The Biosphere Blog

Knowing a soil’s texture gives us insights into its other properties. This was touched upon briefly here, but now that you’ve perhaps determined your own soil texture with a glass jar and some water, let’s go further into what the… more »

Having read about Soil Properties, why not get out and assess (some of) your own? The following experiments are easy to do and will really help you understand your soil! Soil pH This is a fundamental test everyone should do. You’ll need to buy a… more »

Soil properties of most interest to gardeners and horticulturalists are colour, texture, mineral content, structure, and chemistry. Each of these could be lengthy posts in their own right (and maybe they will be, later!), but the following overviews… more »

A Definition of Soil Soil makes up the pedosphere layer on Earth and is easy enough to recognise. Unless you’ve studied it though, it’s actually quite hard to articulate what it is you’re recognising. So what exactly is ‘soil’? Soils… more »