Mulch isn't the hero it's cracked up to be. There's a cheaper and easier way to increase organic matter and create a vibrant, healthy soil ecosystem than spreading mulch. WATCH NEXT how to build healthy soil ecologically    • How to Create Living Soil and Grow He...  

LIVING MULCH HANDBOOK
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With the Handbook, you'll learn how to grow living mulch
▶Prepare your site
▶Select suitable species, including ecological support plants
▶Maintain a great cover of living mulch

RESEARCH PAPERS ON ORGANIC MATTER RETENTION IN SOIL
▶ Michael W. I. Schmidt, Margaret S., et al., 2011, Persistence of soil organic matter as an ecosystem property, Nature 478 (https://www.nature.com/articles/natur...)
▶ Daniel P. Rasse, Cornelia Rumpel & MarieFrance Dignac, 2005, Is soil carbon mostly root carbon? Mechanisms for a specific stabilisation, Plant and Soil (2005) 269: pp 341–356 (https://link.springer.com/article/10....)
▶ Kätterer T, Bolinder MA, Andrén O, Kirchmann H, Menichetti L. Roots contribute more to
refractory soil organic matter than aboveground crop residues, as revealed by a longterm field
experiment. Agr Ecosyst Environ. 2011;141:18492. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2011.0...

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
00:48 Better diet for soil organisms
01:12 Why this improves soil
01:48 Build organic matter
02:54 How to grow a cover of living plants
03:43 Mulch is still a great tool





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