AKG044 - Soil composition

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Allotment compost bin

This episode of the Alternative Kitchen Garden is on the basics of soil science. Learn about ‘sandy’, ‘silty’ and ‘heavy’ soils and how to find out what your soil is. (Check out the graph of soil texture mentioned in the show.)

Further reading:

How Does Your Garden Grow, by Chris Beardshaw. A gentle introduction to garden science.

Principles of Horticulture, a hard-core science book aimed at horticulture students.

Both are available from my Armchair Gardening Store (UK and US).

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Posted 9 December 2007, 17:08.  

5 Comments for AKG044 - Soil composition

  1. Enjoyed the soil composition cast. Appealed to the Chemist in me, and also the timing was good, as I just brought back a huge bag of backed clay balls for my aquaponics project… And the bit the interplay of cations with the clay provided much insight then on selection of growing media.

    Ganrat · Dec 16, 04:30 AM

  2. Loved your thought, soil is where the Kitchen gets started! Keep up the good work!

    Asia Business Advisor · Jan 5, 10:25 PM

  3. Thank you for stopping by!

    Emma · Jan 8, 04:27 PM

  4. thanks for this information

    chris brown pictures · Feb 23, 05:10 AM

  5. Hi Chris, I’m glad you enjoyed the show!

    Emma · Feb 23, 02:47 PM

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