The 3 pillars of healthy soils are: Texture, Nutrition, and Life. Each pillar needs to be addressed to get your garden and landscape flourishing. See our Glossary for more terminology.
Soil Texture
Soil Nutrition
Soil Life
When all 3 pillars are optimized, your soils and plants will work together in a symbiotic relationship resulting in the healthiest landscape you've ever seen.
Soil Texture
Soil Texture is the technical term for the sand-silt-clay ratio. Your soils need sand to drain water, clay to hold water, and silt to hold on to nutrients. "Loamy Soils" refers to the ideal combination of sand, silt, and clay which allows lawns and landscape plants to thrive.
Soil Nutrition
Soil Nutrition is the food in your soils, and the correct balance is critical to plant health. Of the 17 nutrients used by plants, 3 are considered “macronutrients” because they are used in the greatest quantity, nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium (N-P-K). Many conventional fertilizers use only these three macronutrients (N-P-K) omitting the minor nutrients. Our program uses premium organic fertilizers to make sure your lawn and plants get all the nutrients they need, not just the top 3.
It might be helpful to think about your soils just like the refrigerator in your kitchen — both are a place to hold nutrients. If you want to know what's missing from your refrigerator, the best thing to do is to open it up and look inside. The same can be done with our soils. That's why we always start with a Soil Test to see what’s in your soil’s "refrigerator" and make a plan to stock it with healthy nutrients.
Soil Life
Soil Life refers to the biology or the probiotics in the soil. This microbial activity breaks down nutrients in the soil for plants to use and also serves as a plant’s immune system. These hardworking microorganisms ward off plant diseases by forming a protective biological film around the root hairs of plants. Nutrients can get in while invading viruses and diseases stay out.
For lawn and plants, we brew our own probiotic tea, FertileTea, to add life to your soil. We can apply this tea 6 times a year to the lawn and/or landscape beds on your property. Our FertileTea is teeming not only with beneficial microorganisms, it also includes nutrients such as sea kelp, hydrolyzed fish, micronutrients and trace elements, mycorrhizal fungi, or humic/fulvic acids. By suspending these nutrients in a liquid, we deliver them right to the root zone where they are quickly absorbed. Hence the name FertileTea, since it is more than just a fabulous worm castings tea.
Learn about your soil's health and schedule a Soil Test with us. We’re eager for you to see the results!
