The lifestyle block is as important as a big farm for it has the ability to provide nutrition to many animals and people, as well as the joy of producing your own food. These days as people are turning to providing for themselves, family and friends and it makes sense to promote the best and fastest growth possible that is healthy, nutritious and fit for purpose to sustain life.
The DIY soil sample kit provides all the tools and instructions and protocols you need to correctly sample your farmlet. We provide you with the soil testing probe and guidelines to accuately take the samples, how to package them up and send them back to the office.
Once your samples get to the office they are prepared for a trip to Ohio, USA where Brookside Laboratories test them to the unique specifications required by Ecofarm Aotearoa. (The same tests that are required for farms too).
It takes about 14-20 days to get the results back (depending on shipping).Once your samples get to the office they are prepared for a trip to Ohio, USA where Brookside Laboratories test them to the unique specifications required by Ecofarm Aotearoa. (The same tests that are required for farms too).
It takes about 14-20 days to get the results back (depending on shipping).
The results are then analysed and recommendations are made to create a customised blend for your lifestyle/life sustaining block.
When we know the starting base material of your soil we can identify:
But a word of 'warning'! The results that are emailed to you may not make sense to you. There is no graph to show whether the soils are average, above or below. This is because there is no 'average' to compare with.
We will need to talk you through the results so that you fully understand the limitations and benefits of your land.
The quality of your soil depends on so many factors. The results may show that you have loads of nutrient (and that is usually the case) but we must always ask 'why is that nutrient not available?'. It's like a box of tissues - you have 99 tissues sitting in the box just waiting to be released but only 1 tissue is available at a time. We therefore have to look at the factors that keep the nutrient locked up. As biological activity increases, nutrient availability usually increases which will quite often create a cascade of events in the soil nutrient cycle.
This information has helped many lifestylers and farmers get a head start in remedying their soils thus growing resilient pastures and plants which in turn grow disease resistant animals and plant produce. Watch the vet bills reduce to zero. Notice the animals and plants thrive.
An Ecofarmer’s Discovery is a book written by Ewan Campbell and it describes and explains the science and observations behind his blends that include Probitas and locally resourced materials, blended to a prescription that fits your lifestyle block. You may like to order this with your Kit.
Order your Ecofarm Aotearoa Lifestyle DIY Sample Kit today so you can get started in the process to grow faster and more nutritiously dense produce.
Please note:
* The DIY test is for ONE set of tests. If you wish to have separate tests done for different areas, there will be further costs incurred.
* There will be spare bags in the kit for either different samples or if a disaster strikes with one of the bags.
* Please be VERY clear with the information you return to the office.* If you want herbage tests done, these are picked up through your rural supplies. They go to Hills Laboratories but you must specify on the form (included with the test), that you want Molybdenum, Cobalt, Selenium, Iodine and (Other) Nickel tested for. You can sent the results to us as they help to refine your blend supplied. The cost is paid to Hills Laboratories.
Probitas soil conditioner is incorporated into our custom blends to facilitate the revival of the soil's natural electrical and magnetic production. This is important because, in a lot of cases, natural soil energy is inefficient due to past farming practices that have damaged silica’s ability to hold and amplify energy.
Our custom blends contain calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, silica, and sulphate sulphur. All are vital for effective photosynthesis to provide the energy that soil biology requires to recycle nutrients and create soil organic carbon. Trace minerals are included where necessary.
Our inoculum product includes cyanobacteria, nature’s most effective nitrogen sequester and absorber of carbon; Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhiza (VAM), a regulator of soil water and the provider of the components for solubilising soil minerals and transporting those minerals to the plant as well as other digesting and detoxifying fungal species.
Our fertiliser blends are unique to your soil test results. Our code-cracking analysis will diagnose what the limiting factors are in your soil that will elevate your farming and growing experience. Your unique Ecofarm fertiliser blend is customised to address deficiencies and/or excesses that are reported in your soil test and pasture test results.
This is where the magic of your management and our analysis and insights meet to correct the biological function and energy systems of your farming operation. Unlocking your soil's potential enabling you to achieve faster, smarter, healthier production AND make a significant impact on your bottom line!
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