jeepersjess t1_isp70po wrote on October 17, 2022 at 5:50 PM

We’ve so depleted soils with traditional agriculture that we’ve basically left the soil sick. Pests, disease, and water retention are related to plant health and immunity, which is directly linked to soil quality. Nitrogen fixing plants are nature’s way of healing the soil. Climate change is the fever and these are the antibodies.

Support sustainable agriculture and start growing your own food

hecandbella t1_isq3g7e wrote on October 17, 2022 at 9:22 PM

I’ve had tremendous success with making compost in my yard. I use coffee grounds, orange peels and any weeds or yard waste. I’m slowly filling it in with native plants. I let clover grow where it will. I’m letting some “weeds” grow in patches like sweet grass and yarrow.

I’ve lived in two homes now with yards that were essentially dead. I suspect the prior owners abused the yards with chemical fertilizers, weed killers and pesticides. It takes a year or two to heal the soil but oh my god, is it with it. Soil is made of rotting things. I don’t know how we forgot this.