Office Hours โ€“ Dr. Drake โ€“ July 17, 2022

0:00Intro and Welcome
2:18iChing- Modesty
6:57Drake teaching at Hawaiian Sanctuary- August 11 and 18, 2022
10:05Drake has been doing Natural Farming for 15 years- global community
15:45PostUp Media video on Seed Soak Solution; transplanting
19:20modesty- just continue to do it- don’t worry about ethnicity- outperform and persist and people will listen
20:45no need to water, microbes do it; plenty of water in the air
23:25KNF in the desert- check out Microbial Secret Society (microbialsecret.org), under micro-celebrities, look up Sam Bevans
26:11tractor size; tilling; compacting
30:11spraying foliar- combination of solutions?
32:25KNF Protectors (LAB) to eat contaminants
33:14applying which solutions- can mix in as many as 3 of multiple KNF Foods
35:13spader vs. tiller
37:48flowers and fat/skinny schedule; nutrient cycle- 3 phases of growth
43:53Korea videos- farms with monoculture crops
47:27catabolic vs. anabolic- scientific names
48:50growth and reproduction- give your plants what they need at the right time; support rather than force
51:33Drake sending latest Recipe Book
52:13Dr. Bugby at Utah State- not overfeeding roots, feeding foliarly
53:50beneficial exudates- bamboo, comfrey, horsetail
54:35Sri Lanka is not practicing Natural Farming- they need the disgustingly cheap microbes and cheap food to go organic- the whole world will need this- please translate and get them these 2 recipes
56:32feed flowers foliarly
56:55LAB in fridge with green mold after 2 years- throw it out
57:56advice for heavy clay soil with little organic matter- IMOs, add organic matter, biochar and the solutions
1:01:10microgreens- use the Leaf Formula
1:02:20PureKNF.org for questions

Office Hours โ€“ Dr. Drake โ€“ July 10, 2022

0:00:00Intro and Welcome
0:01:14I Ching Reading – Possession in Great Measure
0:04:20Pure KNF Mission; knf support website Q&A; knf research papers, videos
0:08:22homemade fan sprayer for pasture; counter rotating fan
0:15:46ducted propellers; coanda effect
0:18:32homeade fan sprayer components; efficient sprayer/mister; inverter to spray off truck; Jerald Pollock
0:23:09commercial tractor sprayer; backpack misters
0:24:57spraying public spaces with IMOs; we are all important!
0:26:06exponential theory; “The Most Important Video You’ll Ever See”; bacteria in a bottle; doubling periods
0:34:35amazing/hopeful part of expontial theory when we each teach 2 people natural farming
0:45:00our AirBnB on the farm; learn KNF while you’re here
0:47:34half way thru the last doubling period; Malthusian logic; understanding math; Disgustingly Cheap Microbes/Food
0:54:36exponential growth/equation for sharing natural farming with the world & saving the planet

Office Hours โ€“ Dr. Drake โ€“ July 3, 2022

0:00:00Intro and Welcome
0:01:14I Ching Reading – “K’un” The Receptive
0:06:14Where to get recipe books – black & white hard copies
0:07:22how to deal with sandy soils
0:08:08vinegar with a kombucha SCOPY
0:10:51farming in Findland; pond remediation; Julia runs hose/sprayer from pond to garden
0:17:21how much solutions should fertilize a food forest?
0:20:33my lab is starting to smell like alcohol
0:21:39how to video on supersaturation, preserving solutions long term; certification course
0:24:34excellerate compost; imo breaks down straw in 3 weeks
0:25:09using IMOs in combo with cover crops
0:26:32can i use a ceramic liner in a crock pot for fermentation? clay vessels; fermenting in plastic
0:30:13come to Hawaii, learn KNF & stay at our AirBnB; Ocean Nests @ 3 Rivers Farms
0:37:09can KNF be used on cannabis? Royal Flush Farms; microbial secret society podcast
0:41:44when do i use knfProtectors on my crop? new vocabulary makes common sense & knf application easy
0:44:48my knfFuel doesn’t want to mix into water; too oily
0:48:11tips for IMO/microbe collection in the hot & rainy season? Disgustingly Cheap microbes recipe (book)
0:52:05seawater recipe made from salt & water; recipe in book
0:53:56how to store seawater at home?
0:54:26mixing IMOs into worm farm; be careful
0:55:32how many times a week can i feed knfProtectors to my animals? pigs, cows, chickens, goats, sheeps, dogs, cats
0:56:45can grown corn make a good based substrate for culturing IMO3?
0:57:30making vinegar from leftover knfFood material; whats the best knfCleanser recipe?
0:59:15can i use dried powdered keave beans as a substrate for culturing IMO3
1:00:42concept of exponential growth; doubling period; youtube: the most important video you’ll ever see; microbes