Dr Ingham needs to be the head of agriculture. With her farming no one on earth would starve.

I feel like you click baited all of us into thinking this was Dr Elaine Ingham’s video but this is so well done I’m not even mad about it

I would just like to say, I have learned more in the last 40 min. Then all these videos I've watched. I watched a lot. Thanks for breaking it down. At last some one who knows what she is talking about. I look forward to more educational videos. Thanks again.

I thought this was maybe several years old, or, there is 2 Elaine Inghams.... but I did enjoy the video, thank you... who ever you are

This was very informative and useful. The challenge I face is I live in a remote area of Africa, and you simply can not buy things. So, when you mention things like Kelp, fish emulsion, a microscope and a three foot thermometer, I simply can no get those. I am doing the best I can making compost from cow manure and river hyacinth. Would love to see a video on how to do the best possible using indigenously available material. That is, if all you had was manure, and organic matter, what would be the right strategy

I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR TIME ! I REALLY LEARNED ALOT ! ! THANKS AGAIN ! MICHAEL FROM NJ .

That's the best video so far. I don't even know how I can describe my feelings. I am speechless. We need more videos from you guys

Great video. I liked all of the real examples of how to do stuff like making humic acid, compost tea, and compost piles building.

Good job. Feed the soil and nature will take care of the rest. All the additional organic material increases the CEC of the soil and prevents leaching. The organisims in the soil also improve the soil structure. A real win win. Go organic and save the soil! Thumbs up!

Compost. The magic elixir of soil biology. Thanks for the detailed scientific exposure to the process of making the compost, the tea and its application. Loved the claw hammer banjo too.

Thank you for sharing! It feels good to see women in this profession! :-)

I loved the video,and having the music at the background made it even more pleasant to watch. That young beautiful lady Molly Haviland is so calm and relaxed and did fantastic job to make it understandable. I enjoyed it very much.Thank you.

Thanks for sharing your time and knowledge, it's very much appreciated.

I particularly like the way you prewatwered your piles BEFORE layering. Great tip.

I've been using compost/worm tea for about a decade now. When using a pressure sprayer DO NOT pump the pressure up to high. It will kill off your microbiology before it hits the the plant. Great video we can do this and so much more!!!

GREAT VIDEO WITH FANTASTIC SCIENCE THAT HAS A LOT OF HELPFUL INFORMATION FOR ME, THANK YOU!!!!!! First: I would suggest you shred all the material for ease of mixing and mainly to allow for MORE surface area so that the "beasties" can feast on it, (and for them to multiply faster, too) which would make for a quicker time to convert everything into compost!!! Of course, buying (or renting) a chipper/shredder is an expense that some people cannot afford...I have used a lawn mower (with a lot of success) to reduce the size of the raw material. Last: Many years ago I saw a tv show about a group in Africa that stuck a long sharpened tree limb into the middle of their compost pile - when they pulled out the stick and it was too hot to grab (the pointed end) they knew the microbes were still working...but if they could grab and hold the pointed end, it was time to turn (or mix) the pIle (or maybe harvest the compost). Hope this helps!!!!!! Best regards, Skip :}) 12-19-16

I’m on far side of this field. Gardening is a hobby for me. I don’t want or need a graduate level course. I’m sure many loved this. I do like your style and pace. Best wishes

Thank you for providing this video. I recently finished the Soil Food Web foundation courses and I love the info you shared on this video. A great reminder! 🙏❤️😊

Awesome video. Thank you for putting this information out there for us to learn from. Very impressive, how you know so much about the soil and the plants and how they work together to survive. God Bless

Water is expensive! What I do is place compost piles above my field so runoff from piles fertilizes my field. When I know rain is coming, I spread out my compost in a thin layer over the field to let the rain soak it, then after the rain, I rake it back up. Then I pour a few 5-gallon buckets of compost tea on the piles every so often to keep things cooking.

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It makes alot of extra work to have this system. You are lifting everything, very heavy with water, above your shoulders. Phew, that is a recipe for making a hard job harder. Bins, boxes, cages, bays, drums are not only unnecessary, but are usually a hindrance. If, as you are building a heap, you scratch a nearly vertical ledge like a lip around the edge, every ten inches of materials applied, as you are building the layers, the heap can quite easily be built only a few degrees from the vertical. Watering each layer as you go is usually sufficient to wet it well enough for the initial building. A rectangular shape is also more convenient. Round heaps tend to box in the operator, whereas rectangular heaps flow more naturally as you are turning them. After the heap is stacked and watered, leave it for a week or ten days, then turn the heap, and rebuild the heap, layer by layer, scratching a lip all around the edge, every ten inches you add, as before. Add water again as you build each layer. This routine gives you a very tidy heap that takes up very little space. If you are troubled by scavengers, shade cloth makes a fantastic cover. Always mulch the exterior of your heap after every turn, this is a major preventative measure, and pays great dividends. Three or four inches of straw or hay is a good insulating mulch. This method requires no pre-watering of materials, and although it requires an additional turn, the turning is much, much easier than when using a high cage or bin. A second turn at about three months is very beneficial, remulch, cover, and the heap will be black and crumbly in another couple of months. No, structures or cages required. I have made several hundred tonnes of compost using hand tools for the most part, and I first started in the sixties. There is no better way to really learn this art than with that turning fork, and so I pass on to you a method that is simpler and easier.

Hello. The very best, most informative video on KZfaq. Thank you very very much.

If you use a filter for the water you use, you will have an EVEN BETTER final product than you already do. Love the video. Thanks for the knowledge

Thanks for posting this video. You did a great job. Many shares.

I used the exact same methods! Thank you for making this video!!

Such a good video! Minus the music it is greatly appreciated. Thank you so much. A Friendly Gardener.

Thanks! This is right on track for my current soil education through MU.

Amazing. Thank you. Loved the application tips. Something missing from a few videos and presentations I’ve seen. Very informative ☀️

In the certificate program. Was overwhelmed looking through the composting materials. It's still a lot of work but this makes it seem a bit less daunting. Thanks

this is really great. have one caveat about the statement that all soils got all the minerals required for plant growth, from the parent material - that if you are a gardener you know that many soils, as they are, will not grow great food simply from just pushing microbial performance without much difficulty. i mean we want immediate great performance because great food is imperative - now. and so if you can bring in some calcium and phosphate rock and some broad spectrum rock dust, i say do it...blessings to all

Great , struggling and hard work with smartly . I really appreciate.

Thank you for sharing the video, really great info :)

Very nice report Elaine! This year is my first year of using compost tea instead of commercial fertilizer products. You can't imagine the results.

What a pleasure to watch this professional presentation

A lot of useful information scattered around. You should probably increase the vocal volume up until around 22:00. Its difficult to hear most of the dialog until then, even at full volume on my laptop (if you normalized the volume, it may have been the increase in volume around 22:00 that caused the normalization to fail at helping the beginning).

One of the best vedio on natural Michrorganism from compost i have ever seen specially from scientific proof. Can we add some leaf mould soil in brewing tank.

i enjoy watching this video and will watching more to came it help me a lot thank you

My left ear really appreciated this video...

Brilliant video. Comment - some of the sound is not clear enough, particularly for detailed identification of ingredients and quantities. Any chance you can supplement with a link to text based recipies? Thanks.

Thank you for this valuable information. Please note that the music at times is not appropriate and loud.

Thank you for educating the whole world God bless u.

Great video! It was SO cram-packed with knowledge i might have to watch a video about the video. Let me know when you beging accepting applications for an apprenticeship. 😅

Thanks for the great info keep up the good work

That compost bin looks like "sheep/goat feedlot panels" which is 4"X 4" heavy gauge steel. Where I live in Florida USA it's available at tractor supply in 16 X 4 foot sections. Just so ya know. I'm looking for this same kind of thing but, in aluminium, and in 4' x 4' sections.

Hi there Molly. We have been learning so much this year about soil microbiology and we have watched numerous videos including yours many times. This is so interesting! I have about 5 piles of thermal compost right now curing. We have ordered a microscope and we are soon to learn how to use it. My question to you is this: what is your opinion on injecting avocado trees to try to cure them of phytophthera desease? We have stopped all synthetic fertilizing on our orchard. We have gone biological; completely changing our orchard practice. Letting the grass grow and letting the "weeds" grow to bring in the good beneficial bugs. We have some sick trees and so-called 'best practice' is to inject them with phospherous acid but I'm not comfortable with doing that. What is your opinion please? Thank you for this really informative video too by the way. Best regards, Megan the Vegan :)

I love this. I have large aerated compost piles as well as worm bins. I would like to spread compost tea or extract on my new hay fields. Any ideas on how to spray without damaging the microbial life?

Wow so nice compost.thank you so much for sharing.from Malaysia

excellent so simple and clear.....

Thank u very much for this video .. was very helpful, but please can u make the background music less loud ... Thanks alot for your effort ..

Where is Dr. Elaine Ingham? I clicked on this video to hear her...

Good video, but the music is distracting as hell.

They didn't explain how they were layering the compost pile, the ratios etc...

Great work. Thank you for sharing :-)

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cannot understand what you add after the humic acid (@ 26' ). I am glad you showed the hard work of turning your compost pile, I was wondering how that was going to happen

how many days passed in the video after the final watering making the pile to when you took temperatures? also did you use that blue tarp to cover the compost>

Highly informative.

Excellent video, who makes the root feeder that was using with the back pak sprayer

Amazing video! Very helpful and informative thank you so much!

I really wanted to learn about the Soil Food web. I hope you do another video on it. I am hearing impaired and no captions available. I tried rewinding so many times, however I still couldn’t follow. It looks like amazing content. Do you think you could do smaller segments with captions? On each subject in the video? It is so much information for a beginner. Another thing that was difficult for me is all the scientific words that I have never heard of. I do appreciate this video and thank you all for sharing any suggestions on other videos for beginners to watch would be helpful. Again thank you!

Very Informative ....very good thanks

Just to clarify, Elaine Ingham is not in this video. They be using some of Elaine Ingham's teachings, but I believe the main person we see in this video is named Molly Haviland.

Really informative! Great video thank you.

Could you please tell me your blog, you mention it in minute 16:23 i couldnt get it, im a spanish speaker.... thanks a lot

............excellent work

Great Information! I agree the music, while very nice, is distracting and unnecessary. I would like to have written instructions and measurements of the ingredients.

May I suggest chickens to turn your piles? I have 6 chickens and they work all day for food. My compost is perfect, and I never have to turn it.

thanks for your great videos keep it up

Wow this is the best video I found of this step by step finally someone that explains as they do the compost and teas thank you I hope I can found you on Instagram or Facebook we need a new update video just like this

Your not making humic acid, you're EXTRACTING it. (at 37:41) This method seems strange. Just dip the colander in the pot a few times or use a "tea" bag. Your making a whole just lets the water bypass the compost. Did I miss the part where you said how much of this you need for each 5 or 50 gallons of water to treat?

What kind of microscope is useful for soil health management?

I see all you people have help to do all your garden work....I do all mine by my self. I use to have a 40 sow hog farm that I did it all totally by my self....

Very good and interesting video. Unfortunately, the background music makes it hard to listen to.

dear dr. ingham i have been brewing vermicompost tea now for three years. i started with a few 5 gallon buckets and traded up for a 55 gallon barrel. my question is, to brew 55 gallons at a time, what should the mixture be? amount of compost, power of aeration, additives such as molasses, fish hydrolysis/emulsion, kelp, maybe rock dust, and what ever other ingredients you may feel will make my brew the best. thank you

Do you have a written formula for this process as there is no info on what the green matter is, as well as how long this compost takes. what are the times that you do everything Thankyou and greatings from Australia

What are you using on the end of the hose? Is it a fertilizer?

So good video. Thnks alot

Thanks for the thorough tutorial!

Excellent job of spreading the word. Very assimilate to the public who don't live S.F.W. and permie stuph. I prefer piles though, bins are just too much work...

Hey I would like to know how do you keep pests out of this when composting outside? I cannot have pests in my soil at all especially since I work strictly indoors! Please contact me at your earliest convenience thanks!

I've seen this kind of compost bin build around KZfaq and whenever I watch people filling it in, I always ask myself if it is that worth the RSI you might get as opposed to say, putting a door in the structure and avoiding it altogether? Look at the contortions they put their body through versus the natural, relatively comfortable, conventional shoveling pose. They must have a masseur on the ready at the end of the day lol. Consider a vertical opening and forget about neatness for once, you can clean up later and save your muscles and wrists from soreness and potential injury while you do.

What was in the canister that you were passing the hose water through?

Thanks for the great video! Wish I could sit down in person with you all and pick your brains 😂

Great video and information but the background music a little annoying!🙏🏻

this is glorious. thank you so much. Excellent stuff

Please could you share details on your compost tea bags? What are they made out of/from? Thank you for sharing 🙏🏻🇿🇦

excellent work- thank you!

Amazing info, much appreciated 🙏

That background music is far too loud.

Great video, very informative with great examples!

Great video, I'm so late to the game. Watching in 2022.

Incredible video ❤ thanks so much ❤

Please explain what is in the Miracle grow applicator you use every time you spray the pile.Was it humic acid ?

i had to log in to comment that the acoustic "time after time" playing in the background made it impossible to hear the lesson. spare us all the superficial, thats how we got into this mess in the first place!!!!!!!

I just started watching and I have to say sound quality is very, very bad. I look forward to the rest of the video buy hearing it is a chore.

Many thanks for the video! A quick question: what were you using to hold the edges of the cage together?

excelent info very help full thanks elaine

I'm building my third greenhouse and my next 85' x 18 garden, compost is nextI've acquired 2 6 foot commercial clothes dryer perforated baskets, building huge composters..sounds good, we will see