Shooting the Soil

See a few simple free ways I build soil over winter. Advance natures nutrient cycling and see what that change looks like under the Microscope! Link to my compost video: https://youtu.be/FdAiEkZh0oY?si=gOH0IG7ILeASjPfc Recommended Regenerative Product page: https://shootingthesoil.com/?page_id=428

Leaves are great fertility, loaded with nutrients! Feed them to your lawn and stop wasting them! Can also make compost with them, or leaf mold(which is just compost of broken down leaves without the other stuff).

Getting close to the end of my 2nd run of crops in this indoor 6x3 bed. Lets see how the biology is advancing or not!

Sorry for the audio, next time I will have a better setup for sure.

Watched a interview with the Coast of Maine owner and he talked a pretty big game and made some bold statement! So I had to buy some to check it out under the Microscope with you all! Other composts I've done for Comparison: https://youtu.be/Bha2rXQ1fBI https://youtube.com/live/CW5MSiBMfkI?feature=share My Homemade Compost: https://youtube.com/live/_n8rYfjrNLM?feature=share

Going to scope out this soil live and see if we can notice some things to correct. Going to breakdown our chemical soil lab test as well. Lets see what correlations we can find together!

This is my 2nd year of switching to all Regenerative Soil practices. Before that I was a organic bottle (salt) guy. Staring to get it figured out and the tastes and quality that I'm getting is blowing my mind! But got some work to do before we really get that soil food web cycling and next level crops!

Lets see what this soil looks like under the microscope before we start amending! Ask question live or in comments! Happy to help answer anything I can between my experience and regenerative soil certification.

Lets see what a 6x3 bed of soil looks like after harvest and a bit of reamendment. Put a 2nd crop right into it and going strong!

Join me live, or check out the recording as I sample some new bagged soil! Coast of Main soil with a lot of good looking things added like Mycorrhizae, Kelp, and Lobster Compost?!!

Building Regenerative Soil! Live Microscopy & Breakdown of my Chemistry Soil Report. Raised Bed, Massachusetts, Zone 6.5, end of April. Think we can correlate the test to what we can see under the scope!?

1st year gardening with 100% regenerative practices. Started the living soil idea last year but this is our 1st year growing having completed Matt Powers Regenerative Soil course! Links: Matt Powers Books and Courses: https://www.thepermaculturestudent.com/ Baker Creek Seeds: https://www.rareseeds.com/ Garden Like a Viking, Youtube: @gardenlikeaviking

Rejuvenate is soil biology food that increases soil health and promotes microbial life! If you want healthy and pest resistant plants the key is in soil health not what you fertilize/feed the plants! Lets take a look at this product under the microscope live! @AdvancingEcoAgriculture https://www.advancingecoag.com/

Plants are amazing! Lets see what the soil looks like under the scope a week after adding Rootwise! @BuildASoil Check out last stream of the bed to compare: https://youtube.com/live/qRSJ3urTtuU

Furry spiderweb like fungus that grows in your compost/food scrap bin! This is what it looks like under the Microscope!

Used to grow the worlds largest pumpkin, Rootwise! Lets see what kind of spores and other cool stuff we might find with the microscope! This is there Bio-Phos product. Can buy rootwise at www.buildasoil.com and check out their YouTube @BuildASoil

Satisfying cool down of char with EM-1 from www.teraganix.com. Homemade bio-char using a retort made from soup cans!

Assessing my new giant indoor bed under the Microscope! Streaming live so we can all gain experience together! Check out Sample 1 here: https://youtube.com/live/H4Nas0oakfA?feature=share

Looking at our new soil under the Microscope! The forever indoor bed project has begun! With regenerative soil practices we will keep this soil forever! Improving and advancing its fertility year after year!

Static Johnson-Su style Compost method. Been 10 months since I started the pile. Very diverse ingredients and compost accelerants like EM-1, JMS, and Mycorrhizae have been added. Still cold out but I think we are going to see some good stuff!

Plants still going strong! Check out the whole soil progression bellow! Sample 1 here: https://youtu.be/MpF_zykbb98 Added some EM before Sample 2: https://youtu.be/1sZz55fk3VI Added some mycorrhizae before Sample 3: https://youtu.be/iWN89RiCSSQ Added some JMS before Sample 4: https://youtu.be/SOSzIAOlv4U Just added Catalyst BioAmendements Compost with an Extract to the pots for this sample! https://www.catalystbioamendments.com/ 15 gal Grass Roots living soil pots 45% Fox Farm Ocean / 45% local top soil / 10% Crescive Soil Compost Added rice hulls, pumice, buildasoil big six micro nutrients. Horizonal Soil Build: Layer 1 (R): Lava Rock and gathered local Pebbles Layer 2 (C): Clay and Sand from the property Layer 3 (A): Soil Mix I listed above Layer 4 (O): Bamboo, Organic Straw, Leaf Mulch Top Dressings: Worm Castings, ground Sprouted Seeds, ground Oyster Shell, and Kelp I harvested from the beach. ONLY other additives: Compost Extracts, Homemade JMS, EM from Tera Ganix, and Mycorrhizal from Buildasoil.

Catalyst BioAmendments Compost under the microscope! I have heard really good things and super excited to see this live with you all under the scope! See what a good compost that has been tested under microscope by Elaine Ingham students looks like! https://www.catalystbioamendments.com/

Plants still rocking! Check out Sample 1 here: https://youtu.be/MpF_zykbb98 Added some EM before Sample 2: https://youtu.be/1sZz55fk3VI Added some mycorrhizae before Sample 3: https://youtu.be/iWN89RiCSSQ Just added some JMS (JADAM Microbial Solution) I made in winter! It thawed enough to collet some leaf mold from the forest under the biggest pine and biggest oak I can think of in town. 15 gal Grass Roots living soil pots 45% Fox Farm Ocean / 45% local top soil / 10% Crescive Soil Compost Added rice hulls, pumice, buildasoil big six micro nutrients. Horizonal Soil Build: Layer 1 (R): Lava Rock and gathered local Pebbles Layer 2 (C): Clay and Sand from the property Layer 3 (A): Soil Mix I listed above Layer 4 (O): Bamboo, Organic Straw, Leaf Mulch Top Dressings: Worm Castings, ground Sprouted Seeds, ground Oyster Shell, and Kelp I harvested from the beach. ONLY other additives: Compost Extracts, EM from Tera Ganix, and Mycorrhizal from Buildasoil.

JADAM Microbial Solution under the microscope LIVE! Gathered my own compost, and leaf mold next to one of the biggest pines and biggest oaks around my area. Just had a thaw after a few days of 20's and down to 15 degrees F. Videos on how to make JMS: @gardenlikeaviking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv-TOGhwlW4 @ChrisTrumpSoilSteward https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4Uuy8DxGjA