The number is 25.4.

And here is what that number grew.

The Proof

[[contact.first_name|default: "Herbal Friend"]] Last season, our farm's soil was tested using the Haney method, a regenerative health assessment that measures biological activity, nutrient cycling, and microbial life, then folds them into a single score.

The result was 25.4. A figure that exceeds the biological richness of an undisturbed forest floor. In a single season, the soil biology on our beds rose by 400 percent. That number became the name of a balm. It is also the reason the balm is what it is, and the reason for everything else in this email.

Read the Field Report on Batch 25.4 ›

See the full Haney 25.4 result ›

25.4 GROUND. Twelve tins remain of one hundred eleven.

A balm named for the soil that grew the plants. We cold infused whole patchouli leaf and holy basil from our beds for three months, pressing slowly until the balm itself turned the deep forest green of preserved chlorophyll.

The scent follows the plants. Patchouli brings forest, musk, and a cool thread of mint. The holy basil answers with clove, a touch of cinnamon, and soft licorice.

We made 111 tins. Twelve remain. This was always meant to be finite. When they are gone, the batch is gone. There is no second pressing, and this balm can never be recreated. 

ESTATE RESERVE BALM  ·  PATCHOULI + HOLY BASIL  ·  $54.00

How the soil gets made.

Fresh Batches
You cannot score a 25.4 without inputs. Two of ours are back this week, freshly bottled.

FPJ - Fermented from alfalfa, hand harvested at dawn from our beds, the window when sap pressure is highest and the leaf holds its most concentrated nutrients. The ferment is captured at its peak biological activity. A Korean Natural Farming input for serious growers.

FFJ - Fermented from premium stone fruit grown in Palisade, Colorado, the high desert valley known for some of the most concentrated, sun-ripened peaches and apricots in the country. That sugar density feeds ferment activity directly. A Korean Natural Farming input for flowering, fruiting, and finishing.