How To Build Soil Forensics for Your Backyard Farm | Farm Fresh DeChem Ep 1

About this episode

This episode discusses soil forensics and how to assess soil health for better backyard farming practices.

If you've been adding fertilizer and amendments without really understanding what's in your soil first, this episode stops that cycle. Soil forensics: the hand test, the worm count, the water test, and the pH trend — four tools that replace guessing with reading. Farm Fresh Homestead | De-Chemicalization Series.

People in this episode

Host: Mary Boyd

Topics covered

• soil forensics
• backyard farming
• organic gardening
• soil health
• de-chemicalization

Keywords

• soil forensics
• fertilizer
• amendments
• hand test
• worm count
• water test
• pH trend

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