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Black Kow

Black Kow is the ONLY choice of compost when it comes to keeping our plants alive!

If you are trying to keep your plants healthy, or if you’re just starting to learn how to grow your own food, we have always found that Black Kow does the job and does it well.

Not only does Black Kow offer consistent, high-quality products that make any gardener’s life stink a little less (literally…it doesn’t smell like manure!), they are also a family-owned business just like Salty Acres. Our values line up with those of Black Kow, making it easy for us to share their story and our love of the product!

One question we always get is “What soil do you use?”. Since even before Salty Acres was a thing, we have created our planting/soil mixture using Black Kow. It’s easy to find at your local Lowes or Home Depot. We may add in different additives depending on what plant we’re working with, but our base always stays the same. We always use:

  • 1/3 parts peat moss

  • 1/3 parts Black Kow

  • 1/3 parts pine bark mulch

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