Lead Can Still Be a Problem in Urban Soils
Lead is still poisoning urban soils. Photo: subpng.com, uokpl.rs & onlygfx.com I had a horrible scare back in the mid-1980s.Continue Reading
Category: Soil
How do Plant Partnerships Help Sustainability?
by Kevin Kosola and Todd Ciche, Bayer U.S.Ill.: intogreen.eu We are all familiar with human partnerships of many kinds, bothContinue Reading
WHAT IS “SOIL-FRIENDLY” EATING?
Ill.: Soil Science Society of America staff There you are at your local grocery store. Maybe you have a shoppingContinue Reading
Save Our Parks: Keep on the Path!
Wandering off the path causes more damage than you might think. Photo: soilsmatter.wordpress.com Question: Why does it matter if IContinue Reading
What are Soil Aggregates?
Soil aggregates retained on a 4.75 mm sieve after wet sieving experiment. Credit: Nall Moonilall This article by Nall I. Moonilall ofContinue Reading
Are Coffee Grounds Too Acid for Compost?
Question: I just read that, contrary to what we think, it is not advisable to add coffee grounds to theContinue Reading
A Handy Dandy Soil Sifter/Plant Lugger
Here’s handy recycled garden tool: a plastic bakery tray, also called a bread tray, with a grid bottom. You canContinue Reading
Black Earth: Not What You Think
Gardeners seem to believe that the darker a soil is, the better it is. And that does tend to beContinue Reading
A Spring Harvest of Rocks
In colder parts of the world, a curious phenomenon often takes place: stones and rocks—from pebbles to rocks larger thanContinue Reading
Good Gardeners Test Their Soil
If you’re starting to take gardening seriously, you really should have an occasional soil test done. It’s important to understandContinue Reading