04/22/2024
On this I want to explain what soil regeneration is and how it can change the planet. But first, some startling information which is the basis of why at Nature’s Remedy we do what we do.
Every year we lose an estimated 24 billion tons of fertile soil due to erosion and from chemical-heavy farming, heavy chemical use on our residential and commercial lawn and gardens, deforestation, and global warming.
In addition, approximately 50% of our earth’s soil that is/was used for agriculture around the world is is void of important soil life and is classed as either “degraded” or “seriously degraded”. They estimate that in 60 years or less, our soil will be too barren to feed us. 😳 While you and I might not be here then, just think of your children and grandchildren and the world at large. Sheer devastation of life as we know it will be prevalent in every area of our world. World hunger will start years beforehand as the earth’s soil will continue to degrade.
So what can you do to improve our world? We’ve heard the words, “reduce, reuse and recycle” many times before. Don’t become numb to their dire effects because you’ve heard those words many times.
1. Make a commitment to incorporate ‘reduce, reuse and recycle’ into your everyday life. It doesn’t take much effort or space to have multiple bins in your kitchen or garage for recyclable items. Plastics in one bin, metal in another and paper in another.
2. Create a compost pile or get into vermicomposting (composting with worms). Remember that bin of paper products you saved that also includes cardboard, paper plates, paper towels, newspapers, etc.? The worms can break down and compost that along with leaves, grass clippings, dead plants, wood chips, a lot of spoiled food and more. When completed, you may be able to use the composted material and put in your garden or give it to a neighbor.
3. Get on a program to gradually eliminate lawn fertilizers, w**d and feed type of products and synthetic garden fertilizers. They destroy life in the soil, make your plants dependent on them and discourage deep root growth. Many are lacking to be effective and require multiple applications throughout the year thereby creating an overuse in their “treatment”. In addition, the rain runoff from these chemicals go into our water systems, into local ponds and creeks, which we all know lead to larger lakes and oceans, causing increased algae blooms, pond w**d growth and destroying aquatic life. They also sink down into our aquafirs and water table that affect community living at a minimum. We can help you wean off these synthetic fertilizers and w**d and feed type of products. Just contact us.
Did you know that 60% of our earth’s species actually come from the soil? We have a gigantic life force in our soil (or at least, should have) with so many little microbial “critters” doing very important functions. Most of those critters aren’t visible to the naked eye.
We all learned in grade school that plants and trees consume carbon dioxide and give off oxygen and that we need oxygen to survive. This very simple carbon and oxygen cycle in the air is similar to a nutrient and plant food cycle that goes on in our soil with specific stages and types of “critters” playing a vital, interdependent role. Without each stage or hierarchy of soil life, the plants won’t get the nutrition they need to survive. (That’s where our microscopic analysis comes in to see what life is in your soil and what is lacking.) When we kill those important “critters” in our soil from synthetic chemicals, fertilizers, w**d and feeds, insecticides and fungicides, etc we are slowly (or quickly) destroying the very plants we are trying to grow. The reason is because it’s THE SOIL MICROBES OR “CRITTERS” THAT BREAK DOWN THE ORGANIC MATTER AND NUTRIENTS IN THE SOIL IN A PLANT ASSIMILATED FORM. (Think of osmosis.) Without the important “critters” in the soil you will
CONTINUOUSLY OVER FEED them with synthetic fertilizers and chemicals that will just BUILD UP or be WASHED AWAY in our water system when it’s actually the microbial “critters” they NEED.
So, on this Earth Day, I hope this post has brought some enlightenment to you about the conditions of our soil throughout the world and has encouraged you to participate in improving our earth on a daily basis. I know we all can improve our efforts.
While I know this post is long, I hope you read every word. (I could talk for hours about this because I’m so passionate about it.) The microbial life in our soil is vital to our very existence. No one talks about it because people don’t know and your local “tree guy”, “lawn fertilizer guy” or “landscaper” doesn’t know about it either. Plants, trees and lawns shouldn’t die. They should have the life cycle of microbial “critters” in the soil which will feed them what they need. By doing so, they would have long, healthy root systems that would grow deep into the soil where there would be plenty of water to sustain them through dry spells, too.
It’s all about the microbes…
In this video it shows dry, cracked dirt. Our soil or dirt doesn’t have to look like this to be dead and void of important microbial life. It can look like what you may think is “healthy” soil while still lacking the microbes it needs. You’ll see evidence of it from plants and trees just existing and not thriving, and from dying plants and trees. You’ll also see it from having an abundance of insects attacking your plants. Their first line of food for them are sick plants that aren’t thriving. It’s a lot like us when we are run down, not eating well or not getting enough sleep. That’s how we can get sick too, from a “bug” as our body is compromised from not eating or sleeping well. We are a lot like plants in many regards. And, plants even have an immune system similar to us from the microbial “critters” in the soil.
(I told you I could talk about this for hours. 🤦♀️🤷♀️😆.) Contact us at Nature’s Remedy so we can get your outdoor property on the road to recovery!
Happy Earth Day!
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