Push the loose material into the gap, and water. Water more frequently to help prevent a recurring problem.Better Solution: Coir—ground coconut husk—is a great band-aid for container gardening problems. Rehydrate a brick, break it up, and spread a 1” layer over the surface of the pot...
She adds that the program’s benefits go beyond nutrition. Some students get so interested in gardening that they bring home seeds to start their own vegetable gardens. Besides, working in the garden seems to have a calming e...
The discipline has developed a strong jargon which was needed to define and name the soil material and its many features. Semantics, or the science of meanings, has influenced the development of some subdisciplines in soil science (Wilde, 1953). It continues to do so as the cognitive and ...
Knowledge of the interactions between soil systems, management practices, and climatic extremes are critical for prescription-based sustainable practices that reduce environmental pollution/footprints, disruption of food supply chains, food contamination
Preparing your garden for spring planting is an important step in ensuring a healthy and productive growing season. Here are some tips to help you get started: Clear Debris: Start by clearing any dead plant material, rocks, or other debris from your garden beds. This will help prepare the ...
Knowing your soil texture and structure gives an important starting place for understanding how water and air will behave in your soil, which helps you make many important organic gardening decisions. For example, a sandy soil will need watering much more often, but only a little water can be...
Soil degradation is an exceedance of the capacity and resiliency of soil for providing functions and ecosystem services. It is a complex ongoing phenomenon threatening humans’ livelihoods and our future on earth. Knowledge gain can help to find solution
In New York City, NY, the Urban Soils Institute was created to provide soils information, testing, and education for green infrastructure, community gardening, urban agriculture, and restoration efforts (Fig. 7.1). Art has also been a creative means for communicating the value of soils. ...
It is costly to excavate contaminated soil and find a safe place to dispose of the material. Moreover, soils form the brown infrastructure of cities and are too precious a resource to accept Clair Patterson's prediction that "sometime in the near future it probably will be shown that the ...
Dr. Elaine Ingham has become synonymous with the Soil Food Web. Her teachings include many good ideas about keeping soil healthy. She is a proponent of compost, and adding organic material to soil. She promotes the idea that microbes in the soil are very important for developing good soil st...