How to Build Great Soil - A Soil Science Masterclass with Dr. Elaine Ingham (Part 1 of 4)

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  • Опубликовано: 17 июн 2024
  • Dr. Elaine Ingham presents her soil science for beginners masterclass. She covers what the soil food web is, how plants benefit from a healthy soil food web, and how you can change the food web in the soil for your benefit.
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  • @markharris5544
    @markharris5544 2 года назад +741

    I took a week long seminar with her about 10 years ago. Every lecture was as mind blowing as this one. The highlight of the seminar, however, was using the microscopes we were required to have, and seeing those fascinating creatures she talks about. This video shows that today she is even sharper and more humorous than she was ten years ago. My suspicion is that she drinks compost tea.

  • @saltriverorchards4190
    @saltriverorchards4190 2 года назад +166

    This is the best thing about RUclips. Access to information like this before RUclips was quite a bit harder than it is now.

    • @mauriciocardona2853
      @mauriciocardona2853 2 года назад +12

      that is absolutely true. Learn as much as you can now, before they notice this is too dangerous for the system to work and censorchip goes ballistic.

    • @ichillingi
      @ichillingi 2 месяца назад +3

      I am currently a university student and I tell myself this everyday: I can literally learn anything because I have the internet. I love this content and can't wait to continue expanding my knowledge! I wish the best to you all!

    • @ScottMason-ss8ww
      @ScottMason-ss8ww 2 месяца назад

      ​@@ichillingiwe still have books too, remember?

    • @Ali-7676
      @Ali-7676 11 дней назад

      ​@@ScottMason-ss8wwlike my med school professors would say and we found out sure enough.....don't miss lectures..."a good lecture comes to you courtesy of hundreds of books read by the presenter."

  • @9spiderlegs
    @9spiderlegs 2 года назад +199

    I am a science educator and I aspire to be as engaging as Dr. Ingram. I came here to learn how to improve my garden, and I'm leaving inspired to be a better teacher to my students

    • @terrafarmer48
      @terrafarmer48 Год назад

      💚💚💚

    • @eggspanda2475
      @eggspanda2475 Год назад +4

      I think passion is essential .

    • @Infiniti25
      @Infiniti25 4 месяца назад

      How did you improve your garden so far?

    • @DaRealBigAl
      @DaRealBigAl 3 месяца назад

      This is something you would’ve had to hear about from a friend or on the radio, then have to drive 2-4 hours just to watch it in person with a notepad and paper 📝

  • @lifeisgood070
    @lifeisgood070 2 года назад +15

    This is what a good teacher looks like holy smokes; incredibly articulate

  • @tenpennyguy
    @tenpennyguy 2 года назад +75

    I just became the custodian of a large forested lot that was last logged in about 1949. This will help me do right by it, learning from the ground up.

    • @yourfriendwill
      @yourfriendwill 2 года назад +3

      wow, that sounds like an incredible opportunity! may I ask where this is? sounds fascinating.

    • @coder8i
      @coder8i 2 года назад

      Would love to hear more, send updates of what you discover.

    • @joyceherreid7586
      @joyceherreid7586 Год назад

      Thank you!

    • @beroudp
      @beroudp 4 месяца назад

      The Key word seams to be diversity.

    • @jamesd1672
      @jamesd1672 3 месяца назад

      How did you do that?

  • @chrisgewirtz5875
    @chrisgewirtz5875 2 года назад +17

    She makes soil sound like a rock concert. So cool!

  • @spoilertree7626
    @spoilertree7626 2 года назад +64

    Reading information on Dr. Ingham's ideas, or hearing them distilled by other commentators, you forget what a clear and compelling speaker she is. How great would it be to attend her classes!

    • @TNT34714
      @TNT34714 2 года назад +4

      It is definitely worth it! www.soilfoodweb.com

  • @mikestaub
    @mikestaub 3 месяца назад +3

    This is a true masterclass with a world-class professor.

  • @andrewbaillie6291
    @andrewbaillie6291 Месяц назад +2

    Thank you, thank you, thank you! You are such a good teacher.

  • @andrewbaillie6291
    @andrewbaillie6291 Месяц назад +3

    This woman is a Saint!

  • @allonesame6467
    @allonesame6467 2 года назад +38

    I bought and read their book, "Teaming with Microbes". Thank you for posting Dr. Elaine's talk. Blessings Abound

  • @craigtalbot607
    @craigtalbot607 2 года назад +21

    I’ve been composting for 20 years. I have no idea what bacteria or fungi we’re growing, but it turns our adobe soil into something that grows plants! 👍❤️👍

  • @JR-HeavenonEarth
    @JR-HeavenonEarth 2 года назад +11

    I absolutley LOVE Dr Elaine Ingham...so refreshing to hear her! Dirts worst enemy and soils best friend!

  • @jthepickle7
    @jthepickle7 2 года назад +62

    When you think you're versed in a subject, like gardening - at it for 56
    years - and along comes Elaine Ingham informing you that you must live a
    whole nother life to catch up.
    Years ago she taught me to feed my 'soil pets' instead of feeding my plants.

    • @GGIC.
      @GGIC. 2 года назад

      How do we feed them?

    • @jthepickle7
      @jthepickle7 2 года назад +11

      @@GGIC. Blood meal, bone meal ,fish emulsion, compost, leaf mold, rock dust, companion planting...

  • @tsant6591
    @tsant6591 2 года назад +64

    She's great at putting things in perspective. It's really very basic, and about understanding the fundamentals. So many people over complicate things, that it becomes confusing for new farmers.

  • @alanm87
    @alanm87 2 года назад +27

    Bless this human for saving the world with knowledge.

  • @benabel
    @benabel 2 года назад +138

    i'm just getting into gardening and composting. really interesting to think of it as "tending to life". seeing my compost pile steam for the first time, seeing bugs and flies, and even little mammalian critters scurrying around it has been encouraging :)

    • @zanewalsh1812
      @zanewalsh1812 2 года назад +2

      Brother!
      I've worked about 10 piles of hot compost this season...
      🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
      I'm a little excited to meet you 🌍🌎🌏🕊️
      Be well brother Ben 🙏🏼✨

    • @jimmyrichardson67
      @jimmyrichardson67 2 года назад +6

      I love the whole process

    • @littlefurrow2437
      @littlefurrow2437 4 месяца назад

      Long live life!

  • @mikaila2621
    @mikaila2621 Месяц назад +1

    SUCH an interesting lecture. I’m so blessed to have access to such information. I’m working on rebuilding my soil for my vegetable garden. It’s total dead soil so it’ll take some time.

  • @gurogreen
    @gurogreen 2 года назад +29

    This is such essential information… I’m applying it since 2 years in my little garden seeing beautiful results and can only imagine what would happen if the whole world of agriculture would get these fundamental insights and build systems of food production upon that understanding … one giant step toward paradise, abundance, freedom. Nurturing life’s capacity to take care of itself. Understanding life deeper and deeper and not interfering where it knows how to manage itself!! This topic is just tremendously important to understand and share the knowledge. I’m deeply grateful to this amazing woman who is paving the way for a new and better world with better food for people and healthy ecosystems for all life including humans ❤️ I pray this knowledge will become embedded in our agricultural systems 🙏🏻 thank you Elaine Ingram and all those seeking to live sustainably ❤️

    • @patriotgirl1american854
      @patriotgirl1american854 2 года назад +1

      Don’t tell Bill Gates!

    • @mauriciocardona2853
      @mauriciocardona2853 2 года назад

      I do not think it will be embedded in our agricultural systems. It is not profitable. abundance is the worst thing that could happen to capitalism. Scarcity is necessary for something to be profitable. killing the soil is a strategy, not a mistake.

  • @FraserValleyRoseFarm
    @FraserValleyRoseFarm 2 года назад +70

    Wow! Thanks for the in-depth content. Great to hear from someone so knowledgeable.

  • @nadinegaudet1870
    @nadinegaudet1870 2 года назад +3

    I need to learn more from this woman, she explains it in a way I am able to understand!!!
    Wow shes amazing.

  • @quique913
    @quique913 2 года назад +6

    Thank you very much Dr. Elaine Ingham for sharing your knowledge with us on this media. Greetings from a cacao grower from Queensland. Thanks again

  • @SJ-um2ym
    @SJ-um2ym Месяц назад

    She explains this so succinctly. Halfway through and I really want to buy this woman a beer.

  • @Big-ef5ru
    @Big-ef5ru 2 года назад +9

    Massive upload Diego, thanks for doing it, will watch them this weekend

  • @frankligas2249
    @frankligas2249 2 года назад +18

    Thanks for the video. Excelent work. This is just an FYI, my friend Crafton is a kindred spirit of yours. He was asked if we had to evacuate Earth, and go live on Mars, never to return. And you were only allowed to bring one item that would fit in a box 12 inches square, what would you bring? He answered without a second thought, "A box of the richest, microbe infested, gorgeous topsoil from my garden." Everyone one else shut up, because there just wasn't a better answer than that.

  • @kdm1234gmail
    @kdm1234gmail Год назад +8

    wow this is really helpful to learn. I've actually been doing this not knowing what I was doing. So its helpful to know what I am doing now. The soil here has improved so much in the past few years. As I have let nature restore its systems with me there to help get it what it needs and help the processes along.

  • @dubsbarry9963
    @dubsbarry9963 Год назад +2

    Really like this lady's style and agree 100% with her conclusions.

  • @kristenlilkas7886
    @kristenlilkas7886 Год назад +2

    Going to need to watch each of these twice to make sure my notes are accurate 😊 thank you for making this available to us

  • @SpecialSoldier109
    @SpecialSoldier109 2 года назад +4

    What an excellent teacher.

  • @CMarie2415
    @CMarie2415 2 года назад +2

    Wow fantastic, and aligns with what I've noticed in my garden. Need to find more from her.

  • @loridorchak76
    @loridorchak76 2 года назад +2

    Wow! Thanks for posting this! just awesome- so helpful!

  • @wesbaumguardner8829
    @wesbaumguardner8829 2 года назад +4

    Excellent lecture. Thanks, Diego!

  • @reymondatienza8427
    @reymondatienza8427 2 года назад +8

    Wow. Thanks, Dr. Elaine! I don't like biology but I understood how to bring life to my (backyard) soil; thanks to your very easy explanation. This would really help me build a sustainable backyard vegetable. I rarely watch 30+ mins videos but this seems like it just passed by! Thanks again for the knowledge. NOW I AM INFECTED! Haha!

  • @rickemmet1104
    @rickemmet1104 2 дня назад

    Dr. Ingham, "That's one of the deals here. Now that you've listened to me, you've been infected." NO, NO, NO, we've been inoculated!!!! Love this content :)

  • @sachitradw
    @sachitradw 2 года назад

    What a passionate teacher!

  • @1timbarrett
    @1timbarrett 3 месяца назад +1

    I wish Dr Ingram had been my Life Science teacher back in the 70s! 😘

  • @DeTransAllianceCanada
    @DeTransAllianceCanada 2 года назад +13

    You speak the language of science so even a truck driver can understand!

  • @alisonburgess345
    @alisonburgess345 2 года назад +3

    Fantastic lecture... thanks everybody.

  • @Santreezy
    @Santreezy 2 года назад +3

    Been watching for about 5 minutes…. GREAT info. Taking notes!

  • @KimberlyBarkdoll
    @KimberlyBarkdoll 2 года назад

    Yassss!!!! Finally, someone says it! This is what we need! Blass you for posting this!

  • @catemaccoll9626
    @catemaccoll9626 2 года назад +2

    Honestly, the david Attenborough impression? 😍 I'm here to learn seriously about soil, but what a treat that was.

  • @jamesraphael8473
    @jamesraphael8473 Год назад

    Wow wow wow. This woman is a blessing!

  • @davidscurlock2150
    @davidscurlock2150 2 года назад

    Dr Elaine thank you for your teachings....this is bipartisan and very informative and inspired me to create my own garden....it is going well...especially my medical cannabis

  • @mclee5081
    @mclee5081 Год назад

    Dr. Elaine. you are great teacher. thanks!

  • @nikhilkothurkar
    @nikhilkothurkar 2 года назад +2

    This is simply brilliant!

  • @Schoenmann3
    @Schoenmann3 2 года назад +1

    Excellent lecture Dr. Elaine Ingham

  • @leehylton687
    @leehylton687 2 года назад +1

    I happened upon this by chance. It's fascinating! Thanks for sharing!

  • @MissyRoselle
    @MissyRoselle 7 месяцев назад

    Wow, she's amazing, I loved listening to her!

  • @ilDreadmakermichele
    @ilDreadmakermichele 2 года назад +4

    amazing, i cant wait to see it all

  • @mrstevens445
    @mrstevens445 4 месяца назад

    Wow! This is eye opening. Thank you for the upload.

  • @linkindescription1
    @linkindescription1 2 месяца назад

    A Great Lecture to tell the importance of Microorganisms balance in our soil in order to improve our farming. Love from Agronomist. Very Helpful ❤

  • @richardalonzo4717
    @richardalonzo4717 Год назад

    This is genius. I have been looking for this information for thirty years.

  • @ThePlantasticNerd
    @ThePlantasticNerd 2 года назад +2

    Who needs universities, I just need this woman in my life!

  • @mab5020
    @mab5020 Год назад

    THANK YOU! You already know, it was exactly what I needed to hear. Not only informative but entertaining, too! I 💗your style😎 I will spread this faster than pertussis!👩‍🌾

  • @victorb5
    @victorb5 Год назад

    Thank you so much for the upload!

  • @Jeffreydboyes
    @Jeffreydboyes Год назад +4

    Sorry I’m late. A huge thank you for your fantastic analysis. And, in a way that, even though i thought I knew what I was doing, i still learned a lot! I appreciate your great work. Thank you!

  • @Juiciverse
    @Juiciverse Год назад

    loved every second of this

  • @pyrorc
    @pyrorc 2 года назад +12

    I think what people really need to take from this is that this compost is the most important tool in your growing tool shed

    • @pyrorc
      @pyrorc 2 года назад +5

      I think there's something that people need to do is take this information into their hands
      start to work systems such as Terra Preta, in order for the clay pottery to provide oxygen in the biochar to work holding nutrients to be charged. and for the organisms to be able to mine from the clay.
      This full living system needs to be made correctly.

    • @coder8i
      @coder8i 2 года назад

      And hydrology

  • @happinessyogateacher
    @happinessyogateacher 2 года назад +2

    Such and interesting speaker and beyond brilliant!

  • @gmo3686
    @gmo3686 7 месяцев назад

    This is absolutely fascinating

  • @kristentaylor7051
    @kristentaylor7051 2 года назад +8

    This was a gift to me, thank you. I will share it with the world

  • @imustbegettinolder4434
    @imustbegettinolder4434 2 года назад +2

    Very very interesting. Thank you.

  • @vhmccray3705
    @vhmccray3705 2 месяца назад

    Thank you Dr. Ingham! That was fantastic and very much more entertaining than I thought from the opening picture. I have tried for years to wrap my head around the correlation between things like nutrient density, PH, beneficial biomass, & organism relationships. There's a lot of reading out there from some people that (just like in all industries) shouldn't be talking! But listening to this lecture put so much into prospective and gave me a clearer picture. I almost had a stroke trying to absorb it all! But it was worth it. Now I gotta go get me a microscope!

  • @demacherius1
    @demacherius1 2 года назад +2

    A verry informative video.
    She is awesome at making a topic really interresting

  • @jasminebambury5841
    @jasminebambury5841 2 месяца назад

    Just enjoyed listening. What a great teacher♡

  • @pav8n
    @pav8n 2 года назад +2

    Thanks for this video

  • @IvyandCJsGarden
    @IvyandCJsGarden 2 года назад +2

    So glad i stumbled upon this! 🤯🤯

  • @narendrajoshi790
    @narendrajoshi790 3 месяца назад

    Great understanding of the subject, 🙏🙏🙏
    Clarity of thought
    Great Teacher

  • @LaurelsChannel
    @LaurelsChannel 5 месяцев назад

    That is a truly excellent speaker. I learned a lot and was highly entertained at the same time. Glad I found this video series.

  • @frithfiver
    @frithfiver Год назад +1

    This woman is incredible!! How inspiring

  • @a.p1675
    @a.p1675 8 месяцев назад

    Wow! She is wonderful!

  • @emresipahi8392
    @emresipahi8392 Год назад

    thank you its an amazing class

  • @tommysmith5082
    @tommysmith5082 Год назад

    Thanks. Very informative.

  • @chhavindersingh9343
    @chhavindersingh9343 Год назад

    What an amazing speaker!

  • @Wherstead
    @Wherstead 2 года назад +3

    I couldn't wait to return to my property to see it in a different way. I have left it for more than 30 years without any additions and the soil is spongy and healthy.

  • @cannafarmer
    @cannafarmer 6 месяцев назад

    I could listen to her all day, I relisten occasionally to reinforce

  • @mikewright3029
    @mikewright3029 2 года назад

    Great stuff! Thank you! :D

  • @dillyDragon
    @dillyDragon 5 месяцев назад

    Seems like a fun class to take, I enjoyed the teaching style.🎉

  • @JohnHenrySheridan
    @JohnHenrySheridan Год назад

    Awesome info thank you!

  • @franksfamily
    @franksfamily 2 года назад

    Learning tons, thanks

  • @richstone2627
    @richstone2627 2 года назад +4

    Good stuff mang.

  • @aftech7268
    @aftech7268 3 месяца назад

    Great info very educational

  • @scottwebber652
    @scottwebber652 2 года назад +2

    That’s what I like. Someone who speaks the facts. If I got it she indicates that the $ spent on growing needs focus at all the fungi n bacteria level n not the ways usually done -chemicals !! Sounded like the plant s will self suffice short of a lil periodical boost.

  • @captainhitz
    @captainhitz 11 месяцев назад

    Excellent lecture.

  • @christopherbocanegra4047
    @christopherbocanegra4047 2 года назад

    Straight 🔥 thank you ma’am

  • @solidmercury4585
    @solidmercury4585 4 месяца назад

    I am happy I stumbled upon this

  • @oh_la_la
    @oh_la_la 3 месяца назад

    It's interesting to learn how to maintain the soil good to plant on and preserve the bacteria...Thanks .

  • @donaldroberts5338
    @donaldroberts5338 Год назад

    Great teacher am hooked !!!

  • @annburge291
    @annburge291 2 года назад +14

    We have been totally infected by her knowledge. Always captivating hearing from the great leaders of soil science.

  • @bangmo2860
    @bangmo2860 2 месяца назад

    I did the back to Eden gardening thing.
    Got rid of all my back yard grass by covering it with black weed blocker fabric for about a month. Then removed the fabric.
    Dumped 2 truckloads of wood chips, which covered my entire backyard about 3 feet high.
    Topped it with horse manure from a ranch.
    Pick up leaves from my neighborhood park during 3 consecutive autumns and dumped them over the wood chips and manure.
    Got chickens and let them roam free in the yard.
    At the same time I kept burying kitchen scraps for 3 years.
    At the end of 3 years, I have the most amazing soil that sprouts out any seed you drop in it.
    I'm still open to suggestions to improve it if possible. Thank you. I hope this helps somebody.

    • @tainicon4639
      @tainicon4639 21 день назад

      Add in charcoal (biochar as the gardening people call it). Lump charcoal can be extremely porous (and also reasonably resistant to breakdown) providing massiver surface area for bacterial growth.

  • @doraw7766
    @doraw7766 Год назад

    Thank you.

  • @rainwaterrefugehomestead2267
    @rainwaterrefugehomestead2267 2 года назад

    Awesome video!!

  • @fortunewrangler8524
    @fortunewrangler8524 2 месяца назад

    Brilliant!!

  • @johnny96888
    @johnny96888 11 месяцев назад

    Within the first sentence of this lady talking I knew it would be good!

  • @nailwall1078
    @nailwall1078 2 года назад

    She's thee number 1 best.

  • @jsl3261961
    @jsl3261961 2 года назад

    The Best!

  • @AnthonyWhitewwfilms
    @AnthonyWhitewwfilms 2 года назад +1

    Elaine is awesome 🤘

  • @rymvgs
    @rymvgs 2 года назад

    Thanks doc 🙏

  • @jackofalltrades3378
    @jackofalltrades3378 3 месяца назад

    Good presentation.

  • @gillsmoke
    @gillsmoke 2 года назад +3

    So far all I got was add compost to help bring back life balance to my soil. Check working on that.