April 3, 2007
· Filed under Agronomy, Soil Management
In agriculture, a green manure is a type of cover crop grown primarily to add nutrients and organic matter to the soil. Typically, a green manure crop is grown for a specific period, and then plowed under and incorporated into the soil. Green manures usually perform multiple functions, that include soil improvement and soil protection:
* Leguminous green manures such as clover contain nitrogen-fixing symbiotic bacteria in root nodules that fix atmospheric nitrogen in a form that plants can use.
* Green manures increase the percentage of organic matter (biomass) in the soil, thereby improving water retention, aeration, and other soil characteristics.
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April 3, 2007
· Filed under Agronomy, Soil Management
Composting is the process of producing compost through aerobic decomposition of biodegradable organic matter. The decomposition is performed primarily by aerobes, although larger creatures such as ants, nematodes, and oligochaete worms also contribute. This decomposition occurs naturally in all but the most hostile environments, such as within landfills or in extremely arid deserts, which prevent the microbes and other decomposers from thriving.
Composting can be divided into the two areas of home composting and industrial composting. Both scales of composting use the same biological processes, however techniques and different factors must be taken into account.
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April 3, 2007
· Filed under General
Putting up a website for our association may take a while considering that we are a non-profit organization relying solely on financial contributions and donations from benevolent individuals and other private institutions to help us partly on our mission.
Thank God, there’s WordPress, the world’s most-used and fastest growing blog tool with its open source blogging software. In behalf of our association, I would like to thank the people behind Automattic. These are the people who help revolutionize the way we blog today since blogging started more than a decade ago.
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