Blog items from Living Soils

  • How to reuse soil from your old grow

    di clephane compton
    We often get asked about whether our customers can reuse their growing media – the answer is ‘yes’! Your substrate can definitely be reused as a ba...
    Pubblicato in living soils, reuse, soils

  • Our Bloom mix featured on My Home Farm

    di clephane compton
    This week our Bloom mix was tested on My Home Farm: a blog about country living, smallholding and a couple’s sustainability journey.
    Pubblicato in fertiliser, gardening, soils

  • The value of Mycorrhizal fungi in soil

    di clephane compton
    What are Mycorrhizae? The term mycorrhizae describes the mutually beneficial (symbiotic) relationship between specialised soil fungi and the roots ...
    Pubblicato in fungus, Mycorrhizae, soils

  • What does living soil actually mean?

    di clephane compton
    Until now most of us have not managed our soils with biology in mind; the life in soils requires the same attention as above-ground biodiversity. ...
    Pubblicato in Living soil, Microbes, soils

  • What happens to your soil in Winter?

    di 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...
    Pubblicato in gardening, soils, temperature, winter

  • The value of fallen leaves in autumn

    di clephane compton
    Autumn is here in full swing and pretty much all the deciduous trees around us are dropping leaves like nobody's business! So we thought we would w...
    Pubblicato in autumn, gardening, soils