Flowers is developing children’s course on healthy soil

KRISTY K, from pg. 11 natural and renewable replacement for peat moss,” Flowers said. “Our coir comes straight from India and is always triple-washed but without using sodium or chemical treatments to keep it environmentally friendly. Still, coconut coir can be a little tricky as its water retention is a bit better but it is prone to compaction. That’s why we mix it with rice hulls for more aeration and viability. The rice hulls are similar to how perlite or pumice would do in potting soil.”

Kristy K Organics also sells pelletized chicken manure that can be mixed with the compost, bark fines, or coirrice hull blend to give plants a nitrogen bump. The chicken manure pellets can be used in the garden or lawn on their own as well.

In addition to providing products to build soil health in the garden or on the lawn, Flowers is working on developing a course to teach children about the importance of a biologically active and healthy soil.

“I’ve always been fascinated by life — how it can be so small and yet so powerful,” she said. “As a kid, I would use my brother’s microscope to look at life in the water. It amazed me that something so small could be everywhere.”

Kristy K Organics can be found at www.kristykorganics.com . Kristy Flowers, the Manageress of Humus, can be reached via email at growwith@kristykorganics.com v