Posts Tagged ‘soil’
Walking Barefoot is Good for You
Getting your hands and feet dirty is good for you. Studies have shown that having direct contact with the soil has a positive effect on our body and mind. We are connected to the soil through the nutrients transferred to the food we eat and the support of plants that create the oxygen we breathe.…
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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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Building Soils and Relationships in LaGonave, Part I
We shipped our Biochar and VITAL Blend to LaGonave American BioChar Company intends to help improve LaGonave’s impoverished soils and increase their food production. We followed our shipment to the island recently (end of October) and arrived for the very first time on LaGonave to start a project that I believe will be changing Mark…
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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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CEC and BioChar
Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC) and BioChar are mentioned together in soil improvement discussions – How are they connected? Negative & Positive Attractions Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC) is the soil’s ability to attract, retain and exchange positively-charged cations (cat-i-on). Like a magnet’s attraction to iron, the negatively-charged soil particles will attract and hold the positively charged…
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Hidden Connections within the Soil
I discovered this albino beauty in the northern Midwest woods while looking for a wayward golf ball. This ghostly plant is a flower called the Indian Pipe (Ghost Plant or Corpse Plant). It is related to the blueberry plant and has many medicinal uses such as a pain reliever and eyewash. The Indian Pipe is…
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