Acitvely Aerated Compost Tea and Mycorrhizae provide life to your soil.  Soil that has had  excessive use of chemical fertilizers, fungicides, pesticides, and herbicides will benefit from applications of AACT.  Over use of chemicals reduces life in the soil, as the soil life dies back the soil begins to  compact making it harder for water and air to get into the soil and root zone.  Adding life to the soil and applying a layer of mulch to the soil will greatly benefit your plants and over time the soil food web will be established.  The soil food web will feed your plants and you will feed the soil food web. 

Anything that covers the soil is mulch.  In nature it is leaves and twigs, all that has fallen to the soil and died.  The insects and the organisms in the soil quickly transform all that falls to the soil into rich, sweet smelling humus.  When you apply a layer of mulch to your soil you are following an ancient practice.   You are providing  food and  you are providing protection.  

A cover of mulch over the soil breaks the hard fall of rain  and gentle directs the rain into the soil allowing the soil to absorb and store the rain drops instead of running off  and into our storm drains. 

Mulch protects the top layer of soil from the drying rays of the sun. 

Mulch shades the invasive seeds of annual weeds making it much harder for them to germinate. 

Mulch protects the soil from compaction helping the soil to stay open so air and rain can penetrate. 

Mulch is food to soil life, eaten and turned into humus and transformed into a food source for plants. 

Top Soil and our soil mixes have many different uses. We recommend that you work with the soil you have. It is usually a bad idea to remove your existing soil and replace it with another soil. There may be times however, when you need to fill in an area, build a mound, or a raised bed and you need to bring in soil. We have top soil and soil mixes that can be used for all your projects.