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Soil Solarization
Radiant energy from the sun, the basis of life on Earth, can be captured and amplified by home gardeners for use as a soil pest-control tool. In a simple technique called soil solarization, gardeners...
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Carbon’s Champion
“I haven’t washed my hair since 1965,” says Craig Sams, who, when we met at the August 2012 Biochar Conference at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, California, sported a clean-looking, thicread...
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Soilborne Diseases
Many soil-dwelling microorganisms are benign or beneficial, of course, but certain species of fungi, oomycetes, and bacteria are agents of plant disease.read more
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The Acid Test
Plants require at least 16 chemical elements to grow and complete their life cycles. They derive three of these elements—carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen—from air and water.read more
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When Sheet Metal Meets Soil
Q. Is it safe to use galvanized sheet metal to build raised garden beds? —Susan Taylor, Monticello, Utahread more
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What's That? Soil Block Maker
Originally published in Rodale's Organic Gardening magazine, March 1987 Republished in Organic Gardening magazine's Special Collector's Issue, February/March 2015 Photography by Mitch Mandelread more
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