[Homestead] Earth charity
Don Bowen KI6DIU
don.bowen at earthlink.net
Thu Jan 31 11:59:39 EST 2008
At 1/31/2008, you wrote:
>It's a lovely idea and I wish it could be proved true. High-organic-
>content soil is good for many reasons: erosion resistance,
>microorganism health, drainage, oxygen pathways, and not least, plant
>food production.
But the carbon in this dead zone is unavailable to plants except as water
storage. The carbon and nitrogen are food for the microbes that break them
down to make them available to growing plants.
Don Bowen Awl Knotted Up KI6DIU
http://www.braingarage.com
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