The 3 pillars of healthy soils are: Texture, Nutrition, and Life. Each pillar must be addressed to help your garden and landscape truly flourish. See our Glossary for more terminology.
Soil Texture
Soil Nutrition
Soil Life
When all 3 pillars are optimized, your soils and plants will work in harmony, creating the healthiest landscape you've ever seen.
Soil Texture
Soil texture refers to the ratio of sand, silt, and clay in your soil. Each component plays a vital role: sand helps with drainage, clay retains moisture, and silt holds onto nutrients. The ideal balance of these three—known as loamy soil—creates the perfect environment for lawns and landscape plants to flourish.
Soil Nutrition
Soil nutrition refers to the available "food" that supports plant growth. To thrive, plants need a proper balance of 17 essential nutrients. Among these, three—nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K)—are considered macronutrients because they are required in the largest amounts. Many conventional fertilizers focus only on these three, often overlooking the remaining 14 nutrients that are just as important for plant health. Our program uses premium organic fertilizers to ensure your lawn and plants receive all of the nutrients, not just the top three.
It might be helpful to think of your soil like the refrigerator in your kitchen — both are places to hold nutrients. If you want to know what's missing from your refrigerator, open it up and look inside. The same can be done for your soil. That's why we always start with a Soil Test to see what’s inside your soil’s "refrigerator" and create a plan to stock it with the right nutrients for a healthy, thriving landscape.
Soil Life
Soil life refers to the biological activity in the soil—the beneficial microbes, or “probiotics,” that help plants thrive. These microorganisms play a critical role by breaking down nutrients into forms that plants can absorb. They also act as a natural immune system for your plants. By forming a protective biological film around plant root hairs, soil microbes allow nutrients to enter while keeping harmful pathogens, viruses, and diseases out. Healthy soil life means stronger, more resilient plants.
To support soil life and plant health, we brew our own probiotic tea called FertileTea—a powerful, living soil amendment designed to bring your lawn and landscape to life. We can apply FertileTea six times a year to your lawn and/or landscape beds, delivering biology and nutrition right where it's needed most.
More than just a worm castings tea, FertileTea is teeming with beneficial microorganisms and enriched with a blend of nutrients, including sea kelp, hydrolyzed fish, micronutrients, trace elements, mycorrhizal fungi, and humic and fulvic acids. Because these ingredients are suspended in liquid form, they are delivered directly to the root zone, where they can be quickly absorbed by your plants. That’s why we call it FertileTea—it’s more than tea; it’s a complete, living infusion for your soil.
Learn about your soil's health and schedule a Soil Test with us. We’re eager for you to see the results!
