Degradation of soils over the past 40 years has been due to the depletion of organic matter content, resulting in decreased crop yields. To produce two tonnes of maize per acre, an uptake of nitrogen ...

The Institute of Soil & Soul in Long Grove grows fruits and vegetables like others, but its restorative farming practices are informed by Jewish teachings and principles.

Provides graphic display of results and suggested lawn, garden, and landscape fertilizer materials. Once received ... Test plus a determination and interpretation of the organic matter in the soil ...

If you ignore these facts by mixing fresh sawdust or wood chips directly into your soil, the materials ... nitrogen or time. For example, when researchers planted a new organic apple orchard ...

Soil, that layer of organic material and crushed-up rock that covers ... or longer. Rain, for example, can dissolve some carbon compounds and carry them deep into the groundwater.

Compost is an excellent soil amender and is also a good source of organic ... for example. Or providing more of a particular nutrient for plants that require it. Tailoring the mulch materials ...

Mapping more accurately than ever Ireland's peatlands, which are vital as carbon sinks but whose boundaries can be hard to ...