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Creating Living Landscapes

UnderstandingAg

For me, well, I was taking an introductory soil science class in a two-year horticulture degree program at Farmingdale State College on Long Island, NY. In that soil science class, I learned all about soil horizons, particle size ranges that comprise sand, loam, and clay, pH, N,P,K, and the fact soil compaction inhibits plant growth.

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To Reverse a Troubling Trend, Farmers Are Adding Rocks to Their Fields

Modern Farmer

Rauch was worried about seeding, soil compaction and whether he’d end up with one giant gravel pile. To his surprise, the basalt blended with his soil as if it were just one more thing that had blown in on the wind. While all are important, the sheer quantity can be overwhelming.

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Regenerative Orchard Floor Management

UnderstandingAg

Fundamental Practices to Support the 6-3-4 Framework : To Seed or Not to Seed a Cover Crop? The good news, you can increase and bolster your orchard floor vegetation without seeding cover crops, but if the soil is highly degraded and dead, it is beneficial to seed cover crops to immediately increase diversity.

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