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 Part 3
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.
NO TURN COMPOSTING ! https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=johnson+su+compost+bioreactor
love your enthusiasm Meredith ! thanks.
Great to finally see the 3rd part. Very interesting.
Really valuable information and matter of fact presentation. Does Meredith have a YouTube channel?
I love these videos. I envision Toni Collette playing Meredith in the movie.
Thank you very much dear Meredith Leigh.
Prof. David Johnson, New Mexico State University, NMSU; https://youtu.be/79qpP0m7SaY the video Meredith speaks about at the beggining; https://youtu.be/DxUGk161Ly8 David Johnson and his wife explaining detailed Bioreactor construction, really DIY.
I can't believe you are making all this information available for free. This is amazing.
Thanks! Planning farming and really you have created lots of curiosity! Regards from Pakistan!
Wow! Thanks!
I just got chills after you said its not an option to plant perennials in your bed. Now I want to try to start more strawberries. Thats what my logo picture is a baby strwaberry seed I sprouted. I think strawberrys would go good with MJ plants.
I love this lady 🙂 Her commitment & enthusiasm is "infectious". After I got a scope I started looking at my soil and she is an encyclopedia of knowledge <3
One correction about the Johnson-Su bioreactor, its actually a cold compost method meaning it doesn't ever reach higher temperatures to kill seeds or pathogens so you have to be a bit cautious about what you put in them.
But great video and thank you for uploading this!
What's hilarious to me is that I last watched Meredith for a talk on koji fermentation a few years ago. I bought a microscope recently and thought "hmm I should check my soil out, i bet there's someone on youtube who can show me what's up." Of course, there's Meredith dropping knowledge.
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