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Gardening sans soil

February 23, 2018 by Loknath Das

Though soil has always been the most natural medium for growing plants, it comes with a host of problems. As garden soil is a living, breathing material, it often contains harmful bacteria and is the source of many soil-borne diseases. Battling these pests is the constant bane of every gardener. Inert soil-less mediums have the … Read more

Master Gardening: Soil, a precious commodity

November 29, 2017 by Loknath Das

It is miraculous that soil, arguably the most exquisite biological system on our planet, exists at all. If the earth was perfectly spherical, it would be entirely covered with water 1.5 miles deep. But here we are on terra firma, stewards of a substrate that supports more diversity than we can scarcely imagine. While I … Read more