How to Test Soil Ph

Pioneering Today Podcast - Homesteading in a Modern World

Melissa K Norris

Education, How To, Leisure, Home & Garden

4.8 • 978 Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2018

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Learn how and why it's important to test your soil ph when looking to grow healthy plants that give you the biggest harvest (because that's what healthy plant do). Methods for soil testing, what the tests mean, which plants grow best in acidic and alkaline soil, and how to amend your soil, when you should and what you need to know to keep your soil in tip top shape (aka what mistakes to avoid) when creating the best soil you can for your pasture, garden, fruit trees and bushes.

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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.
1:25.8	How to take the gardening space and specifically the soil that you have and make sure that it is in tip-top shape with some pretty easy simple tests and
1:38.0	know-how so that you get the absolute most amount of harvest possible from the spots and the plants
1:46.3	that you already have.
1:48.1	I think most gardeners and homesteaders, we are really big on getting the absolute most that we can out of everything. We really
1:58.9	know how to use our resources no matter if you are brand new to gardening and raising your food or you have
2:06.2	been at this for a while. On today's episode which is actually part two we are going to be diving into how to test your soil.
2:17.3	Specifically, we're going to be talking pH levels.
2:20.7	What that means for the plants that you're going to be growing, how to amend it, and the ways that we do this
2:27.0	here on our homestead, not only with our garden soil, but also with our pasture. This is episode number 135 of the
2:38.2	pioneering today podcast with me your host Melissa Kay Norris where we teach families how to grow, preserve, and cook their
2:46.6	own food using old-fashioned skill sets and wisdom to create a natural self-sufficient home with or without the full-on homestead.
2:59.0	Welcome, I am really excited for today's episode and I'm so glad that you are here joining me.
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