Soil Conservation

If you use water for plants, vegetation, gardens, lawns, or trees—you’ll want to read this. Plus, it makes for a great cocktail party conversation—whenever that starts again! You’ve heard about the Law of Unintended Consequences, right? That’s when you do something good for one reason and find out too late that it’s doing something else… [Read More]

Recycling has become a widespread practice in many households, and it has contributed a lot to help sustain our planet. But what about the construction and demolition waste (C&D waste)? Think about this: our old and outdated structures have generated a $4 billion demolition industry, which is a pretty significant number if you ask me…. [Read More]

We should not be plowing, tilling, fertilizing, or spraying. We should not see any bare soil between crops, and there are no such things as weeds. In fact, almost all our farming practices we’ve adopted since we hitched an animal team to a plow have done far more damage than we might realize. Before we… [Read More]

I call it “Zoop,” fertilizer from the plethora of exotic animals that poop daily at your local zoo. You can imagine collecting, transporting and disposing tons of daily waste represents a fairly large zoological capital expense. Is waste management of this scope a subject for budding zookeepers to study in college? The care and feeding… [Read More]

And what is that scent after an early Summer rain? Short answer:  the scientists call it Petrichor.  The internet definition: a pleasant smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather….and there’s a much more interesting, albeit a bit longer, answer. Rain is one of the most beautiful, and… [Read More]