Building Better Soil with Woodchips

When I came to Florida 4 months ago to start Laulima Farm, I did not realize just how little soil there was. I started my garden and planted some seeds and they sprouted, did nothing, and died a few days later. All there was here was beach sand. Pure white and full of shells. It was truly the worst soil I could possibly have to grow plants in.

Fast forward 4 months and we have dark black crumbly rich soil over most of the 5 acre farm, if you dig down it is 4”-5” deep with some places over a foot …read more