#save soil

If you spend time in the forest, you will realize that all life forms are vital for each other’s survival.

To protect life on this planet, 40% of our land should be put under tree shade.

That will make an important contribution to protecting Earth's biodiversity.

All one needs to invest in to get started is many different seeds and sow them by the fistful, then only the best will aways survive. Include nitrogen fixing cover crops for fertilisation.

Harvest only half of what you get and let the rest go back to the soil, then for the next season you won’t even need to sow, it’ll all just sprout by itself from the seeds that went into the soil from half the harvest you left there.

The seeds will sprout at different times, so even with rough weather early on there will always be those that sprouted later that’ll survive. Or vice versa, you may lose the later sprouts while the early sprouts thrive.

Walking paths can be created throughout the land in geometric patterns with a thick layer of bark/wood chips mixed with a variety of mushroom mycelium. Mycorrhizal species can be selected for maximum yields, since they entangle themselves with the roots of the crops, creating a symbiotic relationship with the plants and the soil life. They feed not only the plants but also the bacteria and other microbes necessary for the cycle of life.

Mycorrhizal fungi provide the crops with an array of nutrients and water which they absorb like a sponge, very much acting like the nervous and circulatory system of the soil. Fungi thrive on carbohydrates, which are provided by the fruitbodies from the crops that are not harvested and instead are left behind to feed the soil life.

When left alone, life creates more life.  

It’s so simple and easy. Every new generation of crops will be stronger and more flavourful.

After sowing once, all that is needed, is to harvest only half, for the rest of your life, and your children’s lives, and their children’s lives… That’s it.

You’ll leave behind a legacy of fertility and food security along with an increase in fertile soil and stronger genetics, adapted to the local soil and weather.

This method can also provide peaceful and safe jobs for the traumatised and depressed.

Very beneficial for children as well and anyone who desires to establish a closer connection with that which created us, that which feeds and nourishes us.

Earth day is every day, and this is a fact that most of us are aware of. And today is the day we reinforce this, and further spread the need to protect our home.

The theme for this year is "INVEST IN OUR PLANET". One small way to be kind to this planet is to be mindful of the various products we buy every day. Choose the more sustainable option whenever possible. Use metal straws instead of plastic ones. Use tote bags instead of plastic ones. Rethink, Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repair. We are aware of all the above mentioned, but it is time to take action and spread the knowledge that each one of you possesses for the betterment of Earth.

It is important to realise that climate change is an issue which is caused by and can only be reversed by us. Thanks to the internet, all of us know by now what is to be done to stop further damage that we have already caused. All that is needed is action.

Here are some of the links to further delve into some of the major environmental concerns, and what we can do for the betterment of our society.

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would it had been a peatland, historically? perhaps — there's no comfortable seats in a bog, but it's more efficient in converting CO₂ to O₂ than the trees are!

but if it's drying, it releases that CO₂ into the air — and a lot of those had been dried up to make space for buildings — did you know that the Netherlands are below the sea level because the soil of a peatland bog is largely made of water, and when as it was drying up - it was also losing volume?

here's some info on restoring the wetlands in the UK:

and here is a podcast in Polish about the role of drying wetlands have played in the climate change (that's why they need restoring — something needs to sink that CO₂ back in!)