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Humate and kelp
Your final 2025 OrganicSoilSolutionstreatment was applied today. Thanks for having us care for your lawn organically this year. The product we applied today is called Charge and it works to improve soil chemistry, soil structure and soil biological activity. It contains biochar, molasses, kelp and plant proteins. Biochar is a type of charcoal formed in…
Read MoreSlice seed and early fall fertilizer
Today we slice seeded and added the early fall fertilizer to your lawn. We’ve been working to improve the soil through the year, and now is the time when we can finally reap the benefits. After all the heat of the summer, we want your lawn looking its best in the fall. Like humans (73…
Read MoreMicrobial foods and biology supports your lawn
Today, we applied microbial foods and biology to the soil that supports your lawn. The soil is a living breathing place with air, water and billions of micro-organisms breaking things down and building things up. The organisms may go dormant in the heat, but when they wake up, they’ll have a refreshing snack waiting to…
Read MoreLate spring fertilizer
Today, we applied the late spring fertilizer to your lawn. Organic Soil Solutions uses a soy fertilizer that is good food for the biology. The bacteria and fungi eat it up and release nutrients as they are needed by the plants. Unlike water soluble chemicals, the fertilizer will not run into the streams and rivers…
Read MoreThe 2022 Drought
Today we slice seeded and added the early fall fertilizer to your lawn. We’ve been working to improve the soil through the year, and now is the time when we can finally reap the benefits. After all the heat of the summer, we want your lawn looking its best in the fall. It has been…
Read MoreMother Earth Knows…
It is all about the soil. I see it everywhere, Soil Workshops in Lincoln and featured in the Audubon magazine. A knowledgeable customer sent me an 18 minute film which is on Youtube. (Dead zones: how chemical pollution is suffocating the sea). It shows how tilling agricultural fields in Minnesota helps cause the dead zone…
Read MoreLATE SPRING FERTILIZER
Organic Soil Solutions uses a soy fertilizer that is good food for the biology. The bacteria and fungi eat it up and release nutrients as they are needed by the plants. Unlike water soluble chemicals, the fertilizer will not run into the streams and rivers with the next big rain. It is that time of year…
Read MoreGLOBAL WILDLIFE DECLINE
It’s not that I am old, but I remember vividly the first Earth Day in 1970. I was in college at UNH and taking a class in something nobody had ever heard of – ecology, the branch of biology that deals with the relation of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings. I…
Read MoreGRASS SEED- HOW IT’S GROWN
An old seed merchant once told me, “Mike, you’ve got to make a pilgrimage to the Willamette valley in Oregon where all the grass seed is grown.” Since my brother lives near there, I did. This farm grows mostly tall fescue, perennial rye and fine fescue. The farmers were really nice and they were happy…
Read MoreCLOVER… A GOOD FRIEND TO SOIL, LAWNS AND BEES
There is a lot of clover this year and people love it or hate it. To put it in perspective, I would like to share the view of clover before the advent of broadleaf weed killer. This is from the scientist who introduced 2,4-D to the landscape. He lamented the fact that the chemical herbicide…
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