Ep. 322 - Building Soil and Not Feeling Like a Homesteader
Join Rob on this Thursday as he dives into the Old Farmers Almanac and talks about building soil and ways to obtain wood chips for FREE. Tune in for tips on how to approach tree crews and not look like an idiot. You'll also hear how Rob struggles with "not feeling like" a homesteader, along with the co-mingling of management and homesteading.
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Discussion Links:
April 7, 2022
Soil Preparation: How Do You Prepare Garden Soil for Planting?
4 Steps to Building Healthy Soil - Homegrown Liberty
Nick Ferguson’s Soil Recipe
Layer in this order: ½” of compost or manure. Preferably rabbit or goat manure. If you don’t have any it’s okay. This is just a bonus.
- ¼” of any ground seed mill or ½” of rabbit pellets or layer pellets. You should be able to get these at your local feed store. This is worm food.
- ⅛” bone meal
- ⅛” dried molasses or 1 gallon liquid molasses per 100 to 200 square feet. This is bacteria food.
- Dusting of garden lime.
- Dusting of phosphate.
- Earth worms not red wigglers.
- A sprinkling of local leaf mold. This is the matter underneath the leaves in a wooded area. Take carefully from several locations and then recover the earth with the leaves. This will inoculate your soil with local bacteria.
- Water it well.
- Cover with 4” of wood chips or chopped leaves, 12” of whole leaves or 8” of straw.
Episode where Nick talks about his recipe:
Episode-1615- Survival Podcast Expert Council Q&A for 7-31-15
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