The Secret Life of Seeds: How Your Food Begins

The process of feeding the world starts with planting seeds. From planting grain crops to growing vegetables. Learn how your food starts and the importance of agriculture in feeding the world.
With a passion for soil biology, gardening and farming!
We depend every day on nature's wonderful miracle called "soil". Almost 100% of what we eat grows in soil and there is an old saying "No society is healthier than the soil it is growing it's food in."
The last decades we have rediscovered that the soil is alive, not just some dead materia we need to add nutrients to.
Soil biology is an amazing science that studies the intricate web of life under our feet and knowing a bit more makes both gardening and farming even more fun!

[@hansscholte5472]

Hi Torbjorn, just saw your channel. Thanks for the effort. One simple way to check the quality of the soil is to see how ‘dark’ it is so whether it contains enough organic matter

[@thelivingsoilwithtoby]

Great suggestion!

[@thelivingsoilwithtoby]

True, I learned that the black stuff that is so hard to wash of your hands is humic acid, containing both fulvic acid and humin. Very good stuff for the soil :)

[@hansscholte5472]

You can check it simple by putting some dilluted hydrogen peroxide over a handfull of soil; if it makes ‘sound’/ sizzles it means there is much material so it reacts with the hydrogen. Try it😃

[@thelivingsoilwithtoby]

Great idea!