Korean Natural Farming Inputs
Korean Natural Farming (KNF) is a way of growing plants using homemade, natural inputs to keep soil healthy and plants strong.
🧪 Water-Soluble Calcium (WCA)
Ingredients:
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Eggshells
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Brown rice vinegar or raw apple cider vinegar (with “the mother”)
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Glass jar (no metal lids)
🥄 Instructions:
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Place the eggshells on a single layer and toast the eggshells in the oven on 300' for 20 minutes
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Crush the eggshells into small pieces (not powder)
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Add vinegar
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Place crushed shells in a glass jar
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Pour in enough vinegar to cover the shells (you’ll see bubbling — this is normal!)
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Ferment
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Loosely cover the jar (with a paper towel or cloth and rubber band)
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Let it sit for 7–10 days at room temperature
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Bubbling will slow down as calcium dissolves
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Strain and store
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Strain out the solids
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Store the liquid in a clean, labeled bottle (no metal cap)
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Shelf stable for several months if kept cool and dark
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✅ Benefits & Uses of WCA
🌱 Why Use It?
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Provides calcium in a form that plants can absorb quickly
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Strengthens cell walls, helping plants grow sturdier and resist disease
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Prevents blossom-end rot in tomatoes, peppers, and squash
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Supports fruiting and flower development
💧 How to Use It:
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Dilution: Mix 1 tbsp WCA per gallon of water for soil drench and 1 tsp per gallon for Foliar feed
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Application:
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Foliar spray during flowering and early fruiting
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Soil drench around the root zone
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Use weekly during critical growth stages (especially flowering and fruiting)
🧫 LAB – Lactic Acid Bacteria
🧪 Ingredients:
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1 cup rice
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2 cups clean water
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1–2 cups unpasteurized milk (raw or whole milk preferred)
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Clean jars or containers (glass or plastic)
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Paper towel or cloth + rubber band
🥣 Instructions:
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Make rice wash
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Rinse rice with in a bowl with 2 cups water
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Save the milky water (this contains wild bacteria)
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Pour into a jar and cover loosely with cloth
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Let sit at room temp for 1–3 days until it separates (white layer settles)
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Add milk
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Pour off the clear top layer
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Mix the cloudy, starchy layer with 10 parts milk
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Example: 100 ml rice water to 1 liter milk
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Cover loosely and ferment for 5–7 days
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Harvest LAB
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When it separates into curds and whey, strain out and discard the curds. The top is the curds, you can spoon it out. Then I like to use a turkey baster to get out the middle yellow layer which is the whey/LAB.
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Store in a bottle with plastic cap or paper towel with elastic in fridge (lasts several months)
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🌿 What We Use to Nourish Our Plants Naturally
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We feed the soil — not just the plants — using time-tested, organic inputs that build life below the surface and strengthen growth above it:
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🐟 Fish Emulsion
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🍯 Molasses
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🍵 Compost Tea
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🪱 Earthworm Castings
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Sea Kelp