Miscellaneous
Building Soils and Relationships in LaGonave Part II
Mark and I recently went to the Haitian island, LaGonave. We got down and dirty in the island’s agriculture with the help of a mission group called Starfysh (http://starfysh.org/). The goal for working with the people on LaGonave is three-fold: To help improve their potting soil composition for seedling transplants by initially mixing VITAL Blend…
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Cowboy Fungus
The diversity of soil life is considerable, so it should not be surprising to learn that there are fungi that have lassos like cowboys taking down steers at a rodeo. Or that other fungi create nets to capture food like fishermen. These fungi have evolved to create traps when a.) their decayed food source is…
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Making Goulash Smoothies
Some mornings I make Goulash Smoothies. You may say there is no such thing as Goulash Smoothies or you may ask what does that have to do with VITAL Blend soil amendments. Please continue reading and I will clarify how goulash smoothies are connected to our soil amendment. Goulash is “Gooud” Goulash is the national…
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Get Your Soil Healthy with NAKED Char
NAKED Char is the way to go and we’re not talking clothing optional. Because urban soil is predominately low in organic matter, it is unable to maintain an environment that is sustainable for plant and tree growth and that is where the American BioChar Company comes in. Unless you are regularly amending your soil with…
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My Side Of The Fence Really IS Greener
The yard at my rental home was nothing more than weeds and patchy grasses popping up intermittently around the basically bare dirt property. As an employee of the American BioChar Company, I decided to start a “docu-blog” to share the results after applying my company’s VITAL Blend 5M to my property. I have included a…
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Natural Synergy in Soil Microbiology and VITAL Blend soil amendment
Synergy This is the interaction between two or more components whose results are greater than the sum of their individual parts. A good example of synergy is how sea anemones are benefitted (and vice versa) by the presence of clownfish – each protecting the other. Another example is our bodies need for both vitamin D…
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