I think there is a LOT of valuable information put forth by Elaine, but I also feel that more of this information should become common knowledge to anyone who is planning on putting a plant in the ground. It is cost prohibitive to 99% of people. I feel that a lot of the information can be gleaned from youtube, the library, or an intrepid gardener/nerd friend like me. I would not sit through a course like this to learn how to use a microscope. How to make AACT. Those are definately things you could learn a lot just by doing it.
I am on the fence about taking the course, because I want to use the credential to help bring the knowledge down to the backyard gardener, or elementary classroom. But I don't have 800$ to give away. Last year I started making bokashi. I also took a master composter course and bought a 30 dollar microscope from fry's electronics. After many hours playing in the dirt...Building compost piles, worm bins, black soldier fly bins, and worm tea brewers... also reading LOTS & LOTS of books... I think it would be hard to fit what I have learned into five days, and allow me to take what I have learned and really use it. I am, by trade, a computer systems admin. If I took a five day class and tried to go and run a network with that knowledge, I would have a LOT of issues and questions (that bring up further questions). So when Elaine offers an advanced course that goes further into the introduction of the soil food web, I MAY be apt to take it. Until then, Im going to have my nose in the books and one eye on my soil, and the other on my plants.
Ron
Feed The Soil.
