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mk30

Finished filling a planter bed that I built from wood scrap I had lying around. Yay!

I seeded it with papaya, pepper, pigeon pea, taro, ice cream bean, and pumpkin. Mostly seeds I had from kitchen scraps that needed to get used up - papayas that I ate, pepper I ate, taro I ate.

It's filled with a mix of many things, including lovely red soil from a friend's farm, black cinder, mulch, and potting mixes I got on clearance.

Soil is the main limiting factor at my place, since it's basically a forest on lava rock.

This area has a small down slope on one side, so without roots, the soil will eventually leak out. This is one reason why I included ice cream bean and pigeon pea - to try and anchor the soil and put nitrogen in.

Either way, I'll definitely have to top it up with mulch periodically, especially as the soil settles and washes out with rain.

Planter bed progress shot showing the bottom and unfinished sides
Completed planter bed filled with soil
#gardening#hawaii#soil
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Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴

The Future of Nature: Grasslands

Some surprises are in store, including a technique for acoustic monitoring of the #soil...
pbs.org/video/grasslands-hst4e

Think Trump will care that #Greenland's grasslands are an important check on climate-warming carbon?

To him, land isn't "productive" - i.e., useful - unless it's making money. Lots of it.

www.pbs.orgThe Future of Nature | Grasslands | Episode 2Explore the planet’s rich grasslands, dynamic, huge, and above all vital for our planet’s future.
#Environment#ClimateChange#ClimateCrisis
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💧🌏 Greg Cocks

Identifying Environmental Risk Factors and Mapping the Distribution of West Nile Virus in an Endemic Region of North America
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doi.org/10.1029/2018GH000161 <-- shared paper
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[an older paper (2018) but a good one, including showing the versatility & usefulness of #FedScience spatial datasets]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #USA #WestNile #WestNileVirus #fedscience #NationalLandCoverDatabase #NLCD #virus #publichealth #arboviruses #environment #data #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #fedscience #geocoding #environmental #landcover #physiography #climate #weather #transmission #model #regressiontree #risk #hazard #riskmaps #elevation #humidity #rainfall #precipitation #disease #soil #integrated #opendata #mosquito #satellite #SouthDakota #pasturelands #crossdiscipline #virology #remotesensing #earthobservation #Pathobiology #Epidemiology
@USGS @USGS_EROS

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Kingfisher

Splurged on a detailed soil test this year and received so much info, some is confusing. Any #Soil science #gardening folks here who can help?
Ph is too high but also too much sulphur (probably due to the pellets I scattered last fall). How do I fix the ph without using sulphur or peat?
And how is the nitrogen level so low when I add aged chicken manure every fall??

Just goes to show that one can always learn new things about soil health.

Soil test results of Macro and micronutrients . Ph is 7.2. Nutrients shown as scale from low, medium, optimal, and above optimal. Sulphur, phosphorus, zinc, and calcium are above optimal. nitrogen and potassium are Low. Magnesium is medium, as are iron and copper. Some recommendations are given but it says to add sulphur, which is confusing.
#MysteriesAbound
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