The system was so balanced that it controlled a massive infestation, the biggest I had ever seen, without intervention. I literally did nothing. Honestly, had I come home a couple of days later, I would not have even known. I didn’t even take a picture because I thought it would only get worse, not go away! Many people begin Natural Farming expecting suggestions on fertilizing, novel ways to control pests and diseases, recipes, and schedules. The real shift happens when you s

This series of articles on How to Start KNF is not meant to give you recipes. It’s meant to teach you how to cook. So far, we have covered the basics on how to start practicing KNF. This is a quick review of the basics before we cover more advanced concepts. Level one of How to Start KNF focuses on setting up the systems. It’s about setting goals, learning skills, and starting things that take time to be ready for use. IMO is the foundation of the soil, and the foundation of

Clearly, the loving farmer is going to have healthier plants. It does not matter whether plants can read human emotions and react to them, although they probably do. As scientific tools improve, scientific experiments increasingly show that plants respond to stimuli, including human interaction. The fact is that the loving farmer, doing the same chores, is giving plants better physical care. Your attitude drives your actions. In order to have better health for your crops, you

Observing the Vital Forces is the foundation of Natural Farming Management, guiding when and how we act, rather than forcing outcomes. By attuning ourselves to sunlight and heat, moisture and water, air and wind, we can respond to Nature’s cues instead of relying on artificial inputs. In KNF, we attune ourselves to these elemental rhythms instead of relying on fixed schedules or synthetic inputs. Sunlight changes with the seasons and the time of day. Moisture varies with humi

You want to apply once a week (no more) at the right time of day. Apply the misted formulas an hour (or two) before sunset. This avoids using the inputs during photosynthesis (when the plants cannot utilize the formula's biochemistry), it avoids the heat of the day, and it gives the moisture time to evaporate, so that plants don’t go to bed wet, which can entice molds and blights to form. There are two ways you can set up your weekly chores to apply BST. When I started using

Good soil has a rich layer of topsoil. It has good tilth, which is the physical condition and quality of soil as it relates to plant growth.