What Went Wrong?

The Industrial Chemical way of farming vastly increased world food production but also weakens and kills soil biology. Without soil biology, plants become more susceptible to disease and insect. This results in plants becoming increasingly more dependent on chemicals. This vicious downward spiral results in ever-increasing costs with steadily diminishing nutritional value of our food.

The decline in nutritional value for people adds to physical and mental health problems, causing suffering and increasing the cost of living.

What is being done about it?

Permaculture, Regenerative Agriculture and many more methods are proof that it is possible to grow healthy food sustainably. All are Bio-Friendly ways of growing crops, in that they stimulate soil biology and not kill it.

They show good results but need time to learn, prepare and implement and are often seen as a big change and thus somewhat risky. We have developed a quick DIY way to revitalise soil biology as an early step in looking after the soil biology. Combining it with other ways to look after the soil biology can lead to a more gradual transition to Bio-Friendly of growing and start a virtuous upward spiral.

BioBooster restores Soil Biology

The BioBooster can be produced on the property, needs little equipment to grow and few very-low cost inputs, uses existing farm machinery to spread and is ready for application in a week. It’s based on healthy local soil biology to avoid introducing new organisms.

Trials on commercial crops have shown visible changes in the soil within 100 days, increased yields, and indicated increased net income from the first crop. Using it in our own gardens has visibly improved the health and appearance of our vegetables. And they taste much better – more like they used to!

Wicking Beds are for Everyone

Wicking beds are an easy way to start growing your own healthy food. They are designed for people who want to grow healthy plants when water, time and/or space are limited. They make it possible to grow on difficult soils, near trees, even on concrete pads and balconies. And to keep growing at later stages in life. Anyone can make them from many common materials into many designs, needing only common household tools.

Gardening is Continuous Learning

Like all growers, we are on a continuous learning curve. We learn from our plants, new research and insights, and by sharing practical experiences with fellow growers. So, if some of our experiences and findings are of use to you, we will have contributed our bit.

Growing our own healthy and wholesome plants for our own families is very rewarding. It’s also relaxing and good for our wellbeing.