I'll educate you one way or another... (slrpnk.net)
Where do I start with learning about the soil in my backyard?
Long story short - I moved from a country where there’s an abundance of black soil to a country with a dry climate and not much black soil. Not only that, I moved from an apartment to a house with plenty of land. I believe strongly that growing my own produce is the way to go, but sadly I lack a lot of skill....
Soil strata near stormwater outflow into creek and bushland, Sydney Australia
Not sure if this is something the community here has interest in....
How do I neutralize the acidity of used coffee grounds for use as fertilizer?
I’ve recently tried mixing the used coffee grounds in baking soda, and I’m seeing a very visible chemical reaction. I haven’t tried putting it in the ground yet though.
You ain't going anywhere (slrpnk.net)
triangle (slrpnk.net)
Damn near crashed once or twice (slrpnk.net)
Come here... (slrpnk.net)
German soil profile with a lot of mottling (slrpnk.net)
*Approaches menacingly with drawn soil knife* (slrpnk.net)
Phytoextraction of lead from firing range soil by Vetiver grass (www.sciencedirect.com)
Phytoextraction techniques utilizing a sterile strain of Vetiver grass (Vetiveria Chrysopogon zizanoides) along with soil amendments were evaluated for removing lead and other elements such as Zn, Cu, and Fe from the soil of a 50-year old active firing range at the Savannah River Site (SRS). Lead-contaminated soil (300–4500...
Adding Crushed Rock to Farmland Pulls Carbon Out of the Air (www.ucdavis.edu)
Study shows that inoculating soil with mycorrhizal fungi can increase plant yield by by up to 40% (phys.org)
Who needs a gym? (slrpnk.net)
How bad is a hernia in the middle of nowhere anyway? (slrpnk.net)
Slickenslides in a French soil (slrpnk.net)
In soils with very high 2:1 clay contents, the soils expand and contract as they are wetted and dried. This creates shear faces called slickenslides, like the one shown above. Essentially they clay expands so much it’s forced to shear somehow, and this is the resulting shear plane....
Photogenic Podzol/Spodosol in Montmorency Forest outside Quebec City, Canada (mander.xyz)
Soil based fuel cell (interestingengineering.com)
Link to article dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3631410
Beautiful colours from a Humo-Ferric Podzol (slrpnk.net)
Digging into Canadian Soils (an introduction to soil science) (openpress.usask.ca)
This is a great and publicly available book for those that are curious about soil science
An Eluviated Eutric Brunisol developed on glaciofluvial (slrpnk.net)
Heavy metals immobilization and improvement in maize (Zea mays L.) growth amended with biochar and compost (www.nature.com)
Abstract Soil with heavy metals contamination, mainly lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), and chromium (Cr) is a progressively worldwide alarming environmental problem. Recently, biochar has been used as a soil amendment to remediate contaminated soils, but little work has been done to compare with other organic amendments like compost. We...
Soil Science Resource Collection for the Sidebar
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Justice Requires Soil, so Let’s Build it – The Resistance Garden (www.theresistancegarden.com)
Singh - 2018 - Are Nitrogen Fertilizers Deleterious to Soil Health? (drive.google.com)
Abstract: Soil is one of the most important natural resources and medium for plant growth. Anthropogenic interventions such as tillage, irrigation, and fertilizer application can affect the health of the soil. Use of fertilizer nitrogen (N) for crop production influences soil health primarily through changes in organic matter...