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WELL - Resource Centre Network for Water, Sanitation and Environmental Health
Chinese history, human excreta was commonly used in agriculture to complement farm manure in improving soil fertility. Farmers owned ‘Outhouses’ where they invited visitors to leave behind their ‘valuableâ ... ‘humanure’, but also how the organic matter from the faeces improves soil structure. The act of adding ash and/or soil and separating the urine has the effect of drying the faeces ...
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Compost making
H, traps soil toxins... Composting has been neglected by chemical farming. Fertility is about giving life to the soil, overlooking ... nitrogen fixation. Tomato compost can be made from old tomato plants, together with soil and manure. Tomatoes have a narcissistic predilection for growing on their own rotted remains ...
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Recycle now - Composting Guide
Using Your Compost Finished compost is a dark brown, almost black soil-like layer that you'll find at the bottom of your ... your compost. Spreading the finished compost into your flowerbeds greatly improves soil quality by helping it retain moisture and suppressing weeds. Composting ...
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Grasscycling - IT’S OKAY TO "LET IT LAY"
MULCH. Pile about 1" of dried clippings on the soil to reduce weeds and moderate soil temperature. Mulching also controls erosion, run-off and evaporation. If using ... SOIL ADDITIVE. Mixing fresh grass clippings into the garden improves soil texture, promotes moisture retention and adds nutrients and organic matter. About once a month, turn a 2" layer of grass into the soil ...
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YARD WASTE & COMPOSTING
The decomposed materials form a rich, dark soil called humus. Humus returns nutrients to the soil, improves soil texture, and promotes new plant growth. COMPOST Yard waste is ... , nurseries and landscapers. The principal benefits from composting leaf waste are producing a valuable soil amendment and avoiding disposal costs. BACKYARD COMPOSTING You can make a ton of compost ...
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Earthworms, the agriculturist's friends
In addition to increasing soil porosity and aeration, this activity also improves soil ...
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Composting for Farm and Garden
It also improves soil aeration, drainage, moisture and plant nutrient retention, soil stability, and ... year. This may be reduced to as little as one ton per acre as the soil improves. Some farmers in Texas who have done this maintain that they have reduced their fertilizer ...
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FAO/AGL - Soil Biodiversity Portal
Crop residue management stimulates soil structure formation by soil fauna, improves soil ...
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Identifying nutritional deficiencies in soil
Reduced disease resistance, poor storage qualities. Sandy soils; acidic soil; soils high in peat. Excess calcium or magnesium. Kelp, wood ash, seaweed. Important for ... and growing tip. Helps photosynthesis at low light level and in internal water regulation. Improves flavour, fruit, vegetable and flower colour. Also linked to insect damage protection, disease and ...
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Great Lakes Basin Program for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control
Lakes Basin Program improves water quality through soil erosion and sedimentation control demonstration projects, technical assistance, and education programs. The Great Lakes Basin Program for Soil Erosion and Sediment ... partner agencies and other federal and regional interests. In taking action to prevent soil erosion and sedimentation, the Great Lakes Basin Program protects the water quality of ...
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