Soils N stuff

I know, because I do it myself, that we can all overstate the miracle element of our faiths. More vegetables can be very good for us but  a vegetable only diet is only really even feasible if you are rich and pay extra for some animal products. When someone's specific beliefs and high expectations are constantly in conflict with tested science, we observers and risk takers know it can be expected to be a time when those expectations are not only unhelpful, but actually misleading.  For example, we won't, even as omnivore animals in ecosystems, make good use of available food sources if we don't eat things that are a result of decomposition. We are born to live, like ruminants do to a greater extent than us , to use and rely on decomposition processes.       A meat free diet is not the way to sustain the life of humans on the planet.   We rural folks, who work with animals may have to reject the pressure of the modern industrial treatment of animals whe...

Tour de France 2024  The dust is chalk, and this limestone is great for producing soils for grapes.  It sets nicely after rain but can be treacherous when trying to ride on when dry.  It is normal to call a non paved road gravel but in civil engineering terms, gravel size starts grows from the millimeter range up.   Thankfully like alkanes, the long history of the earth has given most continents, layers of this essential mineral on their edges.  We near the Otway's have some great resources as a result   

The greatest opportunity for better planning and security in this dry continent is just not happening.    This blog was created mainly to provide a stimulus for studying soils but as I, as a soil and water conservationist know how planning for either involves planning for both.  Planning for both builds sustainable agro-ecosystem in an area. Forget the rule books and forget that it's just engineering - its geomorphic planning at its heart,  Our kids should be getting careers in it still .  The West has gone wrong by making STEM the single focus issues when the big picture GEM Geomorphic Ecological Management is the primary BIG picture BASIS for service industries to our most basic resource needs and production systems.   I also have had my Facebook account for "Conservation that Works"  removed for reasons I don't understand. Lot of work there wasted until they restore my access to my work.  Just to remind you of the simple ideas I presented ...