Mycoremediation
I've just been reading up on mycoremediation, or cleaning soil with beneficial fungi, at Fungi Perfecti. Here's an exerpt: What can you do? Delineate your garbage into categories. Not only…
I've just been reading up on mycoremediation, or cleaning soil with beneficial fungi, at Fungi Perfecti. Here's an exerpt: What can you do? Delineate your garbage into categories. Not only…
"Terra Preta", or "dark earth", is an Amazonian Indian technology which can vastly improve soil fertility and pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, potentially keeping it out for thousands of years. Biomass - plant and animal waste such as manure, waste wood, and crop leftovers - can be turned into charcoal (or "biochar") and then buried in agricultural soil, making rich black earth that plants grow very, very well in. Charcoal is extremely porous, and provides a perfect environment for beneficial soil microorganisms that help plants grow. It also holds water, and can greatly help crops to survive drought conditions.
I've been playing with a big site redesign - I'm thinking about switching to the "Options" theme and using Gallery2 for my photos, since google can index it and I…