Back to Earth is a terrific product for building and amending all soils in our area.  It is organic, inexpensive, weed free, breaks up heavy clays, and does not break down quickly in our clay soils.  There is even an acidified version that actually helps lower the ph of our alkaline soils.  Back to Earth is composted cotton seed hulls, so it’s an agricultural waste product that can be incorporated liberally into any soil to improve water holding capacity and aeration and improve general soil health.  We carry Back to Earth Acidified and non-acidified in 2 cubic foot bags.

Yum Yum Mix
Yum Yum Mix is a very good soil amendment/organic fertilizer from the producers of Back to Earth.  It is a blend of alfalfa meal, cottonseed meal, kelp meal, colloidal clay, green sand, and trace minerals that provide NPK nutrients and support soil building activity.  Yum Yum Mix contains 2% of nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium and a broad spectrum of micro nutrients required for all plant growth.  We carry Yum Yum Mix in 5, 12 and 25 pound bags and find it works quite well in vegetable and flower beds.

Fruitland Soil Activator
Fruitland Soil Activator contains humate, a naturally occurring soil product that helps improve soil structure, soil aeration, water holding capacity, and attracts earthworms.  Fruitland Soil Activator is organic and does not contain animal products.

Organic Top Soil is just what it says. Our top soil is a certified organic sandy loam that is an inexpensive way of adding to and amending any type of growing bed.  We at Native Roots do not find the local bulk top soils acceptable for quality gardening so we have decided to carry a bagged product.  It is a high quality, uniform, and weed free top soil and is available in 1 cubic foot bags.

Manure is readily available in our area but one must be sure to use composted manure regardless of the source.  Horse, cow, and sheep manure are considered the “coolest” of the agricultural manures with chicken and turkey considered the “hottest”.  Poultry manure does not contain seed due to the grinding by the gizzard but it is often very high in urea and other plant damaging salts.  The seed problem in horse, cow, and sheep manure as well as the presence of any harmful salts can be overcome by thorough composting.  We offer composted cow manure in 1 cubic foot bags for consistency and convenience.