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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Sunday in Somerset
This afternoon I was fortunate to spend some time with prolific author Stephen Moss and fellow AFON committee member Matt Williams, exploring an area of Somerset I had not previously thought of visiting: immediately south of Burnham on Sea. ”What’s different?” Stephen asked Matt and I as we set out along the grassy wall. HisContinueContinue reading “Sunday in Somerset”
Secrets of the soil: mycorrhizal fungi
Out of all known habitats the soil is by far the most biodiverse and yet we know only a fraction of the information we know about other areas. I am near the beginning of my own ‘soil journey’, something that may sound a bit bizarre, but is a process of investigation that will be life longContinueContinue reading “Secrets of the soil: mycorrhizal fungi”
State of Nature 2: Farming in the spotlight
Despite the BBC editorial team not passing today’s launch of the second State of Nature report sufficiently newsworthy to be included in this evening’s News at 10, it was included in this morning’s episode of the Today programme on Radio 4. If you didn’t catch it it can be found just under two hours intoContinueContinue reading “State of Nature 2: Farming in the spotlight”
’20 Days Wild’ – days 9&10
I am currently doing some broad research for a book proposal I am putting together. Days 9 and 10 of my ’20 days wild’ therefore involved returning to a book I read last year, which was perhaps one of the most prominent of nature publications in 2015. The book is by Tony Juniper and isContinueContinue reading “’20 Days Wild’ – days 9&10”
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