Living Soil Foundations
Understand soil as a living system, where minerals, organic matter, roots and microorganisms work together.
Living Soil Shortcut · Course + companion app
We did the deep dive.
You get the shortcut.
A practical living soil course to help you make better compost and start rebuilding the soil on your farm or homestead. The companion app brings the course’s soil assessment tools, compost calculator and compost log to your phone.
Get the course + app bundle — €50App interface: English. Course audio and lesson titles: English.
Created by BioFarmLab — a certified Soil Food Web Laboratory and regenerative farm.
28
video lessons
5
modules
PDF + App
Course + companion app
What will you gain?
Reading Soil Signals
Learn what roots, smell, structure, weeds, plant response and microscopy can tell you about what is happening below ground.
Compost, Extract, or Tea?
Know the difference between compost, compost extract and compost tea, and when each one makes sense.
A Step-by-Step Soil Plan
Bring everything together into a clear, practical plan.
Skip the years of guesswork
The Long Way
- Hours of scattered YouTube videos
- Expensive courses that go far deeper than most growers need
- Conflicting advice about compost, extracts, teas, and amendments
- Getting lost in ratios, recipes and terminology
The Living Soil Shortcut
- The key biology explained simply
- Practical decisions for compost, extracts and teas
- Ready-to-use tables, cheatsheets, and troubleshooting
- A compact, step-by-step course you can finish and apply
See what is inside the course
28 short, focused video lessons. Follow the complete path at your own pace, and return to any lesson whenever you need it.
Understand how living soil works, assess your starting point, build soil biology with compost, extracts and compost tea, and create a regeneration plan for your garden or farm.
The complete course roadmap ↓
The complete course roadmap
All 28 lessons are available now. From soil foundations and diagnosis to compost, difficult questions and a practical regeneration plan.
01
Living soil foundations
02
Reading your soil
03
Building soil biology
04
Myths & hard questions
05
Living soil, step by step
01Living soil foundations
7 video lessons
- 1
Why Living Soil Matters
- 2
The Fertilizer Dependency Trap
- 3
A Short History of Agriculture
- 4
The Soil Food Web
- 5
Mycorrhizal Fungi
- 6
Biological Succession
- 7
Soil Degradation
02Reading your soil
3 video lessons
- 8
What Weeds Reveal About Soil
- 9
Simple Soil Tests
- 10
Microscopy: Seeing Soil Biology
03Building soil biology
10 video lessons
- 11
Biologically Complete Compost
- 12
Compost Ingredients
- 13
Small-Scale Thermophilic Compost
- 14
Medium/Large-Scale Thermophilic Compost
- 15
Small-Scale Vermicompost
- 16
Johnson-Su Bioreactor
- 17
Compost Troubleshooting
- 18
Applying Biology: Compost
- 19
Compost Extract
- 20
Compost Tea
04Myths & hard questions
5 video lessons
- 21
Liming
- 22
Manure
- 23
Bottled Microbes (EM)
- 24
Plant Ferments
- 25
Municipal Compost
05Living soil, step by step
3 video lessons
- 26
Starting with Degraded Soil
- 27
Transitioning from Conventional to Regenerative
- 28
Rotational Grazing
The app is available in English. Course audio and lesson titles are in English. French, Spanish, German and Italian subtitles are available in the video player.
Tools you can use on your own land
The course includes the Living Soil Radar Dashboard, Smart Compost Calculator, compost recipes, troubleshooting and a compost log. Use the guides alongside the lessons and return to them while you work.
Soil Radar Test & Compost Log
Assess your soil, record observations and follow your composting process over time. The course’s Google Sheets tools include Metric and US Units tabs.
Downloadable PDF guides
Compost Recipe Cheatsheet, Compost Troubleshooting Guide and practical guidance on vermicompost. Materials to support your work beyond the video lessons.
Course + companion app
The companion app brings the course’s soil assessment tools, compost calculator and compost log together on your phone.
Assess your soil
Run simple field tests and save your starting point in Soil Radar. Learn what soil structure, water and plants reveal.
Plan your compost
Enter pile dimensions and the materials you have. Save a recipe, then use the lessons to prepare and apply your compost.
Track your progress
Record pile temperature in Compost Log and review your history. Learn how to manage the process and respond to problems.
App interface: English. Course audio and lesson titles: English.
From degraded soil to a productive farm
Klangor Farm is where BioFarmLab puts soil biology into practice. Vegetables, fruit and herbs feed the family, and surplus produce goes to returning customers.
What growers are saying
Congratulations on the course — truly. I bought it myself, and I already know I’ll be coming back to the material when I have a quiet moment. I also shared it on my Instagram and recommended it, hoping it reaches many more people.”
Filip’s course was absolutely worth buying. I’m really happy with it — there is a huge amount of information, and everything is explained clearly and thoroughly in the videos. Highly recommended.”
I studied topics like this at university because I had to pass exams. Now I’m coming back to this knowledge because I actually want to understand it and use it. I’ve had the course for only three days, and I already know it was worth it. I definitely recommend it.”
Opinions published on the original Living Soil Shortcut course page.
Course + companion app
The complete course, practical materials and companion app in one package.
50 €
Get the course + app bundle — €50
App interface: English. Course audio and lesson titles: English.
Checkout is in English.
- 28 short video lessons in 5 modules
- Living Soil Radar Dashboard & Smart Compost Calculator
- Compost Recipe Cheatsheet & Troubleshooting Guide
- Compost Pile Log Sheet & PDF guides
- Companion app: Soil Radar, Compost Calculator & Compost Log
- Lifetime access to the course and downloadable materials
After payment, you receive course access by email. App access uses the email address you used to buy the course.
Before you start
Who is this for?
For gardeners, homesteaders and farmers who want to understand their soil and build a practical plan. The methods can be adapted to your scale.
How do the languages work?
The app has its own language setting. Course audio and lesson titles remain in English; choose subtitles in each video. You can change the course portal interface language after logging in.
How long do I have access?
You receive lifetime access to the 28 lessons, course updates and downloadable PDF guides. Copy the Google Sheets tools into your own Drive to keep them. Lifetime access refers to the course and materials.
Do I need specialist equipment?
Start with field observations and simple tests. The lessons explain when a microscope or professional soil assessment can add useful information.
What if my soil is very poor?
Module 2 helps you assess the condition of your soil. Module 5 explains how to start with degraded soil and how to transition from conventional to regenerative farming.
Is there a money-back guarantee?
The original course offer includes a 14-day refund policy. Email within 14 days if the course is not right for you. Refunds are available only if you have completed less than 20% of the course.
