Speaker Evening: Maximum Harvest, Minimum Effort!

Healthy soils are teeming with life, including bacteria, fungi, and worms – to name just a few. A teaspoon of soil can contain more organisms than there are humans living on Earth! These organisms form part of a number of incredibly complex ecosystems in the soil. These play an important role in a number of cycles that make life on Earth possible, including nitrogen, carbon and phosphorus cycles. They also play a vital role in supporting plant health, by helping organisms to access the nutrients they need from the soil. While it is common practice for gardeners to dig soils, doing so damages soil structure and threatens the ecosystems within the soil – which in turn threatens plant health.

(taken from the Replenish Oxfordshire website: https://replenishoxfordshire.com/2022/04/12/no-dig-gardening-how-to-clear-weeds-and-prepare-the-soil/)

Come to this interesting event to find out more!