by Steven Andrews | Aug 19, 2013 | General, Soil Science
In this third installment in the Everyday Soil Science series, we move our discussion from soil as a “living” ecosystem “fed” with life-giving organic matter to the abiotic “mineral fraction” comprised of sand, silt, and clay particles. In the soil world, being small...
by Steven Andrews | Jul 25, 2013 | Soil Science
Last month I kicked off the Everyday Soil Science series with the distinction between soil and dirt. Now that we’re all on the same page and recognize that soil is a “living” resource and not the stuff in your vacuum cleaner bag, it’s time to move on to a discussion...
by Steven Andrews | Jun 18, 2013 | Soil Science
This month marks the start of a series of WM EarthCare™ newsletters devoted to increasing our common understanding of our most important, yet most neglected natural resource – soil. Photo: Stephen Andrews Consider this. When you look out of a window onto the landscape...
