Field Guide / How-To
How-To
Build Living Soil
Feed the ground, not the plant
Healthy soil isn't fed, it's built: stop tilling, top-dress compost each fall, mulch, leave the leaves, and let roots and microbes do what synthetic fertilizer can't. Three seasons in, you're standing on different ground. 🌱
- Stop tilling; it shreds the fungal network underground.
- Top-dress an inch or two of compost each fall.
- Mulch to hold moisture and feed the soil life.
- Leave the leaves where you can — free mulch and habitat.
- Let roots and microbes do what synthetic feed skips.
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