With 6.’’ of heavy snow forecast, the only thing growing in the garden is white.
Meanwhile:
Forget the past, carbon-rich soil may be the ticket to sustainable agriculture http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3731886/posts
Posted on 3/3/2019, 4:10:02 PM by artichokegrower
Loren Poncia scooped up a handful of dark, damp soil that could change the future of farming.
The nutrient-rich muck was filled with slithery earthworms and thin, white roots sprouting in every direction like lightning bolts.
“This is the carbon farmer’s dream,” he exclaims. “We want to see like 10 worms in a shovel-full.”
Many conventional farms till their soil and strip the land of all vegetation, reducing the amount of carbon in the soil,..
“We found a clear correlation between the addition of manure to the soil system and an increase in carbon numbers,”.
“Add compost, increase plant growth...
Yep. Gotta have some cow, horse, chicken, or rabbit poop to make the really good soil. LOL