Making Potting Soil for Soil Biology and Fertility

Potting soil is the foundation of your backyard nursery. What do you need to supplement for rich, nutritious soil? Done right, this potting mix feeds the soil food web.

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Organic Garden Soil Preparation Doesn't Have to Be Difficult

The permaculture approach involves continually building soil. When planting out, that's a perfect time to inoculate soil biology. Have the best organic gardening soil.

What about perlite, vermiculite, rock dust, and other soil amendments? Do you need them? There is no need to purchase fancy potions and elixirs for healthy soil.

Nothing here is suitable for a commercial nursery. This is how to start a backyard nursery for your permaculture homestead.

A commercial nursery wants sterile dead soil. Where a permaculture backyard nursery enjoys soil teaming with microbes. This approach to potting mix is about extending life in plant starts, not for starting seeds.

This approach yields rich, biologically active soil that supports healthy plant growth. Is this potting mix vs potting soil, or even compost?

It's not a compost pile. It is a potting mix. Use this soil to pot up plants, growing trees, and shrubs. Start here for loose, moist, and healthy potting mix.

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Justin Hitt Permaculture Design Consultant
If you want to get more from your small farm, homestead, or estate, ... Justin Hitt is a Permaculture Design Consultant with more than two decades of experience with organic gardening. He teaches the practical application of critical thinking, entrepreneurial ecology, and homestead management. Practical insights for practitioners, estate owners, and homesteaders.
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