Mike Underwood

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My wife and I live in the mountains just north of the City of Boise, on 5 acres of south-facing, full-sun wonderfulness with our dog, two cats, and about a dozen chickens. I do consulting work in Building Information Modeling (BIM) for a semiconductor manufacturer.
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I did get a couple of good tidbits out of the webinar.
That said, I think that would've gone a lot better if the good Dr knew her audience a little better.  It seemed like she was coming from a point of view of trying to convince farmers to come over to the natural side.  I suspect that she does a lot of consulting in that arena and might be a bit jaded by it.  
Her contrasting opinion of permaculturists vs. soilfoodweb-ists(?) indicated to me that she hasn't spent much time around true permaculturists, but has probably encountered a lot of farmers that say "I do permaculture".  
Seemed like she felt she needed to sell us on the soils focus, when all we wanted was to get to the "how" as well as some good insights on the "why".  
I'm already sold on soil-building being the key to growing plants.  I was hoping to learn a little more about the techniques she teaches.
Only technique that really stuck out was:  Add compost tea when you plant seeds.  Better yet, soak your seeds in compost tea before you plant them.
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