Blog items from Living Soils

  • Spend time outside to combat 'the January blues'

    by clephane compton
    The cheerful, brightly-lit festive season is over and the days (in the UK at least) are generally cold and grey; you’re forced to have the light on...
    Posted in gardening, Outdoors, SAD, winter

  • What happens to your soil in Winter?

    by clephane compton
    It is generally accepted that once soil temperatures drop below 7°C, biological activity slows to a crawl, and the soil and all its life forms hibe...
    Posted in gardening, soils, temperature, winter

  • Worm farming in winter

    by clephane compton
    Worms thrive when the outside temperature is between about 55 and 80 degrees F. (12 to 26 C.). When the air begins to turn colder, the worms get s...
    Posted in composting, vermiculture, winter, worms