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.

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.

Happy Frog® Potting Soil is alive with beneficial microbes and fungi that help break down organic matter and feed the plant roots. Between the earthworm castings, the bat guano, and the composted forest humus, your container plants have never felt so good. And don’t worry—FoxFarm uses only the highest quality, premium ingredients—no cheap fillers, no topsoil, no sludge. It is perfect for container gardens. Whether you’re growing a ficus in the dining room, a geranium on the patio, or a lemon tree on the deck, use our Potting Sit full strength in your containers.

Ocean Forest® Potting Soil
The ultimate potting soil—everything your plants need, in one bag. Ocean Forest® is a powerhouse blend of premium earthworm castings, bat guano, and Pacific Northwest sea-going fish and crab meal. Composted forest humus, sandy loam, and sphagnum peat moss give Ocean Forest® its light, aerated texture. Start with Ocean Forest® and watch your plants come alive.
Garden tip: Perfect for containers and ready to use right out of the bag. Ocean Forest® is pH adjusted at 6.3 to 6.8 to allow for optimum fertilizer uptake

Black Gold
A premium blend of fine soil conditioner and composted manure, perfect for putting life back into tired or heavy soils.
Black Gold is a formulated blend of two soil improving products giving combined soil enhancing properties from a single application.
The soil conditioner is peat free and made entirely from recycled green materials and the manure is rich and mature consisting of farmyard dung and animal bedding.

Humax Turf Soil builder
Hu-Max Turf Soil Builder is a rich blend of nutritional, aged humus mixed with essential supplements to form a complete soil for turf applications. It is the perfect mix for planting new grass from seed or sod, repairing damaged and bare spots, or adding organic matter to tired and stressed lawns. Hu-Max adds essential nutrients and biological material to turf soil to ensure results every time you use it. It also buffers turf against salt concentrations, improves germination, and inhibits leaching.

Ferti-lome peat moss is an excellent soil admendment because of its capacity to retain water, aerate the soil and it’s completely natural. Sphagnum peat is the answer to both compact and loose soil conditions. All soils can benefit from the addition of peat moss. It is also used in compost bins to enhance decomposition and reduce odor. It also adds body to light and sandy soil, aerates heavy and clay soil, protects the soil from drying out and hardening, reduces the possibility of erosion, facilitates hoeing, reduces the loss of fertilizer by leaching and saves water.

Sunshine Organic Planting Mix is specially formulated from the same componets used in Sunshine’s professional 100% organic growing media and is OMRI listed.  This mix can be used straight from the bag and requires no additional ingredients. It is ideal for planting herb and vegetable plants,
indoor or outdoor planters,  window boxes,  planting beds,  and transplanting any type of plant.