Dry, dusty soil is no friend of the food gardener. Healthy soil, like a healthy body – begins with hydration. Without it – everything goes awry: soil microbes (the heart of the operation) leave, particles shrink, mineral exchange goes to sleep and eventually, vital water pathways close up shop. That’s why dry soil repels water – it runs off the top of desperately thirsty ground. Just when it needs it most, it simply cannot take it in.
Restoring soil from bone dry to perfectly moist, isn’t difficult, but, depending on how far gone it is – it may take a bit of time to awaken all those processes. Clay particles need to swell, salts dissolve and water pathways, reopen.
Here’s how to roll your restoration:
As soon as moisture is restored, saturate the ground in EM + seaweed, or milk and molasses, or whatever liquid feed you have to hand, to stir the biology.
Now you’re ready to revive the soil and ready it to receive crops again.