Our Magical Soil is truly magical! The Chimacum Valley is rich with fertile land consisting of nutrient rich Semiahmoo muck. Magical Soil is a symbiosis between Semiahmoo muck, compost and sand.
WE NO LONGER ABLE TO DIG ANY MORE Semiahmoo muck
We do have compost
Short's Family Farm is excited to integrate BioChar into its family of soil products. It is produced locally in Port Townsend from forest and untreated wood products.
Biochar is a charbon-rich product from a process called 'pyrolosis' - the heating of dry biomass to high temperatures in an oxygen-limited environment. Biochar's high surface area increases water and nutrient retention in the soil, reducing the need for watering and compost/mineral applications over time. That same porosity encourages soil biodiversity, creating a thriving habitat for microbes, worms and fungi. It helps create a 'living soil' which is vital in sequestering carbon from the atmosphere!
WE NO LONGER ABLE TO DIG ANY MORE Semiahmoo muck
We do have compost
Short's Family Farm is excited to integrate BioChar into its family of soil products. It is produced locally in Port Townsend from forest and untreated wood products.
Biochar is a charbon-rich product from a process called 'pyrolosis' - the heating of dry biomass to high temperatures in an oxygen-limited environment. Biochar's high surface area increases water and nutrient retention in the soil, reducing the need for watering and compost/mineral applications over time. That same porosity encourages soil biodiversity, creating a thriving habitat for microbes, worms and fungi. It helps create a 'living soil' which is vital in sequestering carbon from the atmosphere!
SHORT'S MAGICAL SOIL PRODUCT LIST
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"Charged" Biochar
Contains: 15% Short's raw biochar and 85% compost. It has been mixed for more than 3 months. Mix 1-2" into existing soil. All Soil Delivery and Soil Prices are subject to fuel surcharges
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Compost
Excellent source of plant nutrients. Composted of livestock manures, composting bedding, feed waste and yard waste. Good nutrient mulch. Final Chance on Compost Products
Unscreened aged manure $30 a Yard Unscreened compost $35 a Yard Screened compost $45 a Yard Benefits of using Short's Compost with Biochar, Improves soil tilth, reduces bulk density, increases water hold capacity, improves fertilization utilization, reduces leaching from root zone, supports microbial life & biodiversity, helps plants resist diseases and pathogens and adds humus carbon to the soil carbon pool, reducing greenhouse gases. Raw Biochar
Ways to charge biochar: Mix 5% to 20% biochar into composting pile or manure compost pile & leave for a month or two. OR Soak biochar in compost or worm tea for 3 to 5 days, topdress garden in fall, mix and wait until Spring. YOUR HEALTH BEGINS
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Fine Red Bark
Great non nutrient mulch. Use as top dressing, suppresses weeds. Releases water like a sponge. Alder Sawdust
Great mulch. Promotes Fungi growth. Sand or Pitrun
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Compost products are processed at the farm in Chimacum, Washington.
