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23.01.2022 Lessons for urban soils: * adding a layer of pebbles does not improve drainage - it actually is counterproductive * adding organic materials to a perennial planting hole can reduce the ability of the roots to enter the native soil outside the hole * water crystals lose their water-holding capacity after just a few weeks... https://www.nacaa.com/journal/index.php?jid=1024

16.01.2022 How good are cover crops!?

11.01.2022 Intriguing thoughts on "just in time" soil carbon flows. (Perhaps not the best analogy given the current state of the world's supply chains...) http://csanr.wsu.edu/just-in-time-soil-health/

10.01.2022 Crisis gardening!

02.01.2022 Surprising results! "Contrary to expectations, the cumulative evidence thus far shows that cover crop mixtures do not give a clear advantage over monocultures." Conversion from highly diverse natural ecosystems to homogeneous agricultural monocultures has a positive effect on microbial alpha diversity.... "changes in soil microbial diversity (number of species) are NOT linked to changes in plant diversity" http://csanr.wsu.edu/contrary-science-cover-crop-mixtures-/