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Jamie Pal Landscaping Kelowna and the surrounding area: Posted on Monday, March 07, 2011 8:58 PM
Soil Preparation and Maintenance The soil is the basic raw material of the gardener’s art. It should never be dismissed as a mere collection of mineral particles used to anchor roots or, worse still, as “dirt.” It is much more than that. Certainly, its basic structure consists of rock particles broken down by frost and thaw action, wind, and river flow, to produce the different soil “types” (clay,” sand, and so on). However, a large part of its make-up is organic matter — vegetable and animal remains in various stages of decay — along with air and water, all essential for the support of plant and animal life. |
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Jamie Pal from the City of Kelowna website: Posted on Monday, February 28, 2011 4:05 PM
A Water Smart soil is a living soil. In a typical suburban lot, good quality living topsoil contains approximately 90 pounds of earthworms, 240 pounds of fungi, 150 pounds of bacteria, 13 pounds of protozoa and 89 pounds of arthropods and algae. This soil life and its food web cultivate and aerate the soil, improve its structure and increase the availability of water and nutrients for plants. If the organic matter in a growing medium is less than one per cent, all this life will die. Optimum amounts of organic matter in a living growing medium provide a garden soil that |
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Jamie Pal Lush Mountain Landscape and Design: Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2011 10:46 AM
Ogogrow Biosolids used in the creation ofOgogroware derived from the wastewater treatment process. The name “biosolids” is given to the solid waste remaining once the wastewater treatment process has been completed; biosolids contain macronutrients and organic matter needed to replenish soil and retain moisture. Dewatered biosolids arrive at theOgogrowProduction Facility from the city’s Wastewater Treatment Plants. The biosolids are then mixed with wood waste (wood chips or hog fuel) to create an environment where aerobic bacteria can flourish. |
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