Admittedly: In hindsight, it is much more easy to say, how something could have been better, but I will still do so:
I am aware of Elaine's work since a while, and I love it! So I was aware of the Soil Food Web principle she teaches in various
public videos.
To my understanding:
She sells courses for soil analysis and more.
She sees a high benefit for Compoost tea applications.
While this "Webinar" was sold for ~75 Bucks, I got it as a perk from backing a Kickstarter. I however feel that
there was hardly any value delivered here. Granted: Some might see this very different, especially if they have never heard of the shown concepts which are all over YouTube..
My minimum expectation of content (for a paying group who should know basics about soil life) was:
1st: How can everyone with minimum of equippment
perform on a very basic level a useful assessment of the current soil condition to get a rough idea of what's going on and what should be done (no Microscope, no deep training). Combine with a 1-2 page handout and there we would have been a valuable first step.
2nd: While a "top-shelf" tea takes quite some assessment, I expected to get the basics of
how to brew an acceptable Compost tea, maybe with 1-2 variations for different requirements. Combine with a 1-2 page handout and there we would have a valuable second step.
Yeah, for me it was a "perk" from a Kickstarter, but if I would have explicitly have had bought this webinar, I would ask for a refund. For everybody expecting something in the line as outlined above, you might share my thoughts. Granted: I may be a bit more sour, because it was tough to attend in my timezone (middle of the night). And if at the end I feel, I should have rather been in bed, it's somewhat frustrating.
To end on a more productive and positive note:
What came back to my mind is, that in general
it's beneficial to increase fungal activity in the soil. And a fungal dominated tea probably starts with a fungal dominated compost. I was lacking the info of "How to make a Fungal dominated Compust", so I found some value in this Video, which might be of interest for some of you reading here:
