Plants & People Need Minerals

Plants require many different minerals & nutrients to thrive and grow. These minerals & nutrients naturally occur in healthy soils; however, with all the damages done to our soils in the last hundred years it is often uncommon to have an ideal combination of mineral & nutrient-rich soil in our backyards without proper systems in place to provide natural input.

This is why learning to test & amend our sacred soils matters greatly. Our soil must have enough fertility to sustain the plants we are growing. Our best soil amendments provide our plants, and subsequently our bodies, with further available minerals & nutrients to help them thrive, mature adequately, grow healthy & produce quality yields. 

Soil amendments are anything we add to our soils to improve its quality, its texture and composition, and the minerals and nutrients.

Some Important Soil Amendments are:

Worm Castings Plant/Leaf Mulches/Molds

Compost especially in liquid (tea form) Kelp Meal

Manure Bone Meal

Seaweed Wood chips

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🟪🟡ALOE VERA HEALTH BENEFITS🟪🟡

• Lowers high cholesterol

• Stabilizes blood sugar

• Soothes arthritis pain

• Protects from stress

• Prevents kidney stones

• Reduces high blood pressure

• Strengthens gums, healthier teeth

• Prevents & treats candida infections

• Boosts cardiovascular performance & physical endurance

• Helps blisters, insect bites, allergic reactions, eczema, burns, wounds & psoriasis

• High in vitamins & minerals

• High in amino acids & fatty acids

• Powerful adaptogen

• Heals the intestines & lubricates digestive tract

• Helps detoxification, weight loss & inflammation

• Alkalizes the body

• Supports cardiovascular system

• Boosts immune system

• Anti-bacterial, anti-septic, anti-fungal & anti-Viral

Vetiver, formerly known as (Vetiveria zizanioides L. Nash), now reclassified as (Chrysopogon zizanioides L. Roberty), is a fast-growing perennial grass plant with an extensive, dense and deep root system. In tropical environments, it has been shown to survive for up to 100 years. Since the vetiver root system does not have lateral roots (stolons nor rhizomes) it cannot move laterally. It cannot produce fertile seed, it does not spread naturally and is therefore not invasive.  When planted close together it forms a dense narrow hedge. Its leaves and stems will grow up to 3 meters tall and its roots will grow downwards up to 6 meters. The roots have a tensile strength of 1/6 that of mild steel, and when planted in hedges will increase soil sheer strength by up to 45%.

Underneath each hedgerow an interlocking and dense roots matrix creates vast, dense underground walls that not only reinforces soil structure but will stabilize any associated infrastructure.  The plant has a wide range of adaption and will tolerate soil pH from 3 to 11, temperatures from -15 to +55 degrees C and is extremely drought proof, and yet can survive complete submergence in water for at least 3 months. It is saline tolerant, tolerant to most heavy metals, and to all herbicides except for glyphosate.