Beginning Gardening: How to Make Super Soil

In this next installment of our Beginning Gardening series we'll show you how to make "Super Soil" the Bumble Bee Junction way!

This article is a summary of a YouTube video "Beginning Gardening: How to Make Super Soil" by Blossom Flower Delivery

Key insights about video Beginning Gardening: How to Make Super Soil

🌿 The video is about making "super soil," a special soil mixture for gardening purposes, following a formula from Bumblebee Junction.

🛒 Lance, one of the video hosts, describes preparing for soil mixing by purchasing numerous supplies from a big-box store, filling up an SUV to transport everything needed.

👕 There’s a moment of lightheartedness when attention is drawn to a new shirt from the Rock and C Homestead Merch store, suggesting that the hosts also engage in homesteading lifestyle promotion.

📋 The super soil is composed of a variety of ingredients, including peat moss, black cow manure, generic vegetable garden soil, bone meal, blood meal, Epsom salt, water storing crystals, dehydrated lime, oyster shells, borax, and perlite, intended to create a nutrient-rich environment for plants.

🌱 The hosts emphasize that gardening doesn't have to be overcomplicated, encouraging beginners to not let fear dissuade them from starting their own garden projects.

🔄 Mixing the super soil directly in the garden beds instead of on the ground is shown to be easier on the back and knees, in line with their principle to "Keep It Country Simple."

🌼 After mixing the super soil, the final steps include watering the beds and planning what to plant where, considering companion planting and possibly adding potted plants and flowers.

📢 The video serves an educational purpose, aiming to teach viewers how to make super soil, and thanks contributors like Mark and Tina for sharing their knowledge and recipe.

🔔 Near the end, viewers are invited to subscribe to the channel and get notifications for future content, suggesting a community-focused approach to their homesteading and gardening content sharing.

Timestamped Summary

00:02 Introduction where the speaker wonders where Lance is.

00:26 Locating Lance who is checking the super soil formula before a mixing session.

01:07 Lance introduces the plan to make super soil, citing the formulation from Bumblebee Junction.

02:07 Explanation of the ingredients for the super soil.

02:19 A message for beginner gardeners, encouraging simplicity and not to overcomplicate gardening.

03:10 Starting the mixing process of the super soil, step-by-step addition of ingredients.

05:23 Adding perlite to the mix for better air and water drainage.

06:06 Incorporating blood meal into the soil mixture.

06:30 Adding bone meal as another key component.

06:50 Incorporating water-storing crystals to help keep water in the soil.

07:08 Adjusting the pH with lime, using dehydrated lime as a substitute for pelleted lime.

07:51 Adding a small amount of borax to activate other ingredients.

08:35 Final mixing of the super soil in the garden beds.

10:38 Completing the filling of all four raised beds with super soil and planning the next steps.

11:23 Outro encouraging viewers to learn about super soil and subscribe to the channel, ending with well wishes.

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Q&A

Where did Lance go?

Lance was checking out the super soil formula before mixing it.

What is the super soil formulation being used?

The super soil formulation being used is from Bumblebee Junction.

What ingredients are needed for making the super soil?

The ingredients for making the super soil include peat moss, black cow manure, vegetable garden soil, bone meal, blood meal, water storing crystals, borax, Epsom salt, lime, oyster shells, and perlite.

Why is lime added to the super soil mix?

Lime is added to the super soil mix to help out with the pH balance.

What is the purpose of the water storing crystals in the super soil?

The water storing crystals are used to help retain water in the soil.

How is borax used in the super soil mixture?

A small amount of borax is used as it helps to activate the other ingredients in the soil mixture.

What is the acronym KICS and what does it stand for?

The acronym KICS stands for "Keep It Country Simple," and it's a philosophy that emphasizes simplicity in gardening and homesteading practices.