Welcome to Sustainable Soils. We believe the key to human health, and the health of all we consume, begins in the soil. Healthy soil means high-quality, nutrient-dense crops and livestock forage. Soil is healthiest when it contains eleven essential mineral nutrients, balanced and in optimum percentages.
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The total cost of treating a garden, field, or pasture depends on a number of factors. These include the total square footage or acreage, condition of the soil, it’s deficiencies and the degree of each deficiency, your geographic location, prices of soil amendments, shipping for bulk quantities, or shipping, if needed, from your local sources. For more information go to Get Started, Payment and Shipping.
Our focus this time is on the macro-minerals, or trace minerals as they are sometimes called, that are required only in very small amounts — Cobalt, Molybdenum, Selenium, and Silicon.
Building soil and soil fertility is so much more than just adding compost and NPK. Compost does build organic matter in the form of stable humus but doesn’t contain the optimum quantities of minerals, and NPK does provide a tremendous growth/bulk response but only provides three minerals — Nitrogen, Phosphorous, and Potassium. How do the other minerals we need get into the food we grow?
Many people turn to university extension services for answers to questions about gardening and farming, and for laboratory tests to help determine what their soil might need. With so many tests available, it’s hard to know what to ask for. We often hear that extension services will, “Do this for free,” and that’s just not often the case.
We offer custom soil prescriptions based on soil sample lab reports, minerals and soil amendments blended for even application, and consulting services. Soil amendments used are approved for organic use by the USDA National Organic Program.
To find out how we can help you transform your garden, farm, or landscape for optimum performance, contact us or call 816-665-8550.
