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Old Fashioned On Purpose

131. How I'm (Attempting) to Improve Our Clay Soil This Year

Old Fashioned On Purpose

Jill Winger

Canning, Homesteading, Farming, Leisure, Farm, Homestead, Gardening, Hobbies, Cows, Chickens, Cooking, How To, Home & Garden, Education

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

If you’re hoping to grow high quality plants, you must first dig deep (no pun intended) into your soil. Much like the foundation of a house, your soil sets the tone for everything that follows. In today’s episode, I’m going to cover a variety of tips and tricks to help you strike the perfect balance in your soil that will allow your crops to flourish. Learn about the three primary components of soil, how to determine if you have clay in your soil, and why organic matter is y...

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Old Fashioned On Purpose Podcast.

0:05.0

The health of your soil is everything.

0:09.0

And if we want healthy plants and better produce, then we need to be looking at what we're growing in.

0:17.0

I have really been motivated this year to improve our garden soil and just our soil in general on our homestead.

0:25.8

We have a lot of clay, I know a lot of you can relate to that, and so in today's episode I wanted

0:31.4

to share some of the actions I'm taking this year to amend our

0:36.2

soil and improve it for many years to come.

0:41.0

I'm your host Jill Winger, and this is the podcast for the Trail Blazers, the Mavericks, the

0:45.8

makers, the homesteaders, the modern pioneers, and the backyard farmers.

0:50.7

If you're ready to boost your food security and live a more homegrown lifestyle, well, this is the place for you.

0:57.0

Hey there, I'm interrupting this episode for just a sec because I really wanted to tell you that the mailman brought

1:05.3

me a 25 pound bag of salt this week.

1:08.0

Okay, whatever, I know that sounds weird, but I'm actually telling you this for a reason because I know a lot of you are working on stocking up

1:15.1

your pantries and your personal food supply right now and this is my number

1:20.4

one favorite brand of salt. Redmondman's real salt is mined in the USA and it contains

1:26.5

60 plus trace minerals that make it so darn good for you and it tastes better too. Redman Redmond is my number one pick for all of my homestead cooking, baking, food preservation,

1:38.0

and I happen to have snagged a discount code just for the listeners of this podcast. Head on over to the Prairie Homestead

1:46.8

dot com slash salt to check out Redmond's offerings and don't worry you don't have to get

1:51.7

25 pounds they also sell it in

1:53.9

smaller quantities too use the code homestead when you check out to save 15% on

2:00.9

your order through the end of June, plus if you spend $50 or more, the shipping is free.

2:07.8

And now you can be a salt nerd just like me.

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