Soil
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Terra Preta in the Amazon
Most people believe that the Amazon Rainforest is nothing but a virgin paradise of untouched wilderness. Recent studies have shown,…
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Composting Toilet Talk
Imagine the world before the invention of the toilet. While this may seem long ago, the truth is that humans…
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How to Make a Compost Water Heater
Everyone loves hot water in the home, but the ecological cost of long, hot showers powered by fossil-fueled water heaters…
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The Many Types of At-Home Composting
So you’re interested in making your own compost, but you’re overwhelmed by all of the different methods. Or maybe you’re…
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Mushrooms for Foraging: 7 (or More) Ways to Get Started
Emma and I arrived in North Carolina about two months ago, right around the height of morel season, and that…
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The Sustainable Use of Soil Organisms in a Climate Change Era
It has been widely acknowledged that we are in a climate change era. All forms of life are expected to…
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Making Modern-Day Night Soil
While the practice of collecting “night soil” from urban households in China to be repurposed as fertilizer in rural rice…
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The Top 5 Reasons You Should Start Composting Right Now
You’ve probably heard that a compost pile is a good thing to have in your garden, but do you really…
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A Time-Sequencing Plan for Straw Bale Gardens
Something has never sat quite right with me about straw bale gardens in a place where soil is available. Like…
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A Sustainable Alternative to Conventional Tillage
Soil has been described as “the fragile, living skin of the Earth” and yet its’ fragility has often been ignored…
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Using Weeds to Read the Soil: Some Basic Concepts to Get Started
Weeds are becoming a more and more appreciated component of gardening. We have been reintroduced to eating the weeds, with…
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Unique Little Creatures
Mushrooms aren’t plants or animals. In fact, mushrooms are within their very own kingdom known as Fungi. They appear to…
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