Bazsites.com Soil And Additives
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On the Web
- Improve Your Garden Soil - Covers a wide range of garden soil topics, including soil types, pH, nutrients, testing, composting and fertilizers.
- The World of Soil - An introduction to soil components, acidity, fertility, and care, as well as an extensive collection of links to other soil resources.
- Hydro-Plant - Sells slow-releasing, super absorbent polymers designed as a soil additive to improve the soil's water-holding capacity.
- Gardening Information: Soil - Collection of articles from Oregon State University on various aspects of soil: use of amendments and cover crops, temperature, acidity, moisture, and testing.
- PermaTill - Soil conditioner loosens clay and compacted soils improving soil structure and drainage
- 6 Functional Group Guide for Soil - Microbiological components of a soil bioassay.
- Soils and Composting - Basic information on building compost and worm bins, and soil improvement techniques.
- Polymers, Inc. - Company selling water absorbent polymers for soil additives.
- Alaska Bounty - Featuring an organic compost tea system, including brewing kits and additives, that feeds beneficial microbes in soil.
- BioOrganics Inc.: MycoMinerals - Soil additive of volcanic minerals with mycorrhizal spores. Product attributes, dealer information, and online sales.
Wikipedia Articles
- Square foot gardening - ... a type of intensive gardening popularized by Mel Bartholemew. It is based on the idea that the wide rows in conventional home gardening are a waste of time, work, water and space, and that more quality vegetables can be grown in less space with less effort, no chemical additives, and on any type of ground, since the underlying soil is not used in the garden.
- Organic farming - Organic farming is a form of agriculture which avoids or largely excludes the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, plant growth regulators, and livestock feed additives. As far as possible, organic farmers rely on crop rotation, crop residues, animal manures and mechanical cultivation to maintain soil productivity and tilth to supply plant nutrients, and to control weeds, insects and other pests.