Matthew Ingram shares his views on the revolutionary potential of compost ahead of the publication of his new book, The ...

One of the most important products and processes in gardening, compost is the product of the biological reduction of organic materials to humus (composting). Nature has done it forever and there ...

Leaving Cert Agricultural Science – Higher Level Sample Answers (Biological Properties of Soil) 1. Define the soil microbiome ...

l), our knowledge of the turn-over of forest soil humus is very incomplete. This is particularly true of the organic matter in soil horizons below the humus layer.

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.

HUMUS decomposition under bare fallow has now been measured during five successive wet and dry seasons. Soil samples were taken periodically (about once a week during the wet season) and put in ...