Doesn't Mean Easy

Garden Soil Lessons from an unconventional Ag guy, Karson Rippstein (S5, E13)


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In this episode:

  • A different way to look at "farm to table"
  • Where to start when analyzing your garden soil
  • How to start with the outliers when analyzing your soil (regardless if it's macronutrient or micronutrient or ph)
  • How Agronomy--large agriculture farming--analyzes a soil test
  • How the example of vitamins added to a poor diet correlates to soil supplements added to unhealthy/dead soil
  • How this soil test doesn't record minerals in soil that are tied up, only ones that are available to plants
  • Signs of healthy, alive soil
  • Signs of unhealthy soil
  • Why manure, humates, compost, sea minerals, and volcanic minerals are the best additions to most gardens
  • Why a book may not be your best resource when trying to learn about improving your soil
  • Helpful, hands-on resources to learn more about soil health
  • Tested results of using chicken manure as a soil amendment
  • The most convenient animal poo to use as soil amendment
  • The "More-On" principle
  • The importance of balance in your garden soil
  • How big should your garden be before you do a soil test?
  • Best plan for testing the soil in raised beds
  • Does healthy soil produce more nutrient-rich food?
  • Is homegrown food genuinely superior to large-scale farming food?
  • The value of bentonite clay to garden soil
  • What Cation Exchange Capacity is and why every gardener should know about it
  • Why & how salt and clay add different value to your garden soil
  • What humates are and how they improve cation exchange capacity
  • Where (and WHY) to get salt for you, your garden, and your livestock.

 

Resources: 

Soil Test Kit Karson & I were geeking out over: https://bit.ly/3Nx2PXf

BRAND NEW soil amendment Karson mentioned (use code SOULYRESTED): stay tuned... available soon right here.)

The bulk size bag of salt I love (use code SOULYRESTED for 15% off anytime): https://bit.ly/3XCHJeo

 

Follow Guest:

on Instagram: https://instagram.com/redmondagriculture

on YouTube: Redmond Agriculture https://www.youtube.com/@redmondagriculture2794

website: https://redmondagriculture.com/ 

 

This Episode is Brought to you by:

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Other Articles & Resources You Might Enjoy:

Growing Seedlings for Profit (article)

My 7-page Pantry Checklist (free download)

My Poor Soil Results & What I Did About it (article)

 

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