World Soil Day - 5 December and International Year of Soils #IYS2015 Soil is alive. Chemical fertilizers, which replace three or four nutrients, are simply not enough to replace the complex system that is soil. Theyre not a full health package, says Glover. Thats because soil is crawling with microbes and bugs, which nourish the soil. They help cycle nutrients in exchange for plant sugars. Its a symbiotic relationship that is the root of life, but we dont fully understand it, according to Montgomery. This is brand-new science. Over the past 30 years, theres been a big shift in our understanding of microbial connections and the community dynamics under the ground, he says. Its the hidden half of nature. The living skin of the earth! What Will We Leave Our Children?LEAF - Logan Eco Action FestivalGotta Love Logan Slow Food Brisbane Annette Maybon-Hutchins Cat Green Anna Cooke Logan City Community Organic Farm Costa Georgiadis Official Karen Freeman Julie Ann Lawson Vivian Mcdermott Linda Casbolt
Posted on: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 21:42:41 +0000