Soil Microscopy for Healthy Fruit Trees with Matt Powers

About this episode

The episode discusses soil microscopy and its importance for maintaining healthy fruit trees with expert Matt Powers.

How do you know if your soil is truly thriving? Soil microscopy can give you the answer by actually seeing who's living in your soil. Learn how to identify who's there, encourage the good guys, and build a living soil that feeds your trees naturally with Matt Powers. Matt is a bestselling author, an educator, a citizen scientist, and the creator of the website regenerativesoilscience.com . He’s also a family man who teaches people around the world how to live more regeneratively. The host of the Orchard People radio show and podcast is Susan Poizner of the fruit tree care education website www.orchardpeople.com . Susan is the author of four books on fruit tree care. Learn more here: https://learn.orchardpeople.com/books She is also the creator of five-star rated premium online fruit tree care education at: https://learn.orchardpeople.com HOW TO TUNE IN TO OUR PODCAST 📺 Video Podcast: Watch the recorded episode anytime on our YouTube Podcast Playlist . 🎧 Audio Podcast: Download the podcast and listen on your favorite app after it airs. 📻 Radio : Tune in to RealityRadio101 at 1:00 PM ET! IS READING YOUR THING? 🌐 Transcript: Read the full conversation at your own pace. 🌐…

People in this episode

Host: Susan Poizner

Guest: Matt Powers

Topics covered

• soil microscopy
• fruit trees
• healthy soil
• regenerative practices
• soil health

Keywords

• soil microscopy
• fruit trees
• healthy soil
• regenerative agriculture
• soil health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: regenerativesoilscience.com, Orchard People, RealityRadio101, OrchardPeople.com

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