Put together your own organic living soil at home. Use large pots or beds and grow indoor or outdoor with living soil.

This easy living soil recipe for new growers includes the ingredients — peat, perlite, worm castings with rock dust, kelp meal, crab meal, and neem meal.

For 7.5 gallons — this living soil recipe calls for:

2.5 gallons of peat
2.5 gallons of perlite
2.5 gallons of worm castings w/ rock dust
1 cup of kelp meal
1 cup of crab meal
1 cup of neem meal

The ingredients for about 25 gallons of living soil could cost around $75 - $150 depending on where you live, and shipping costs. Support small businesses and contact any local nursery for the ingredients.

Reuse and re-amend your soil as you go. There will be many opportunities to amend your soil and improve it in the future.

Thank you to Autism Advocate Rick of Green Carpet Growing for sharing his living soil recipe and providing the DIY tutorial.

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