Bloggers can become slightly obsessed by statistics. For me they help to give you an idea of the kinds of topics that readers are interested in and it’s always nice to know that more people are reading your work, but it stops at that. However, something I have found of great interest by looking atContinueContinue reading “Why such interest in the soil?”
Category Archives: soil
At times of uncertainty, do some gardening
It is a time of immense uncertainty. The risk of a nuclear calamity seems closer than at any time since the end of the Cold War and, at home, Brexit seems to influence every personal decision, every plan for the future. It is easy to feel helpless during such times, as world leaders play out their own livesContinueContinue reading “At times of uncertainty, do some gardening”
Thinkingcountry has been nominated in the UK Blog Awards (+ info on World Soil Day!)
Thinkingcountry will be four years old in January (where does time go?). With this coming of age upon us (although I’m not sure how old a blog should be to achieve this designation) it is incredible to have the site contending in the UK Blog Awards ‘Green and Eco’ category. However, I need your help.ContinueContinue reading “Thinkingcountry has been nominated in the UK Blog Awards (+ info on World Soil Day!)”
A brief introduction to soil biology
One week has, rather predictably, not been enough to do justice to the subject of soils. Nonetheless, I hope I have been able to trigger an interest among some of you and have inspired you to find out more. I will certainly return to the subject in the (near) future but this post is theContinueContinue reading “A brief introduction to soil biology”
Soil Structure
Yesterday, we looked at the texture of a soil – the sand, silt and clay particles in a soil. Now we turn towards STRUCTURE. Soil structure can be regarded as the architecture of soil (the way it is built). By adding organic matter and water to the sand, silt and clay (and allowing for aContinueContinue reading “Soil Structure”
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