MICROBES & SOIL HEALTH
Healthy soil is the key to high yields, nutrient density, pest reduction, and pH and mineral balance.
Healthy soil makes healthy plants.
Healthy plants can resist and repel pests.
Healthy plants can even tolerate 1-3 more degrees of frost than less healthy plants.
I recommend that you test your soil and follow organic recommendations. See the soil test lab suggestions below.
But remember…applying mineral fertilizers does no good without a healthy soil food web.
You can build a diverse soil microbiome to provide you ecosystem services and save on fertilizer input costs.
Use tools like compost tea, compost, worm compost, commercial inoculants, cover crops, and sprayed nutrients. How? By checking out the posts, download free information, watch the video, and buy compost tea and composting worms in the SHOP.
MICROBES & SOIL HEALTH RESOURCES:
FREE Video: Soil Health Innovations
Juicy tidbits from the Alaska Botanical Garden Spring Conference: March 12, 2022, where Ellen Vande Visse of Good Earth Garden School is one of the presenters. The video features several informative presentations over five juicy hours of soil health topics, all available for free through the Alaska Botanical Garden.
