For this episode I visited Fiona Provan, who runs the Calf at Foot Dairy in Suffolk, a ‘pioneering microdairy founded on the belief that cows should keep their calves until their natural weaning age’. N.b this episode contains language that may be offensive to some.
Tag Archives: soil
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”
Soil Texture: Sand, Silt and Clay
Today, as part of the series of posts on soils, we are going to look at ‘soil texture’. Soil forms the basis for all life but it’s important to know about its mineral constitution as well as its biological profile. Texture refers to the ‘feel’ of the soil. This is affected by the constituent materialsContinueContinue reading “Soil Texture: Sand, Silt and Clay”
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