The most essential question for farmers and gardeners to ask about their soil is, “Is it alive?” We will explore the diverse microorganism communities present in soil and why it is so important to keep them thriving and in balance. Meredith Leigh will explain the importance of a dynamic soil food web. View multiple different local participant samples and apply that information on your own farm or garden to build your own soil enriching strategies.
VIDEO: Assessing Soil Health Using a Microscope with Meredith Leigh
The most essential question for farmers and gardeners to ask about their soil is, “Is it alive?” We will explore the diverse microorganism communities present in soil and why it is so important to keep them thriving and in balance. Meredith Leigh will explain the importance of a dynamic soil food web. View multiple different local participant samples and apply that information on your own farm or garden to build your own soil enriching strategies.
Who is this Woman! Thank you for your passion.
I met Meredith at a Mother Earth fair. I believe she’s quite skilled cutting up a hog also! Multi faceted skills…
Regarding turning compost too much-
The Johnson-Su Composting Bioreactor may be a solution. To do it properly, worms are added to finish.
The compost tends to be fungi dominated.
Of course if you choose to then make compost extract for tea, the bubbling will shred fungal strands.
There must be a happy medium in terms of bubble size which allows you to extract biology without shredding it to bits. Seems most tea makers prefer vigorous bubbling to extract as much biology as possible. I suspect that might not be the best approach.
Anyone have any insight on bubble size & the time factor for extraction?
you need to set up your microphones to stop background noise information killing sound feed back keep your sound away from any thing noisy your view screens can destroy your video pick up as well it all very distraction for seeing and hearing and concentration be aware of background sound and intense background light …… this stuff is too important to allow bad sound and bad images be aware of it it causes energy sapping irritation
This is a great video! Thank you!
I hate hearing otherwise intelligent people talking about carbon sequestration.
Hi Dr. Elaine Ingham is now at soilfoodweb.com
OMG, how can you be so smart. If I had a teacher like you I'd be a great scientist by now. Cant thank you enough for the knowledge and how you explained things. Huge love from India…
you plan on writing a book ?
Amazing video, thanks a lot!
Please advise the specs of the microscope ( what’s the range of magnifications).. thanks
Brilliant !!! So very true too
Symbiotic relationship working smarter not harder .
Wow, HUMUNGUS. Havnʻt heard that in a while…
Great video! I'm excited to bust out my microscope for the garden this spring!
What magnification are these images at?
bingo 22:35
Brilliant!! What an eye opener, thanks so much.
Ok, a women who talks soil is …..so …….hot….
Where can I buy some of those microscopes?
Thank you
Some major concerns came up after watching an old guys Aquarium channel. He was promoting Aquarists going out the the Ditches and streams and rivers to fetch home mud and rotting leaf litter and to put it in their Aquariums.
Mycelium Fungi and other microscopic critters.
Claiming this is the way forward for fishkeepers.
I had to do some checking and found… Local waterways companies are warning us about bathing in such bodies of water because of risks like
Weil's disease
Polio
Cholera typhoid and Dysentery.
Am I wrong to be concerned?
I have to add that whilst I support your ideas and research.. I feel that some caution might be advised for people especially children, netting and bringing home sediment from bodies of water they haven't tested not that they're able to
Thanks.
We should have some like you on every organic farm!
She seems the type to murder someone over disrupting soil. Lol. Great Video. Im definitely feeling more confident in keeping living soil.
I just sprayed Endomycorrhizal fungi spores before spreading grass seed. 48 hours? Cool to know.
This is excellent information and thank you very much for sharing!! You have clearly explained how to distinguish between food and bad guy !! Awesome
Pooping? "no shit"?
Shout out to whomever edited this. The timing of the slides are very good.
Thank you for your explanations.. You are a Great theacher..
Im from Indonesia.