09/06/2026
No synthetic nitrogen here! Feed the soil folks!!!!! Carbon enters your garden through compost plant, residues roots, mulch, biochar leaves, wood chips and other organic materials. A carbon focused garden might look like mine: compost on the soil, biochar incorporated or “charged” with compost fertilizer, mulch, covering bare ground living plants and roots for as much of the year as possible, minimal unnecessary soil disturbance, and returning the plant material back to the soil.
My garden has been lush and green for two years without adding synthetic nitrogen fertilizer. Here’s why…plants absolutely need nitrogen, but that doesn’t mean we always have to pour concentrated nitrogen into the soil. I feed my soil ecosystem instead I use homemade compost from kitchen and garden scraps, biochar and fish fertilizer, compost slowly releases, nitrogen and other nutrients as microorganisms break organic organic matter down fish fertilizer provides naturally occurring nitrogen, along with other nutrients while biochar helps whole nutrients and moisture in the root zone and creates habitat for beneficial soil microorganisms.The goal isn’t to force feed the plant. It’s to build a living soil that can continually cycle store and release nutrients as plants need them. Heavy or poorly managed applications of soluble nitrogen fertilizers can contribute to nutrient, bleaching, soil acidification, excess soft, leafy growth, and environmental pollution. More nitrogen is not automatically better a biologically active soil, supported with organic matter can grow incredibly green productive plants without depending on routine applications of synthetic nitrogen. Feed the soil and let the soil feed the plant! ☮️ PEACE!
