From the Field
Living Soil = Cooked Rice + Forest Floor
September 08, 2026
Pure KNF Foundation Monthly Meeting — Hilo, Hawai'i September 8, 2026 The last of the nine, and the one everything else was building toward. You don't buy i...
Free Probiotics = Rice Water + Milk
August 11, 2026
Pure KNF Foundation Monthly Meeting — Hilo, Hawai'i August 11, 2026 Lactobacillus is already floating around your kitchen. Set out a shallow dish of cloudy ...
Armor for Your Plants = Eggshells + Vinegar
July 14, 2026
Pure KNF Foundation Monthly Meeting — Hilo, Hawai'i July 14, 2026 Reproduction in KNF is water-soluble calcium: toasted eggshells dissolved in cheap vinegar...
The Ocean Has Every Mineral Your Plants Need
June 09, 2026
Pure KNF Foundation Monthly Meeting — Hilo, Hawai'i June 9, 2026 Minerals in KNF means diluted seawater. Every element a plant needs is already dissolved in...
Plant Rocket Fuel = Fish + Sugar
May 12, 2026
Pure KNF Foundation Monthly Meeting — Hilo, Hawai'i May 12, 2026 Fuel is what KNF calls Growth Amino Acids — homemade plant food made by fermenting fish scr...
Cam Yeast In Pineapple Vinegar, Thrips On Potted Plants
May 10, 2026
Cam yeast on pineapple vinegar is harmless film yeast; thrips mean weak plant nutrition, not a bug to fight. Also: office hours may go to email and clips.
LAB Preservation, Acidic Soil pH, and BMW Crystal Brewers
April 19, 2026
Drake covers preserving LAB with sugar, fixing acidic soil pH through biology, and building a crystal bacterial mineral water brewer.
April 2026 – Structure (Water-Soluble Calcium Phosphate) | Hilo KNF Monthly Meeting
April 14, 2026
Pure KNF Foundation Monthly Meeting — Hilo, Hawai'i April 14, 2026 This month the Hilo community explores Structure — water-soluble calcium phosphate (WCAP)...
Lactobacillus For Corpses, Contaminated Water, Rotational Grazing
April 13, 2026
Drake covers lactobacillus on animal corpses and contaminated water, grazing without predators, refractometer logging, and more.
KNF Podcast: LIVE - 05 April 2026
April 06, 2026
Live office hours with Dr Drake to get answers to Korean Natural Farming questions. knfsupport.com
Seawater Microbe Dilution, Kombucha Uses, Composting Hair
March 30, 2026
Seawater-to-cheap-microbe ratios, using kombucha in KNF sprays, and why the book says never use bird bones in the structure recipe.
IMO 3 Rice & Soil Tips, Compost Pile Turning Tools
March 22, 2026
Drake reviews a listener's IMO 3 setup (rice, soil, leaf litter) and compares tillers and cultivators for turning a compost pile.