Planting diverse crops traps carbon and boosts soil health
Ever wonder why some farmers keep planting different crops or allowing wildflowers to flourish on the periphery of their field? It's not just to create a pretty scene. Planting diverse crops involves something as intricate and invisible as bacteria and as immense and palpable as carbon storage and climate change. Agriculture has a carbon issue A large portion of the carbon dioxide in our atmosphere originates from the soil. Plowing, tilling, and harvesting release carbon from the ground and send it skywards. Despite the well-intentioned green thumb, agriculture finds itself in the red. About 40% of the world's land is used for...
Want Bluebonnets in Your Texas Yard Come Spring? Then Do This Now
Around six months from now, the Hill Country of Texas will be bathed in bluebonnets. Why do I bring this up when we are just now getting our first real taste of fall weather?. Even though areas near Fredericksburg, Johnson City, and Dripping Springs lay claim to huge picturesque fields of bluebonnets and Indian paintbrushes, these native Texas wildflowers will grow throughout the Lone Star State.