Soil Conservation

Famous for Volvos, meatballs, massages, lutefisk, smorgasbords, and blondes, you can add another Swedish contribution—green gasoline from trees. One of the tasks of contractors is getting rid of the roots, twigs, and branches when clearing a plot. Just so much debris, right? Are we making the best use of this material? Not so fast. It… [Read More]

Okay, put away your fedora, leather jacket and turn off any Indiana Jones tune in your head. The ancient treasure buried all over New York City, isn’t “that” kind of treasure. The treasure New Yorkers are digging up these days is just plain ol’ dirt. Sorta’. According to a July 25, 2018 article in The… [Read More]

Chances are when you hear gardeners talking about their favorite manures you’re thinking of horses, cows, or chickens. But your local zookeeper hopes your tastes might run a little more exotic than that. With rhinos, hippos, zebras, camels, llamas, elephants and many other exotic animals to clean up after, a zoo produces a lot of… [Read More]

“ . . . And the worms crawl in, the worms crawl out They crawl all over your dirty snout Your chest caves in and your eyes pop out Your brain turns to sauerkraut They invite their friends, and their friends too They all come down to chew on you . . .” — old… [Read More]

Don’t you just love it when science catches up and confirms what grandmoms of old used to know? How many can remember your dear old, saintly grandma saying when she was watching you while mom and dad were out, “You have to eat a pound of dirt before you die, so have fun.” (Only to… [Read More]