Bill Kerr says that increasing the organic and microbe content of your soil is the first step to ensuring healthier crops and ...

The ideal soil for most plants is loam, which has a balance of sand, silt, and clay. Loam is also rich in an organic matter called humus. Dark and loose but not too loose, humus is composed of ...

Using one such bathroom and properly deposing the humus can also help the environment in the long run. Composting toilets don't necessarily have to go in RVs, but they're a useful addition. The first ...

Humus is highly recalcitrant, and this resistance to decomposition leads to a long residence time in soil. Plant debris is less recalcitrant, resulting in a much shorter residence time in soil.

For clay, it can be a game-changer. Organic matter is basically anything that decomposes and adds humus to your soil. Compost, animal manures, peat, lawn clippings, straw, wood chips, cardboard, leaf ...

The peace lily is one of the most popular potted flowers. However, its leaves can wilt and turn yellow despite proper care.

fresh and partially decomposed biomass (plant and animal), and the well decomposed and stable biomass fraction (humus). soil structure: The aggregation, or secondary shape, of soil particles which ...

and the ‘Indore Process of Humus Manufacture’ devised by Sir Albert Howard in his work in India, described in ‘The Living Soil’ (E.B. Balfour). These systems favor “hot” composting by ...

Soil with not much compost or humus in it will blow away in the wind very easily. Putting compost in your soil feeds the soil and makes it strong and healthy.

One way to do your part is composting, but there are some entry barriers: space, equipment, and perhaps most notably, the smell and pests that often go along with composting. So as we wrap up our ...

Home vegetable or flower gardeners are often unhappy with their soil quality. They routinely incorporate organic matter in the soil each fall but don't see much change in their soil texture.

A change in how multifamily communities in Austin collect compost is coming next week. Starting Tuesday, Oct. 1, the City of Austin will require all multifamily communities with five or more ...