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What is healthy soil and how does compost fit in? What functions does healthy soil perform? Nurturing plant roots Decomposing dead plants and animals Habitat for an ecosystem of soil organisms Soaking up and filtering

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What is healthy soil – and how does compost fit in?

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What functions does healthy soil perform?

  • Nurturing plant roots
  • Decomposing dead plants and animals
  • Habitat for an ecosystem of soil organisms
  • Soaking up and filtering water
  • Storing a pool of carbon
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The soil food web

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Bacteria

The soil food web

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Fungi

The soil food web

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Protozoa

The soil food web

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Nematodes

The soil food web

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Arthropods

The soil food web

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Earthworms

The soil food web

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In a teaspoon of healthy soil, you will find:

  • 100,000,000 – 1,000,000,000

bacteria

  • Several yards of fungal filaments
  • 10,000 – 1,000,000 protozoa
  • 200 nematodes
  • A few arthropods
  • Maybe an earthworm

The soil food web

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Soil structure and aggregate particles

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Soil Video

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx_hmse9Se8
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Symbiotic relationships: The final piece of the soil puzzle

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We can store carbon in the soil.

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Story of Soil Video

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1NsqR6OX-k