Looking at Everything but the Natural Carbon Sink
By Jane Davis The carbon cycle is at the heart of climate change. We have more carbon dioxide entering the atmosphere than leaving it. You know the culprits: deforestation, soil disturbance, the burning of fossil [...]
Myco what?
By Paula Henson What is more effective than roots in absorbing nutrients and water? What has occurred naturally in the soil for over 450 millions years? What is the biggest symbiotic association on Earth? You probably can’t [...]
Talk of Biochar is Heating Up
By Paula Henson As destructive as slash-and-burn farming has been, it’s more environmentally friendly cousin “slash-and-char” agriculture (dating back to the Amazon basin in 450 AD) seems to have provided a gold mine of sorts [...]
It’s Raining! ECLWRF Infiltration Works!
Here's a quick update to the post originally posted on 12/23/09. The garden has been renovated in November 2014, but the infiltration still is working as designed. Rain cells designed to infiltrate storm water [...]
Is There Anything Living Soil Can’t Do?
Understanding the mechanisms utilized by Living Soil in sequestering carbon and holding/cleaning water. By Paula Henson Soil is that tireless friend that you can never thank nearly enough when it bails you out of a [...]
Seeing the Forest Through the Trees
To “see the forest through the trees” is a timeless idiom that simply means to be able to see the big picture, the overall patterns and outcomes at play, through all of the details. Thanks [...]