Soil at Scale
Degraded or Rocky site with No soil?
Bulk Soil can be purchased from Cinnabar Valley Farms – a Garden soil mix of Peat, Sand Compost
On SSI, soil can be purchased via Steffich Transport, Forsyth Farm, or Foxglove Farm Supply
Cheap Haybales as edges or “haybale potatoes” can turn into soil quickly
Most Purchased soil is heat treated. It`s Weed Free, and also dead.
To bring it back to life Add Compost or Composted manure
Consider Mycorhizzae fungi when planting – Root Rescue Brand via Organic Gardeners Pantry
Soil Tests for Minerals, Organic Matter, PH: via mblabs. Western soil sample submission form (printable pdf)
Low Calcium (<2200 PPM) Add Ag Lime
Low Magnesium add Dolomite
Low Organic Matter, Add compost / composted manure, minerals, and
Low Sulfur add Gypsum or Epsom salt
Low Phosphorus add Rock Phosphate and Fish
Low Nitrogen – Cover Crop with Legume. Add Feather or blood meal
Low Boron add Kelp
Nursery Soil Mix for Trees / High Value Crops
Fish and Wood Waste Compost – Sea Soil / Earthbank or Chicken Bark Mulch
Composted Dairy Manure – Sunset Farm, Mark Hughes, Maple Bay Organic (Key Pawn Trucking)
Alder Sawdust – 50 Yards. Paulcam Jemico mill . Mander Trucking
Calcium Carbonate via Ag Lime (Terralink), Dolomite, and Gypsum
Calcium Carbonate via Limestone or Marble Dust
Rock Phosphate (Terralink)
Mixed Organic Fertilizer – Organic Premium 7-2-4 (Terralink)
Kelp Meal (Acadian Kelp)
Dip Roots in Mycorrhizae Fungi when transplanting – Root Rescue (Organic Gardeners Pantry)
Consider Biological Inoculant Via compost tea – Johnson Su Bioreactor / Worm Tea /
Feed with Liquid Fish Fertilizer – Fish Hydrolysate (OG Pantry)
