Give Me Fertility, Or I'll Get it Myself! // Contaminated Soil

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[@foodallergyblessed3332]

I am one of those who bought contaminated soil! It killed many of my plants and most of the seeds never bore fruit. After contacting the company, I was told I would get a full refund. I am very grateful and thankful. However, there’s now a lingering thought in my mind, will it happen again? I absolutely think ALL THIS is on purpose….. THANK YOU for showing people like me HOW!! Knowledge is POWER!! Sending you blessings:)

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thank you so much my friend

[@lauraguliano7012]

Wow! I am so sorry to read this!! Thank you for sharing. Now I know to be careful.

[@Mimi4UEyesNotBlue]

Happening to me as well! 😢

[@judyfultz5395]

Happened to me also ,Garden was ruined.

[@kathyingram3061]

~It doesnt seem a 'full refund' does much compared to all the damage it caused, and time to repair~

[@mamagrotgrows]

Jess from Roots and Refuge recently got hit wit this problem. She has some interesting plans to help remediate her soil, because she is determined to find a solution to help people recover from this scourge. She has some upcoming plans with mushrooms, and using plants to help detoxify the soil. Might be worth a look, if you're interested. She is another Believer, who is on fire for helping others.

[@cuznclive2236]

"Jess from Roots and Refuge recently got hit wit this problem." Following her/them as well. They are following a very long, one step at a time, approach to determine a best-fit and teachable method, which will be an amazing series to watch. The one thing I've yet to hear them talk about is char; maybe I missed it. Nonetheless, my theory is that a raw char will grab everything from the soil, including the unwanted contaminants, and hold it long enough, or until it becomes a non-issue. Having written, I still believe they should strip the beds and begin their science project in a less productive, and less expensive growing environment. That tunnel needs food growing to recover costs.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

I will have to check her out

[@mamagrotgrows]

The company that they got the soil from has provided them with activated charcoal, and given them a full refund as well, thankfully.

[@RaechelleJ]

I heard pumkons are a good detox for soil remedies

[@sujo0603]

Yes, I watched that episode. I really like these channels that have a focus on teaching and sharing.

[@victoriajohnson3034]

Don't know if this helps anyone. I build and build my garden beds just before winter for the next year. Letting the soil sit a few months over winter seems to help me get good crops. Learned this from my grandpa.

[@ladyryan902]

Victoria..i learned the same from my grands..i was hit with herbicide hay 2 years ago n heartbroken I started treating it myself then let it sit. Last year I had 117 tomatoes growing in the same spot...letting it sit treating it does work😃

[@victoriajohnson3034]

@@ladyryan902 yep!

[@gafairbanks2434]

DEFINITELY! PLAN AHEAD. ! ENZYMES NEED TIME TO DO THEIR WORK. Like weeding, you need to remove them before seeding out!! SO it takes a few years but the end result is so worth it 🥰

[@debrasfrugallife3703]

Yep I do the same. Helps alot from having to deal with it in the summer heat as well

[@GLORYWIELDERS]

It's what they used to call "letting the ground lie fallow". There was a time you weren't able to go out and buy amendments, so you would rotate crops. If you had three fields, one year you let one lie fallow, then you rotate the next year let another one lie fallow, then the 3rd year, the 3rd field rest, soluch that every third year they're lying fallow/resting/regenerating. If ground has been destroyed for any reason, a 7 year fallow period will completely regenerate the soil to its natural health. I believe it's also a requirement for organic farms to be certified. Of course this is if you have larger area and lots of fields, but in those days that's not a problem. If you were going to live you had to have as much field as you can get! 😘🙏

[@grdelawter4266]

I love your ideas Billy! I bought an old lawn & leaf vacuum trailer to pull behind my riding mower in 2019 at auction for $200. After some repairs and a new hose, it worked. It holds 1-1/2 cubic yards full of fresh ground up leaves. I dump into a pile after refilling it a dozen more times. I then put it into round pile inside 48”X2X4 welded wire fence cut 12’ long to make about 4’ by 4’. I watered it as I filled it, and refilled it again and again as it broke down. I’ve learned everything I can compost, and add it to the pile with chicken manure. These began in the fall last year and I can tell I’ll have great leaf mold/compost in the spring of ‘23. Probably about 3 yards total from several piles. I don’t have any cow manure and no one locally will part with any. I don’t own a truck, but I’m making it happen!

[@lynnwright8975]

I didn't own a truck when I first started gardening. There was a person giving away horse manure, so I bought a big tarp and made a liner in my trunk. I shoveled out a bunch, then pulled the tarp out with just a little bit of manure still in it. I dumped it on the pile. I didn't lose a drop of manure and kept my trunk clean. If you can borrow a truck. Go after a couple of loads and split it with the owner of the truck.

[@mio.giardino]

I can’t tell you how much of a sigh of relief I breathed when I had several beans that I planted, by seeds pop up in the soil I bought. They are at several leaves now so I know it’s good. Should I ever be blessed with land, chickens will be my first critter then it’ll be 2 feeder pigs. There’s a saying that says “there’s no such thing as coincidences” and to the ones that think we are wearing tinfoil hats, I say, “it’s better to wear a hat then be willfully blind”.

[@cathleendell8111]

Absolutely! I prefer a hat over blinders any day!!!!!

[@cathleendell8111]

Perfect timing for our garden. This growing season is our Sabbath rest for our garden. Everything I’ve been doing around here has been centered around healthy land. It is absolutely disheartening that at every turn we are challenged by outside influences. You know when our Father tells us to be “set apart”? I’m finding that means in all areas of our lives. Finding holistic God given ways to “set apart” our land means to not bring in any “outside” contamination into the land. And for those who won’t (not can’t) read in order to learn ….. it is written….. He who doesn’t work doesn’t eat. Reading is part of the work my friend. Carry on brother ya’ll are on point!!!

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thank you very much Cathleen!

[@Sunnytrailrunner]

Hey There, Cathleen❗️I read your wise comments & have a quick question for you. If you have enough time to answer it, I’d be most grateful. QUESTION: With your term “Sabbath rest,” did you mean that you’re not growing a garden this season, as in once every seven years?

[@cathleendell8111]

@@Sunnytrailrunner yes Ma’am, that is what I mean.

[@jtharp9265]

Amen , Mr. Billy - They were widening our main road to 4 lanes from 2 - also a piece of land that cut down a bunch of trees , I stopped by there & asked the workers , could I please Get some wood chips & Dirt , along with several pallets - to put my grow bags & pots to sit on. They said Mam please come take what you want .... Its so TRUE , GO ASK YOU SHALL RECIEVE !!! AMEN . Mrs JosetteTharp Montgomery County , Texas 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Great ideas my friend

[@farmer-red488]

Hello Billy and family.. I have a personal experience with human sludge here at our farm.. back 12 years ago we were dairy farmers and where we live is directly across the road from our local municipal office/garage and fire department. We'll our wonderful lib gvnmt was dishing out funds for "piloted projects" and our municipal officials raised their hands and took the cash to work on this project. Well to our dismay they decided to build these sludge tanks adjacent to the garage across the road from our dairy farm. Well our marketing board got wind of this taking place and informed us that IF our water table becomes contaminated due to their "pilot project" and the milk becomes contaminated due to that activity, we as the producer would be held liable for the loss of milk in the tanker that collects the milk every 2nd day. So we approached our township officials and brought these serious issues to their attention, and they didn't want to hear anything we had to bring to the table as it would have affected someone's pocket book(the mayor is also the business owner who received the contract to do the job!!)) So due to the severe nature of this situation we consulted our legal team and grassroots organizations and brought it to a halt quickly. During one of the meetings where our legal team along with scientists and others who have been directly involved in such projects and knew the firsthand destruction that that does to the land in all ots forms AND also the fact that our farm had been there and was the first dairy farm in our community, that they should heed our concerns. Unfortunately it fell on deaf ears so I became a rebel and deliver them a load of ripe fresh cow manure and dumped it during their debate.. to say that it for their attention is an understatement lol... I was charged with public mischief and ordered to pay a cleanup fine but that got thrown out and my lawyer incurred the restitution so I would have a squeaky clean record.. the project was halted, scientists on their side said the location all of a sudden wasn't adequate and the whole project was over but not before costing the taxpayers 350,00$ OVER the original cost analysis.. the importance of healthy soil is crucial and nothing to be foolinh with. Someone had to stand up and I'm glad I did and would do it again if needed.

[@1rachp]

I am so sorry this has happened to you, but thankful you have a mind to fix it. Jess at Roots and Refuge is having the same problem. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

I sure appreciate it my friend

[@elijahsfarmsteadjourney]

Ive been watching videos of geoff lawton and the weedy garden making swales and i really like how they function. When i used to live in Arizona we used to have these mini canal like "swales" called Chinampas to help trap and disperse water but they where typically made with concrete so i definitely love the idea of swales. If you guys ever do an online in depth step by step swale class id be very inclined to take it..if i lived in the usa still id attend the self relience festival and swale class but i live in canada..absolutely love what yall are doing and keep being passionate about permaculture cuz its my passion too

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Right on my friend

[@agapefield]

We had a 1/2 acre pond dug and the man who dug it piled all of the topsoil in our garden area and put the 60/40 & the clay for our driveways & future metal home pad.

[@montanaskye3227]

Nothing going on is a coincidence; its ALL by design!!! We have to be blind not to see it!! Keep up the great work Brother!!!

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thank you so much my friend

[@0177Mia]

Sadly, we had really JACKED UP soil from LOWE'S. Full of bugs, not right on nitro, and GRUBS! our chickens helped after it was so jacked. We started a compost pile, and we're expanding a little at a time. Ty for giving us the right direction to research what we need to do! Stay diligent and BOTR!

[@ladyryan902]

Boy is it ever a lot of work Billy!! I can't make hay for my animals so I buy it in advance n pile it in direct sun n cover it with black plastic bags💐

[@ladyryan902]

Sorry hit wrong button..i was trying to say that I let it sit for months before I use it for animals..ive gotten hot mulch from the dump built a garden n let it sit covered 6 months...i also throw lawn lime n Epsom salt eggshells over it once a month..so far it worked..thank God

[@tpaw6908]

Amen Billy , soil, seed compost all one year. Trees getting diseases that have never been before. Thank you Bly . You and Michelle thank you I'll be celebrating my Freedom on the 4th because of heros like you. God bless all the Vets Happy 4th of Freedom day.

[@peoriafan1]

Keep it going brotha!Don’t hold back on anything.I’m praying for you brother.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thank you so much Johnny!

[@PDingenen65]

Yup yup. My husband and I just said it. You have to make your own soil now.

[@LeaC816]

Thanks, Billy!! You always share truly helpful stuff. Y’all are so greatly appreciated!! I’m sorry you are getting trolls but I have always assumed when someone on here starts getting haters it’s because they are doing something right! Much love from Texas!!

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thank you so much for the vote of encouragement Lea! I hope things are all good for you back there in Texas

[@zachdouglas1752]

Thanks for all of the info you put out, been implementing a lot of your methods on my property! Assuming that what is being applied are petrochemical type pesticides/herbicides/etc, from what I understand these are derived from the ingredients used to make napalm. The remediation for heavy napalm-affected sites are large concrete buildings where they essentially incinerate the chemicals in the affected soils. Composting may act in a similar manner but at a lower heat over a longer time while also leveraging soil microbes.

[@oleboy4332]

Just now came across your video. I spent several hundred dollars on raised garden beds and had four cubic yards of garden mix from a local, reputable company. Large company. Had it delivered and spread. Bought a couple hundred dollars of plants and planted them. All of my tomato plants got curly top disease, most likely from chemical weed killers. Unbelievable. I’m pissed

[@croberts2358]

We're saving all of our chicken manure and we bought a small chipper shredder.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

That’s definitely the way to go

[@highroad3580]

Once a year we clean up the neighbors composted horse manure and spent hay for our annual spring gardening, mixed with the shed rakings from the goats. We all keep our animals chem free so it is the best stuff for the tilled and now no till gardens. A year ago we placed several cart loads of the goat shed manure and hay in a pile at the edge of the hardwoods then started using it at about 6 months composted. Beautiful dark soil perfect to mix with our garden dirt for starting seeds. Spring before last I bought the usual box store organic potting soil and the seeds that grew were stunted at best. Spring 2022 we used our mixture with stunning results. Thank you for helping gardeners find the solutions!

[@LoriSeaborg]

I'm sorry the soil was poisoned; I'm sure it was disheartening for y'all since you'd just built that hoophouse. I did research on aminopyralids after seeing it suggested from European commenters after Roots & Refuge was wondering what's wrong with their Soil3 compost (the company acknowledged it, so their name is out there). I found a 2009 letter written by Dow AgroSciences, the owner of the herbicide, to a "gardener enthusiast," and not only is it alarming they have known of this impact on home gardeners for over a decade, but they're also very much not sorry: "In those rare cases where garden plants have been damaged by aminopyralid, the herbicide was introduced through animal manure that should not have been used as a garden fertilizer soil amendment. Aminopyralid is approved for use on some food crops but can harm the growth of many garden. Any introduction into a garden is due to a failure to follow label directions. " Typical Big Ag response, right?

[@LoriSeaborg]

source: www.ncagr.gov/spcap/pesticides/documents/AminopyralidGardenerResponse29Apr09.pdf This "letter" includes a list of plants that would be affected, what will fix it (microorganisms), and photos.

[@tracycrider7778]

Sick

[@busygirl2681]

WOW!! That's absolutely disturbing what these crazy people will do. Thanks for sharing great info.

[@Carolynfoodforest355]

David the Good has talked about herbicide contamination for several years. He even talks about methods to pull out the aminopurilyds. Check out what he does with homemade uncharged charcoal.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

I will definitely check it out

[@BearBottomHomestead]

Thanks for being truthful. Today’s society is so use to seeing everything perfect, life isn’t that way. “Fail fast” is a saying I heard a while ago and it has been a game changer for me. Find out what doesn’t work quickly, adapt, change, and move on. My bagged soil has been a issue as well, I just thought I may have gotten a bad batch or something. Glad(not glad) to see it wasn’t just happening to me.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

We are definitely going to have to start thinking outside the box my friend!

[@blujen1642]

I have friends in Texas and that snowstorm snow wasn't snow. Ot discoloured cement pads and killed trees. That 'snow' was rod shaped. We have to Command this stuff does not come onto our lands and enthrone the Lord over the weather. Really appreciate these solutions \0/

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

I sure hope it helps my friend

[@thethingonthedoorstep3464]

I live in the city and my yard was clay when I bought my home. My neighbor had the perfect lawn and sprayed chemicals constantly. I left my property alone, never raking. My neighbor finally moved and my soil is much better. I planted potatoes and they were doing good. I have a few trees damaged by storms and planned on cutting them for mulch. The electric company decided to spray them,even one and two foot high trees I keep trimmed. They damaged trees on half of my property and killed my potatoes. They refuse to tell me what they used but it's been several weeks and I can still smell it. I also make compost that I now won't use. I bought bags of hummus, compost and manure and then saw the soil issue on another channel. I don't have the money to fix this and feel pretty defeated. Everytime I go out in my yard I just feel sick

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

So sorry to hear that my friend.

[@faintlyartistic7803]

I have made 1,000's of soil blocks in the past using my own compost and had nearly 100% germination. Fast forward to this year, new property, purchased compost for my soil blocks. Major problems with germination, even some new seeds not germinating at all. It has been frustrating.

[@rhondabarlow860]

Last month I had the idea of asking the construction site near my house for a bucket of dirt. Your mentioning the idea gave me courage to ask for the dirt.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

That’s what I’m talking about Rhonda!

[@Hatfield_Country]

Thank you for sharing your experience with us. Something is definitely going on with these soils and composts. I've been putting off starting a compost of my own, but this is all the motivation I need.

[@tracycrider7778]

Herbicides!

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Glad to hear it my friend!

[@sheilafade2016]

Yep they are putting junk in the atmosphere, yep gotta try, that looks like my tomatoes

[@janhatchett7834]

I think we got some tainted soil this year. Working to up my composting game!

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

That’s the only way around this nonsense Jan.

[@pavlovssheep5548]

fungi/mushrooms that eat wood and other decaying matter are good at breaking down contaminated soil , due to there adaptive enzymes , they can change the enzymes they produce in order to digest new food sources , so could add extra wood chips and inoculate it with for example wine cap mushroom or oyster mushroom

[@helenehenkel]

Fortunately the bad soil issue has not affected me. Im glad you are addressing it. In my itty bitty garden I am applying many of the principles you teach & am having good results. Thank you for the information

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

That just made my day my friend!

[@leedalrymple737]

Thank you! We are using our own compost that you have shown us to do. We have had no issues because we do it this way. We ordered the knife and comfrey salve! I am so stoked!

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thank you so much for your support Lee!

[@leedalrymple737]

@@PermaPasturesFarm21 my pleasure you all out a part of our family life everyday. You truly are a blessing!

[@surgerystudio7654]

Self labeled conspiracy believer here, lol. I just had a theory while watching your video On my way to my local municipality to buy compost and soil feeling defeated before I even got there since that’s where I’ve been getting all my soil and compost. 🥴 I can’t compost quick enough and don’t have much space to do anything significant enough for this season so I figured I have no other choice. Anyway, as I was loading up my car with compost and soil a thought crossed my mind based on some previous gardening fails: I’m brand new to gardening, trying to prep for what’s coming and I’m in Texas. It’s been insanely hot and we haven’t had rain in a while and the sun has been brutalizing my little garden. So in the beginning I called myself planting all these seeds and putting them in a large Tupperware like container thinking it would be like a mini greenhouse. Needless to say I learned my first major lesson because nothing grew. I realized that instead of creating a greenhouse I made a sauna and sterilized my soil! Lol 😂 As I was just loading my bags in my car I noticed how hot the bags were…..Is it possible that our soil isn’t any good because of the way it’s being kept? I can’t imagine how any beneficial fungi, rhizomes, nematodes, bacteria, or microbial life could survive in these super hot plastic bags baking in the heat outside stacked high and just waiting to be bought and brought home for use. We are just getting sterilized bags of pretty soil! I’m going to try and add a ton of bacteria etc back into it using the Biotone and compost teas and banana teas etc. any suggestions would be greatly welcomed🙏🏽 getting out my microscope 🔬 as well to see what if anything I can find.

[@faintlyartistic7803]

Look into the Jadam method or Korean Natural Farming. I used the Jadam Microbial Solution this year which is very easy to make. I also used the pesticide formula and it is working wonders. I believe it is the future for small farmers and home gardeners.

[@surgerystudio7654]

@@faintlyartistic7803 thank you 😊!!!

[@idahohoosier8989]

Thank y'all. Always great info. Blessings, julie

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thank you so much Julie!

[@kennyjohnson6875]

Thanks Billy and good luck

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thank you very much Kenny

[@MichaelEReed-fb2po]

Love the shirt Billy! Hang in there my friend. My grandmother always said, "You can't fix stupid". Carry on my friend

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thank you very much Michael

[@MichaelEReed-fb2po]

@@PermaPasturesFarm21 👍🙏

[@bob.hudson]

Most commercial compost simply do not have the biology. Plus you do not know where they get there ressources from. It is really really hard to find a good compost. Here we make it ourselves and has transformed our property to the point that people ask us how we do it. There is no secret, learn soil micro biology and do it yourself.

[@SouthernMiss87]

I spent a bunch of time and money this late winter getting a new area of my yard ready for planting. I paid for a local dirt man to bring in a load of topsoil. I spread it around, bought a lot of trees, plants and seed. The only viable plants are at the fringe of the area, in my actual original dirt. This topsoil was obviously from a toxic dump. I’ll never do that again. Thank you Billy, I’ll try to make my own compost.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Best of luck Donna!

[@FullyAliveLLC]

Amen. Willful ignorance is stupidity and in an age of information ignorance is a choice.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

I couldn’t have said it better myself.

[@Bennybob01]

On point once again! I’ve even gone in the woods and got a few wagon loads of duff that really grew well. You just have to think outside of the box store.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Great minds think alike!

[@ardenpeters4386]

it's true up here in Idaho, also. Home Depot bagged soil is horrid. we got VERY lucky and a landscape place here has GOOD "raised beds". As well as the local hardware store has awesome bagged raised bed soil and compost. things are turning around... or died! 😢 working as fast as possible to build compost pile. til first snow stops process

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Best of luck Arden

[@ginawyatt8129]

Trying to buy some land and prices are so out of reach. I am renting and gardening on a very small scale. Won't feed us in the long run because I don't have the acreage, but I feel better about the garden and food I am growing. I do my best to garden organically via permiculture and composting. This year I bought organic "compost" in bags from Home Depot. This stuff was months away from being finished. Yes, it added bulk to my soil, but my seeds had a very hard time germinating. I like your tip about sifting that crap to get soil for my seeds and should have done that. One thing I will do for my family is get more aggressive with making my own compost. Secondly, I'm going to try vermiculture on a small scale for my small garden. Looking for municipal compost sites is a great idea as well. Thank you for your passion and the truthfulness with which you told your story today.

[@andrewspeir5047]

Love this video Billy! Appreciate all you guys do!

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thank you very much Andrew!

[@HealthyLivingWithWendy]

Thanks for sharing 👍🏾 😊

[@justinjames5216]

Thanks!

[@sheilahaynes2425]

I could not start seeds in a $17 bag of seed starter I bought this year. They started better in my homemade compost that wasn't fully composted. I was shocked! I will save my $17 next time.

[@faithk_integrityandintention]

There's a local compost company for sale, and I am not happy that I don't have the funds. I have a very specific game plan for turning it around and making it clean, ethical, and effective, but alas, it will never see fruition. Instead, I'll just grow comfrey at home.

[@sunshinedayz2172]

Thank you so much..

[@sheilafade2016]

Just want to say I sure enjoy watching y’all

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thank you so much Sheila

[@bluebird4021]

happening to us. so disappointing. makes me sad. I've worked so hard,. falling often, wheelchair ♿ too and extremely painful. breaking my heart.

[@timoblake5689]

I planted my seeds in March, they hardened and were planted in May they have only grown 15-20% and all are heirloom plants. But my beans are growing like gang busters.

[@tinylittlehomestead8582]

Thanks for the soil-utions!! And all you do.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thank you so much my friend

[@ogeegrammaw1138]

Not only are my fruit trees dying but my veggie garden is not thriving. Also i have pictures of strange smoke in the clouds everytime another outbreak. Heck my dogs hair is falling out and they keep having stomach problems!

[@OurOkieHomestead]

People are just assuming the issues are caused by spray used to help make hay. Yet no one has come up with definitive proof. But, 1 youtuber had her dying plants tested and it was a fungus, a type of root rot. I remember watching video of hogs being composted and how fast they did it. Can't help but wonder what all they are putting in commercial compost operations. So I agree, if you are able, make your own!

[@LoriSeaborg]

It's possible to make an educated guess by what dies and what doesn't. Aminopyralids (the herbicide put on hay and other crops) affects, according to Dow AgroScience, the owner of the herbicide: • Potatoes • Peas, beans and other legumes • Carrots and other umbelliferae • Tomatoes • Lettuce, spinach and other compositae • Dahlias • Some species of roses They suggest testing with peas or beans, as they grow quickly. The instructions and photos of the damage are here: www.ncagr.gov/spcap/pesticides/documents/AminopyralidGardenerResponse29Apr09.pdf

[@OurOkieHomestead]

@@LoriSeaborg not arguing that. I'm saying without proof, it's only a guess. People want to point fingers at ALL sprays too. Like with Graze On. That's like saying Drugs are bad. Yep, when not used correctly or abused.

[@OurOkieHomestead]

@@LoriSeaborg symptoms very similar to what people are experiencing can also be caused by en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytophthora#:~:text=Phytophthora%20(from%20Greek%20%CF%86%CF%85%CF%84%CF%8C%CE%BD%20(phyt%C3%B3n,environmental%20damage%20in%20natural%20ecosystems.

[@lastharvest4044]

@@OurOkieHomestead If beans, tomatoes, and other broadleaf veg die, but monocots and grasses don't it's likely aminopyralid.

[@HeyHeyAlabama]

The plants I bought from the local co op shriveled and were stunted. The ones I got from the local nursery were fine for the most part other than pest pressure.

[@essentialjourney4037]

I really appreciate you sharing all of your valuable insight!

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thank you so much my friend

[@YoooItsRex]

When I started to fill my raised beds a couple years ago, I filled them with various brands of compost and raised bed soil. I figured it would be good to get a wide variety of product. Seems to have worked. Garden is going well into it’s second year now. I’ve got rabbits for meat and manure, but wish I had a good spot for a chicken tractor.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

You might have a good spot for chicken run.

[@YoooItsRex]

@@PermaPasturesFarm21 that’s the plan!! Either that or I’m going to try a guerilla chicken tractor haha😂😂

[@ivormectin.3046]

Same in UK.. I bought 2100 liters of compost and it was garbage, full of poison. I had to leave it for 2 seasons..

[@amylynnjoneshomesteaditch]

I bought compost this year and more than half of my plants died and I had to replant. The base of the stems dries and died, right at the soil level. I’m so mad.

[@rosehavenfarm2969]

That sounds more like "damping off." You can look it up. Aminopyralid poisoning will make the growth tips shrivel and become twisted.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

I totally understand Amy

[@Nettyeveryday]

When you get ready to process the meat birds could you please maybe have a processing class. We are new and want to learn how. Hands on is better than videos. Maybe have a fee for the class. Take a processed bird home included in class.🤷🏻‍♀️

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

I will see what we can do.

[@morningmystfarm2017]

Yep, doing things right takes a LOT of work. I have a permanent back injury, and yeah, it slows me down for sure!! But I don't let it stop me. I still do the compost piles, just not as well as I could have years ago. I get GREAT compost from the goats and waste hay (not really wasted because I'm using it). We definitely sift that compost for our potting soil, and even use it as a seed bed in garden areas where the soil is heavy in clay - just prep that garden and place the sifted compost where the seeds will go. Each year that area will improve! If I can swing it, I'd like to put the pigs on that garden this fall before freezer camp and let them TEAR IT UP. If they are too big for me to move like that, then I'll just put the chickens and ducks there. I may have issues doing things with my back pain and inability to do things, so I just do what I CAN do and make it work anyway. It just takes me a bit more time. Thank you Billy for being a great inspiration.

[@Glock707]

I feedmy rabbits orchard hay, I heard some hay can be sprayed with Grazon that is an herbicide that carries through to compost. None of the feedstores can sa if it's been sprayed with it. I also have bagged soil turning seedings and established plants yellow

[@laurapickering6991]

TL;DR on biosludged: the water is turning the frogs gay! Seriously though thank you for continuing to put out videos on this stuff and spreading the knowledge I love watching permaculture KZbinrs but I’m sick of so many people either not being aware of these problems or acting like growing our own food is the only way out. A serious change needs to happen in the way we run our governments and our lives. Nothing else should matter compared to this bioterrorism on the human race and the innocent animals who get no say.

[@LittlePineFarm]

I appreciate your suggestions. I already knew not to buy bagged garden soil, so I've always made my own. But now I"m quite sure my wood chips I had delivered weren't broken-down enough to "rid" all the residual toxins that were remaining. I'm seeing yellowing plants all over the garden where those chips were used. I was looking for any suggestions for remediation, as we're right in the middle of garden season....ugh! I'm going to try the 18-day compost. Thanks!

[@julie-annepineau4022]

I bought compost last year. It was empty of nutrients. So much stunted or didn't get past germination stage. New land this year. Been here 3 weeks. I have 2 18 day compost piles going and hoping to start another this weekend. I figure if I can get one a week going for the growing season I will be able to get a lot of perennials established in the next couple years.

[@BornFreeFilms]

I had the county unload maybe 30 to 40 truckloads of wood chips from trees and 10 more of soil from redigging ditches. Now, I have terrible, tall, fast growing weed problems everywhere I have been filling in low spots with it. Edit: Also, my fig and other fruit trees I mulched are really struggling. Bone sauce link doesn't work.

[@GardenerEarthGuy]

The heavy amount of green woodchips was probably too much- black walnut makes other trees around it grow small. Think about what you might get before you ask...

[@DIYSolarandWind]

Good Stuff

[@sisterabagail457]

Yes, Amen! Co-Laboring with YESHUA~JESUS, To be a Light in Dark places; Confronting Lies with Truth, to overcome the darkness.

[@joseandhoseb7688]

Billy, if you have grazon contamination. That thing survives the composting process from what I've read.

[@joseandhoseb7688]

They spray that stuff on the hay. I would think that's what's causing the issues. The people that provide me with horse manure feed their horses organic hay. Such good stuff.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

I’ve heard the same thing but I want to find out for myself

[@joseandhoseb7688]

@@PermaPasturesFarm21 I look forward to the results. Maybe you should use that batch of compost in pots to reduce the spread through the farm. Just a thought. We'll be over your neck of the woods the first week of August, would love to come visit

[@Carolynfoodforest355]

I know for a fact that one of the farms that black kow gets cow poop from is contaminated. The dairy farm is not far from me.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

I can’t imagine them staying in business for much longer

[@GetFitEatRight]

I can't take the first few words you say seriously while you're wearing that shirt. Good Luck!

[@turnipturntup1626]

Mushroom spawn is available for purchase and should be mixed with the toxic soil. Then top dressed with the compost and kept moist and well drained. It’ll clean that soil right up.

[@rx7engines]

I am a realist, and having problems to.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

So sorry to hear that my

[@midwestribeye7820]

I love that shirt! Where did you get it?

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Special operations equipment website

[@jillhull7358]

WOWwow wow scary

[@Batchat2352]

I cant get good compost. My soil is mostly full of clay that was worked with the scam black earth. Until recently i decided to join my family in gardening and i have learned a lot. I filled my raised bed with mostly clay soil and my strawberries didnt do so good. But this year our city gave compost. The compost they collect from our bins and dead leaves. It is extremely dark and a bit clumpy. I removed all my strawberries threw all the soil into the field i grow Tomatoes mostly the soil that came out was still pretty much clay but decent. Threw w whole 3.8 cubic feet of peat moss then tons of bag of compost that i got then some perlite. Now i have like an amazing soil structure. But after watching this video.. do I? My father threw a lot of the compost on the field when i told him not to because we burry our food scraps there and it would be a waste. I wanted to build 2 more raised beds i only have the recourses for one more only. :/

[@mirandeemassoo1877]

My garden isn’t doing well at all this year and I bought a lot a LOT of bagged soil. Couldn’t figure out what I’m doing wrong, never happened to me before😩

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

I think it’s happening to all of us that bought some of that stuff.

[@Dashr44]

Can the toxicity of the bagged stuff be neutralized by the carbon from biochar if one mixed biochar with it? Or, what would happen if the contents of the bagged stuff were placed into the biochar heap, and it was all turned into biochar? Would that negate the poisons?

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

That might be possible my friend

[@thedukeofagita3730]

Where can I get that shirt?

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

SOE Tactical website

[@thedukeofagita3730]

Thank you! I just saw you get shouted out on yesterday’s Bear Brief. Looks like I’m following the right people.

[@SirSkippy87]

Smart man here folks, awake and aware! Kudos

[@michellegoodwin8258]

Happened to me with the store bought compost. Only with the tomatoes though. I used a different brand of soil in other growing areas.

[@sherimetschan961]

Speaking of herbicides I'm hoping someone can help me with possible herbicide drift from Spectricide. My husband sprayed to kill clover in the lawn. I've been searching for answers to hopefully feel safe enough to eat my vegetables and not have to destroy my strawberries, blueberries and other perennial veggies. I covered my raised beds with old sheets and lightweight (not sheer) curtains in the area closest to where he sprayed. I also have berries inground that were not covered, then 2 more raised beds pretty much not in the line of fire, some of those 2 were partially covered. Anybody have any thoughts on this? Oh, he sprayed late morning, very little to no wind. About 3 hours later I removed the sheets/curtains, then after dinner I hosed everything down. I would greatly appreciate any advice.

[@AncientSecretz]

So use the dirt that is original to your house and add compost to grow food???????

[@leebstill]

I love your channel everything you said is actually spiritual & in the bible. I pray me & my husband can get our land fixed

[@terribaker5784]

I am finding alot of ants in woodchip piles and old compost piles. Do you have a solution for getting these out ?

[@IandiBoats]

Billy I don't think you should mix your good compost with that bad soil. I think you need to burn it.

[@821Vince]

Someone once told me to cook the soil in teh oven for about an hour at 400 .. does that make any sense to do?

[@sheilagavin8281]

Thank you for this info. New sub here

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Thank you so much I’m welcome aboard Sheila

[@angiekenitzer9620]

Hi Billy, Thanks for your videos. I have a ground squirrel problem and am wondering if your bone sauce would work to keep them out of my planter boxes where I grow tomatoes.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

In all honesty, we never tested it for that but others have told me that it has worked well and such situations.

[@angiekenitzer9620]

@@PermaPasturesFarm21 ok, well I’m gonna give it a try. I just placed an order for some bone sauce. Where would you suggest I put it? On the grow box wood? How do you use it for deer? Do you put it on the trees around the area you are trying to protect? Sorry I’m a newbie

[@angiekenitzer9620]

@@PermaPasturesFarm21 I ordered bone sauce and am wondering how to use to keep deer or other animals away. I do t know where to put it.

[@NonexistentHomestead]

Billy, I already do the things you talk about here. My problem is that I live in Florida and my homestead is mostly sugar sand. Everything that I mix into it or too dress gets washed away in the rain. Any suggestions on how to cheaply build this sand into fertile soil?

[@stephaniestevens4968]

Check out David the Good. He used to live in Florida and has dealt with the same issue.

[@NonexistentHomestead]

@@stephaniestevens4968 I have watched him and so far the best he came up with was to add clay and bio-char. I am trying to find a way to do it without having to buy a lot of clay or pottery.

[@PermaPasturesFarm21]

Check out the Greening the desert video by Geoff Lawton.

[@krystal6137]

I’m also in Florida and have a problem with the sand as well. Half of my back yard is fertile and has thick grass and the other half is straight grey sand that nothing will grow on. I recently watched a documentary on re greening the desert in China and they had worked out a system using straw in a large grid pattern on the sand and then planting. Apparently it helps with adding material to break down and also absorb water. I understand the risk of possible contamination but nothing grew there anyway. The straw was pretty cheap and one two sting bail went really far! I’m not sure if it will work for this Florida sand but it certainly can’t hurt much.

[@shoredivergirl]

​@@NonexistentHomestead scroll back further on David The Goods channel he has great info on how to fix/amend the sandy soil, I personally know folks who have used his techniques he definitely does more than biochar and clay, scroll back. Also check out pete Kenaris and watch his stuff by Jim Kovaleski.

[@jncaudill2214]

Thank you for your guidance! Tonight, I was wondering, is it best to leave your spent zucchini & squash plants in the garden to go back into the soil or put in our composter? Was thinking about leaving it in the garden this year. They have & are still producing very well! We appreciate any thoughts. Thank you!

[@donnalovintexas8760]

I also watch Travis at Lazy Dog Farm. Travis said squash plants are notorious for bugs. If you leave it in your garden you are opening yourself up to squash bugs etc next year. And any diseased plants should be burned instead of composted. Just what I have learned watching different You Tube channels. Of course rotate your crops. Happy you are having success in your garden. I am having a bumper grasshopper invasion. From what I heard nothing you can do about grasshoppers. Unless you can catch them and kill them 😫. But I have caught and killed a few 😁.

[@twillbdone3273]

Love it! Conspiracy or coincidence? Well, I don't believe in coincidence. Thank you for your very real presentation.

[@ivanxyz1]

Did I misunderstand you or do you really mean to say that some of your trees are not growing well because there are big interests out there with a lot of power and money dropping chemicals on your property?

[@sandraewers178]

You darn right it's not a accident..

[@agentpandakat]

Best video out here

[@skipdunham1596]

Booo Raah Billy ! Covert fertility!

[@camlobesvtec]

I think it's a bunch of new gardeners overdoing it. Not enough water, too much water, too much fertilizer. I heard that trees may die if you put the compost right up against it. I ain't seen Billy cool in a while. Remember were believe in the prince of peace and Lord of hope. Love ya brother. That compost looks fantastic.