| 0:00:00 | Intro and Welcome |
| 0:00:54 | I Ching Reading – Kuei Mei – The Marrying Maiden |
| 0:07:59 | life on the farm; robot to weed & water FoodTaco; automating the farm fantasy |
| 0:11:54 | JADAM fertilizar/Disgustingly Cheap recipes for surviving food shortage |
| 0:12:45 | Hawaiian language website; akua/fungi/God |
| 0:15:30 | homemade IMO tumbler; industrial turner with overhead auger |
| 0:19:32 | more hawaiian words for fungus |
| 0:21:09 | Disgustingly Cheap Food fertilizer; what if you’re making it from dried grass? variations; precausions |
| 0:23:32 | Protozoean infusion for protozoean deficient soil |
| 0:25:10 | tomato wilt; knf voodoo; knfProtectors; how to present knf to skeptics |
| 0:30:12 | powdered bamboo in animal food; fermented cow dung for chicken food |
| 0:31:58 | do not put JADAM solutions on body |
| 0:32:39 | Microbe Hunter – Paul (Finish film) |
| 0:33:39 | timeline/evolution of Disgustingly Cheap microbes graph; bad smells are no-nos; zombie vs. worker microbes |
| 0:37:33 | how do i link up with other knf farmers in my area? KNF directory prototype; PKNF Foundation’s mission & purpose |
| 0:42:02 | how do i charge biochar? video resources for leaning biochar; Josiah Hunt |
| 0:52:10 | sharing knf thru youtube; interested folks who want to make a difference matter |
| 0:54:12 | sugar for preservation; activation for molases |
| 0:55:34 | protecting IMO box |
| 0:58:54 | making brown sugar with white sugar and molases; video on sugar vs molases; intro to knf video |
| 1:00:19 | how to search for videos within a youtube channel |
| 1:03:52 | my first batch of LAB: what should it smell like? |
| 1:08:08 | knfFuel for young vs older plant; nitrogen synthesis; amino acids |
Office Hours with Dr. Drake
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Office Hours – Dr. Drake – July 24, 2022
| 0:00:00 | Intro and Welcome |
| 0:02:00 | I Ching Reading- Earth over Wind- Pushing Upward |
| 0:04:16 | vocabulary is powerful- grow your garden |
| 0:05:28 | Mau in Cambodia has translated the Recipe Book into Spanish |
| 0:08:10 | emails to Drake at drake@pureknf.org |
| 0:08:50 | can plants be too dry to make the Food (FPJ)? Not all plants are equal in the juice they render; can add 10% of the sugar as salt |
| 0:11:48 | making Food with mugwort; using a quart jar; temperature and waiting |
| 0:14:58 | compacted soil- KNF Protectors (LAB); IMO and Maintenance Formula and Seawater |
| 0:16:40 | Seawater floculates as well as other solutions- drench |
| 0:19:58 | till or no till? broad forking; more organic matter and more microbes |
| 0:24:01 | plants help to break up compaction- carrots, daikon, vetiver, cassava |
| 0:25:35 | Post Up Media IMO3 under the microscope video; check out the playlist on Dr Drake’s YouTube channel |
| 0:35:15 | water soluble potassium (ripe fruit Food) / phosphorus (unripe fruit Food)- go for balance, then deficiencies |
| 0:38:59 | drywall, gypsum as soil amendments- rich fathers, poor sons |
| 0:39:50 | KNF chicken coop- use KNF protectors; never use JMS for livestock- too many pathogens |
| 0:41:34 | where can I get koh on Oahu? check out BEI |
| 0:42:13 | which is better- soil floculation or dispersion? do both |
| 0:42:30 | what microscope is the best? Dr Drake doesn’t know but has an Amscope- get a compound one that stagesand has a trinocular not a digital one |
| 0:45:47 | how long does it take to make IMO3? 7-14 days |
| 0:46:30 | google the video of Elaine Ingham explaining how to choose a microscope |
| 0:47:44 | what type of wood can I use for the coop nesting and feeder? check DRake’s YouTube channel and search for chicken feeder |
| 0:49:55 | KOH is potassium hydroxide |
| 0:50:54 | treatment program recommendation for enhancing ohia tree’s resiiency against Rapid Ohia Death? search ROD on YouTube channel |
| 0:53:23 | can brown rice vinegar be replaced with apple cider vinegar? absolutely- produce it yourself and you’ll get a living vinegar |
| 0:53:55 | living, no-smell floor work for horses? YES; need a 6 foot depth |
| 0:55:44 | optimal temp for making IMO? diffrent microbes; shouldn’t have too much rain when collecting- takes longer if it’s cooler |
| 0:57:10 | milk kefir instead of LAB for chickens? |
| 0:58:40 | soldering with a magnifying glass; micro-controllers |
| 0:59:58 | KNF Newsletter- Food Tacos- find it at www.pureknf.org |
| 1:03:21 | Noah getting his arc togehter |
| 1:04:22 | raspberry pie- ESP 8266 for temperature probes for IMO |
| 1:06:44 | sponsored by PureKNF Foundation- find all episodes under Office Hours; can search by topic; also www.KNFsupport.com- thanks to Goofman |
| 1:09:04 | Long Live the Natural Farmer |
Office Hours – Dr. Drake – July 17, 2022
| 0:00 | Intro and Welcome |
| 2:18 | iChing- Modesty |
| 6:57 | Drake teaching at Hawaiian Sanctuary- August 11 and 18, 2022 |
| 10:05 | Drake has been doing Natural Farming for 15 years- global community |
| 15:45 | PostUp Media video on Seed Soak Solution; transplanting |
| 19:20 | modesty- just continue to do it- don’t worry about ethnicity- outperform and persist and people will listen |
| 20:45 | no need to water, microbes do it; plenty of water in the air |
| 23:25 | KNF in the desert- check out Microbial Secret Society (microbialsecret.org), under micro-celebrities, look up Sam Bevans |
| 26:11 | tractor size; tilling; compacting |
| 30:11 | spraying foliar- combination of solutions? |
| 32:25 | KNF Protectors (LAB) to eat contaminants |
| 33:14 | applying which solutions- can mix in as many as 3 of multiple KNF Foods |
| 35:13 | spader vs. tiller |
| 37:48 | flowers and fat/skinny schedule; nutrient cycle- 3 phases of growth |
| 43:53 | Korea videos- farms with monoculture crops |
| 47:27 | catabolic vs. anabolic- scientific names |
| 48:50 | growth and reproduction- give your plants what they need at the right time; support rather than force |
| 51:33 | Drake sending latest Recipe Book |
| 52:13 | Dr. Bugby at Utah State- not overfeeding roots, feeding foliarly |
| 53:50 | beneficial exudates- bamboo, comfrey, horsetail |
| 54:35 | Sri 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 |
| 56:32 | feed flowers foliarly |
| 56:55 | LAB in fridge with green mold after 2 years- throw it out |
| 57:56 | advice for heavy clay soil with little organic matter- IMOs, add organic matter, biochar and the solutions |
| 1:01:10 | microgreens- use the Leaf Formula |
| 1:02:20 | PureKNF.org for questions |