March marks the beginning of workshop season here at the soil lab. Traipsing around the valley with my microscope and watching folks make the connection between soil health, ecosystem health and their own health is one of my favourite things to do. Watching kids light up when they see soil microbes for the first time… […]
I don’t know about you, but it seems like a lot of people are bracing for this summer to be very hot and very dry. Increasing the amount and diversity of life belowground can help plants build resiliency for these kinds of extremes. We rely on soil microbes to make the spongy soil structure required […]