How to Improve Soil for Gardening *Win my families 100-year-old strain of bean seed

Pioneering Today

Melissa K Norris

Cookingfromscratch, Oldfashionedliving, Selfsufficiency, Home & Garden, Gardening, Heirloomseeds, Homesteading, Growyourownfood, Education, Survival, Pioneeringtoday, Leisure, How To

4.9 • 931 Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Healthy garden soil is the foundation of your entire garden. If you get this right, you'll drastically improve your harvest and health of your plants. These tips break down what you need to look at in your soil, where to improve it, and how to improve sandy and clay soil (and how to make it better). PLUS, Melissa is offering a giveaway on seed packets of her family's 100-year-old strain of heirloom Tarheel green pole bean and October bean seed + other goodies in celebration of 200 episodes. You can enter the contest at https://melissaknorris.com/contest and get the written notes and links to resources for this episode at https://melissaknorris.com/200

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0:00.0	If you want to learn how to use herbs medicinally and not only medicinally but also grow them,
0:06.4	I can think of little else that gets me excited as knowing I can literally grow our medicine right outside our back door, then you, my friend, are going to want to make
0:16.2	sure that you are registered and signed up for our herbal summer series. This is completely free, though you definitely could charge for it because it is
0:28.2	packed with information. Once you sign up starting in August, every week you are going to get an email from me going over my top 10 favorite herbs.
0:40.0	Each week we are going to pick one of those herbs and do a deep dive on how to grow that herb,
0:47.8	but more importantly, how to use it, including safety, and if you should use it or not if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.
0:56.9	We go through all of the cautions, the medicinal properties, and its uses.
1:02.1	So when you get done done you will have in your pocket and hopefully by
1:06.2	that point in your medicine cabinet my favorite top 10 herbs to always have at the ready. Go to Melissa K Norris.com forward slash
1:18.2	summer herb and make sure that you get registered. Summer school is in session and it has never been better.
1:25.5	Welcome to episode number 200. Today we are going to be talking about soil health in your garden, why it is so important,
1:38.0	and ways that you can improve your soil and the things that you need to know about your soil in order to then improve them.
1:45.6	But first, let me say, welcome to the Pioneer Today podcast.
1:49.5	I'm your host, Melissa Kay Norris, and I am so excited that you are here and that you guys we just
1:57.6	hit 200 episodes that means that thank you first off for being a listener and helping us to reach this 200 episodes.
2:07.0	And also that it means that there are a lot of folks like you and me if you are listening who really do care about preserving these
2:16.4	traditional ways and moving towards a healthier and more self-sufficient society using things like modern homesteading to create a
2:28.4	homegrown and handmade life and I am so honored to be a part of your journey on that way and that you are listening and educating yourself and taking the steps to create a better life for you and your family.
2:45.0	Because this is episode number 200,
2:48.0	I have got some very special things in store.
2:52.0	So I am doing a contest to get in on all of that you're going to
2:57.5	want to go to Melissa canaurus.com forward slash contest. One of the prizes that we're giving away and one of the
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