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Tea for Life

Sarah Hamlyn-Harris                 Queensland                     

At Tea For Life compost teas we are motivated by the alarming rate of soil degradation in both urban and rural areas of Australia. It seems that wherever human beings settle, we damage the environment. Nature had it all worked out for millions of years.

As plants struggle to survive in soils deficient in biology, all kinds of other problems arise prompting the use of still more poisonous chemicals, inorganic fertilizers and unnatural farming methods. It is rather like the girl who swallowed a fly.

Making composts and compost teas to put the biology back into the soil has an important part to play in turning back the tide of environmental damage.  Compared to agricultural chemicals compost and compost tea require little energy to produce, are scientifically sound, and are within the reach of anybody who has responsibility for the care of the earth.

The process of making compost tea is simple in concept, but requires some care in the making.  All of the equipment must be thoroughly cleaned between brews.  Microscope assessment of the teas is necessary to assure that the final product is teeming with healthy microbiology.