And 3 ways you can help them. Let’s be honest for a minute: weeds suck. They never look as nice as your lawn or neat garden rows, and they always manage to stab you in the foot. But did you know they’re actually here to help? Here’s how. They protect your soil. Some elements of […]
Tag: soil
What is Soil Biology?
It’s time to explain soil biology. This blog is incomplete without it. The first thing you need to know is that the ground you walk on is not just dirt – it’s an ecosystem. There is an entire world under your feet. Organisms from the tiniest bacterium to the scariest looking beetle live in the […]
Let your soil recover.
Exodus 23:10-11 10 “For six years you are to sow your fields and harvest the crops, 11 but during the seventh year let the land lie unplowed and unused.“ The first time I heard this verse was the first time I heard about letting a field lie fallow. I was a kid, and I thought the land […]
Regenerative Land Management
I’ve written a little bit here about regenerative land management. Specifically, I mentioned permaculture and soil biology. But what is regenerative land management, and why is it important? Since the dawn of time, the human race has been supported by the earth. In the beginning, there were hunter/gatherers. Later, people settled down a little and […]