Soil is everything! How do you make a healthy soil. Return organic matter.

In nature you can observe this process of organic matter such as leaves, weeds, sticks, logs etc falling to the ground, decomposing and becoming available nutrients for the soil. In permaculture we plant various plants that are grown simply to cut back and return to the earth. This process is called chop and drop. At Solitude, especially we use Gliricidia, mexican sunflower and also banana, papaya and other plants such as sun hemp. Cho and drop is such a simple concept as chop, you create light, suppress weeds, suppress evaporation, return organic matter, creating the foundation of life in the soil.