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Kate's Natural Farm
United States
Registrace 8. 08. 2019
We're Katie and Carter of Kate's Natural Farm. Our family lives on 5 acres in Idaho. We're documenting and sharing our natural farming journey and showing you how we're building our 5 acre homestead.
Korean Natural Farming How To: Compost Tea
I show you how to make compost tea the Korean Natural Farming way.
Compost Tea Calculator: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eojggmpCmXkFhDSRaYiyorM8PJOj6yrg8zcQEjXQDTg/edit?usp=sharing
Click the link above and download the spreadsheet. You'll then be able to upload it into Google Sheets or Excel and manipulate it. Good luck!
Please consider following us @katesnaturalfarm on Instagram!
Compost Tea Calculator: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eojggmpCmXkFhDSRaYiyorM8PJOj6yrg8zcQEjXQDTg/edit?usp=sharing
Click the link above and download the spreadsheet. You'll then be able to upload it into Google Sheets or Excel and manipulate it. Good luck!
Please consider following us @katesnaturalfarm on Instagram!
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Cow Gives Birth For First Time
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Our 2 year old heifer gives birth for the first time. She's graduated to cow! Katie walks you through pre-labor to the birth, and then the following day after birth.
How To Ripen Tomatoes: Natural Farming
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I teach you how to save your tomatoes from frost! Use #naturalfarming to ripen your tomatoes and other vegetables and fruit before the frost comes to your part of the world. How to Make Fermented Fruit Juice : czcams.com/video/ucIfvNFS2pM/video.html
How To: Fermented Fruit Juice Natural Farming
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I show you how I make #FFJ using #koreannaturalfarming Subscribe for more natural farming content!
How To: Raise Pigs Using Natural Farming
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We walk through some of the benefits of our favorite Homestead animal, the pig. Using the pigs natural instincts, we harness their perfect work ethic to till and fertilize our garden space for 2021.
Start No Dig Beds In The Winter
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Katie walks you through setting up a no dig garden bed inside of our greenhouse here at Kate's Natural Farm. No Dig is an amazing way to start a garden. We got our inspiration to start no dig from Charles Dowding when we first started gardening 4 years ago. Charle's CZcams: czcams.com/channels/B1J6siDdmhwah7q0O2WJBg.html
Natural Farming How To: LAB (Lactic Acid Bacteria)
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I show you how to make Lactic Acid Bacteria for the garden. LAB is typically used at a 1:1000 ratio on your plants or soil as a spray. You can use Lactic Acid Bacteria in your animal water at a 1:500 ratio, once per week, to increase nutrient uptake from feed and general gut health.
How To: Butcher A Chicken Natural Farming
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I show you how I butcher a chicken. Harvest a chicken from your laying flock, or butcher and bag 100 meat chickens you raised yourself. This round we grew cornish cross chickens. A Complete Guide on How to Butcher a Chicken 1. The Kill 2. The Scald 3. The De-Feather 4. The Evisceration 5. Freezer Prep 6. The Shrink Wrap
How To Build an IMO Box for Korean Natural Farming
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I walk through how to make an IMO (indigenous microorganism) collection box. All in all I spent around $4 and 1 hour on the build. Comment if you have questions! My Teacher: czcams.com/channels/us0ZO165qzh6KPlULSzs4w.html My Instagram: knfjourney Wood picket: www.homedepot.com/p/5-8-in-x-5-1-2-in-x-6-ft-Western-Red-Cedar-Dog-Ear-Fence-Picket-63023/205757688
It's a pretty box but how do you use it, and why not just do the rice water. Thanks in advance
I assume you mix this with water. What ratio for spraying fruit trees? Also, how often do you spray?
Thank you for this amazing content!
Hi everyone does someone has a variant of creating the lab without milk ? Would appreciate it.
I grow bacteria like a mad man in my laboratory 😅
What size Brad nails?
How long does the LAB lasts in the refrigerator ?
Pro tip: Use a bit of sauerkraut juice and skip the ricewater step completely.
Couldn’t you also just add the milk to the rice water immediately after washing the rice instead of letting the rice water sitting for 2-3 days? I have done this and seems to work the same
How do you store the lab longer term? Breathable lid or closed?
Can the LAB bacteria be frozen?
Thanks, your vlog isvery easy to follow. From the Phils
This is a beautiful moment, really made me think and enjoy life 🐄🌱 #vegan4life #calf #moomoo 😂
beAuTiFuL 💜
I have a big pig farm and i am wandering could this bacteria neutralize the smell of maunure if i put it in? And is it toxic for pigs ?
It's not toxic to living organisms at all from my understanding. You can feed it to your livestock, pets, and even eat/drink it yourself. It definitely cuts down the smell in litter boxes (I use pine pellets for litter...which does a great job with smell to begin), and in my brooder for newly hatched chicks. It also changed the smell of my compost pile when I wet with it instead of pure water lol. Much more pleasant, even though the pile didn't 'stink' to begin with.
Thank you 🙏
Hello afther you make the solution how much water do you use to dilute it in liters? Thank you.
Thank you so much I have learnt
Can u replace the rice wash water with any starchy water from washing vegetables, potatoes, plantains &/or taro??? Whenever I cook taro, I clean n rinse them first and the water from rinsing them gets really starchy...When you mentioned that the starch water is the food for the lactobacillus, it reminded me of the water from letting taro, or plantains or even potatoes, sit in water for a while to rinse off xtra starch...Another thing it reminded me of was how if you stab the trunk of a banana or plantain tree, it squirts out a lot of liquid, which contains starch
Each one of those example will work! But you’ll get different results from each. There’s another KNF solution we use potatoes for called JADAM. Look that up and give it a shot!
What would any small pieces of curd do to harm the LAB. ?
It’s best to remove it because it could expedite the LAB becoming rancid.
Can I use spoiled milk to make lactic acid???
If it’s rancid, no. It’s the wrong kind of bacteria at that point and you don’t want to propagate it all over your garden!
@@katesnaturalfarm6870 thanks beloved appreciate your insight
Great video. Very helpful. Thanks
I used a 4mm hose and the principle of communicating vessels to get that liquid out of the jar. Worked great. Thanks for the video.
Will the whey in overfermented kefir or yogurt do the same purpose?
Hi! What if grows a little mold on top? Is it bad should I start over? I’m only growing it for my compost
You mentioned you might make some for purchase. Are you doing this?
Did you find one yet?
Can you eat the curd?
Yes, it makes delicious cheese...if you like crumbly and slightly sourish cheeses.
Would have love to see you actually plant on it. For a full lesson
Noted!
Big jar with a spigot near the bottom for not getting the curd along with.
Good idea
Who can I use this bectera for cooking bread to keeping for long time and what is the quantity can be used
I don't know!
Once you have the lab how much do you dilute it with water for the garden or compost pile?
Up to you on how you use it. We diluted it 1:20 for farm application.
I used pine 1x4 and lindseed oil to preserve the pine. Pine has capilary action and the ends will soak up moisture
Great idea
I've just made my first batch of FFJ with apples... I am wondering now, as it is quite a thick honey-like liquid, does it need to be diluted to drink? I'm just not sure what to do with it now I've made it!
Keep it! It's great to use for drinks if you'd like, but it helps ripen fruit at the end of the season if you're expecting an early frost. Use it on any plant to make it ripen and drop fruit or vegetables quickly
This is a very interesting video. It's gonna help me a lot in my research project. Please how do I introduce LAB into wastes (like groundnut shell waste) for the production of lactic actic acid and how will I know if the Lactic acid is formed?
I don't know about other methods of producing LAB.
Another source says storing it in the fridge will have it last for 6 months..
You can store it in the fridge absolutely and that helps. In my experience, mine is always too strong and the LAB start to eat themselves and produce rancid product.
...nice video mate... you could of just poured out the LAB while keeping the curd in the jar...its what i do ..no need for that mess lol cheers! :)
My teacher taught me this way and he says don't get smart just do it the way you're taught! 😅
What kind of milk? And can I use a coffee filter?
Any kind of milk! You can try a coffee filter
what about the arsenic content of rice?
Haven't considered that and I'm not sure. I know it's too low for much of it to hurt us anyway but I wouldn't know
Thanks for this thorough video - ive been no till/ KNF for almost a decade now and last year i didnt have access to my garden and i just wanted to check some things before i started up- maybe you can answer a question i just made some papaya FFJ and kiwi ffj for the crossover period but i already have nice fruits forming so i think im past that “pregnant” stage- would u use these FFJ for plants already flowering? I usually make banana ffj for flowering but some plants could use a boost about now. I never knew you could substitute sea water with salted water! Im glad i saw this! I use a gardeners pail for brewing its like 70 gallons or so so i kinda just eye it -i do write it down every time for my records- i was on a heavy foliar kick for a while i was gonna soil drench most and then spray the rest at night - i got a couple tomatoes showing blossom end rot which seems to be a problem evey year even though i amend with build a soils nutrient pack and way more stuff and im always heavy on the crustaceans meal. You think i can substitute the BRV with pineapple vinegar? I found it at a west indian shop thought it’d come in handy Just an hour ago i was gifted 2 50 gallon plastic drums with lids😊 Cheers from NYC bro!!
This is amazing! I'm not sure about the pineapple vinegar. I'm sure that would be fine! Regarding the FFJ, I know we're well past that season., How did it go? I've been told mostly to keep FFJ for ripening plants.
Could you use just whey instead of milk? I have lots of whey from straining yogurt. As many have said, this video is straight to the point, clear, concise and quite wonderful.
Thank you! You could use the whey, yes. But the process would be different. That whey wouldn't have as much LAB present due to the lack of fat available for the LAB to eat.
You answered the age old question of "who cut the cheese" , thanks 👍
Might be a silly question but would lactose-free milk work? Are the bacteria just consuming the fats and such in the milk or is lactose essential?
They are specifically consuming the lactose (hence being called lactobacillus), so lactose-free milk won’t work. They are special bacteria in that they have the enzyme lactase as part of their cellular machinery, so they use it to feed on lactose. Other bacteria without this advantage can’t feed on lactose.
Can you write down the specific amounts of material required, just to get more accurate results.
It isnt that kind of recipe. Think about it like the bacillus is simply super saturating the media/water. Just like making sugar water/sweetener/etc. you can figure out the molar mass, and use the best calibrated instruments. But in reality, you add until it falls out of suspension. So for making lab, as long as theres a starting culture, and enough food, they will multiply until they cant. Any left over food can/will be used later.
You should gingerly pour out the l.a.b. Solution leaving the cheese in the jar to pour into a separate container
I was taught to do it that way!
Can I use 🥔potato wash water instead of rice🍚
Give it a shot!
How much rice fits in one? 1 or 2 cups I'm guessing?
This particular box fits around 4-5 cups
Jar with A spigot mate! no mess
Thanks for the video. It was pretty fast and straight to the point.
Thanks you so much
Is it safe to consume this water?
I would consult a doctor! 😅
What if I don't wanna use milk coz it's kinda pricey here. How to substitute it??
You can try any other milk, but cow milk is the best