Drenching the soil with our Worm Tea
Without healthy soil, nothing will grow well. So it stands to reason that if you want a healthy lawn, you need healthy soil.
But what does healthy soil look like? It's pretty simple: It's got minerals (sand, clay, loam), organic matter (dead plants and living organisms), water and air. If any one of those things is out of whack, your lawn's gonna suffer.
Our Good Sweet Earth organic lawn fertilization program is designed to give you healthy soil, and ultimately healthy and beautiful turf.
The basic treatment we offer is Worm Tea (a compost tea made from vermicompost), applied monthly, from May through October. This provides the living microorganisms your soil needs to break down dead plant matter. Without living organisms, you get compaction, thatch and sterile soil. Our lawn guy Steve will drench your lawn with the Tea to add those beneficial microorganisms. The Tea also adds micronutrients you don't typically find in synthetic chemical fertilizers.
An optional add-on, our Alfalfa Blend Fertilizer, can be applied once or twice a season (May/September), and loads your soil up with organic matter and nutrients. The Alfalfa Blend Fertilizer is dead plant matter that ultimately becomes compost, and serves as a food for the microbes in the Tea. As it breaks down into compost, it releases nutrients into the soil for your turf, slowly and safely.
A lack of organic matter in the soil is the most common problem for lawns, and it can cause the most problems (with dead spots, weeds, weak root growth, limp grass blades, etc). Our organic fertilization program is designed to fix that.
Essentially, our program is about building up organic matter and microbial life in your soil, so that your soil feeds your lawn naturally.
But what about weeds? There's not really a quick fix to kill weeds organically, but there are things we can do to reduce the amount of weeds in your yard. Nature loves diversity-- that's what weeds are. It's an example of nature filling empty space in your lawn with something-- maybe that something is a dandelion or thistle or crabgrass. Oftentimes that empty space can be as small as a dime; weed seeds will find it! Our organic fertilization program works to fill those gaps in with grass, and push out the diversity.
But here's the thing: Some diversity is actually healthy. It helps fight off disease and pests. Having soil that turfgrass thrives in, however, will keep the diversity down to a minimum, while still holding disease and pests at bay. And we can do all this while still being earth-friendly, kid-friendly, pet-friendly...and give you beautiful turf.
Ready to have an organic lawn? A lawn without caution signs? A lawn you can feel good about? Call us at 616-594-0693 or click the button below to set up a free consult.
But what does healthy soil look like? It's pretty simple: It's got minerals (sand, clay, loam), organic matter (dead plants and living organisms), water and air. If any one of those things is out of whack, your lawn's gonna suffer.
Our Good Sweet Earth organic lawn fertilization program is designed to give you healthy soil, and ultimately healthy and beautiful turf.
The basic treatment we offer is Worm Tea (a compost tea made from vermicompost), applied monthly, from May through October. This provides the living microorganisms your soil needs to break down dead plant matter. Without living organisms, you get compaction, thatch and sterile soil. Our lawn guy Steve will drench your lawn with the Tea to add those beneficial microorganisms. The Tea also adds micronutrients you don't typically find in synthetic chemical fertilizers.
An optional add-on, our Alfalfa Blend Fertilizer, can be applied once or twice a season (May/September), and loads your soil up with organic matter and nutrients. The Alfalfa Blend Fertilizer is dead plant matter that ultimately becomes compost, and serves as a food for the microbes in the Tea. As it breaks down into compost, it releases nutrients into the soil for your turf, slowly and safely.
A lack of organic matter in the soil is the most common problem for lawns, and it can cause the most problems (with dead spots, weeds, weak root growth, limp grass blades, etc). Our organic fertilization program is designed to fix that.
Essentially, our program is about building up organic matter and microbial life in your soil, so that your soil feeds your lawn naturally.
But what about weeds? There's not really a quick fix to kill weeds organically, but there are things we can do to reduce the amount of weeds in your yard. Nature loves diversity-- that's what weeds are. It's an example of nature filling empty space in your lawn with something-- maybe that something is a dandelion or thistle or crabgrass. Oftentimes that empty space can be as small as a dime; weed seeds will find it! Our organic fertilization program works to fill those gaps in with grass, and push out the diversity.
But here's the thing: Some diversity is actually healthy. It helps fight off disease and pests. Having soil that turfgrass thrives in, however, will keep the diversity down to a minimum, while still holding disease and pests at bay. And we can do all this while still being earth-friendly, kid-friendly, pet-friendly...and give you beautiful turf.
Ready to have an organic lawn? A lawn without caution signs? A lawn you can feel good about? Call us at 616-594-0693 or click the button below to set up a free consult.