Sentence examples for feeding soil from inspiring English sources

In effect the bugs are responsible for two pulses: one in life, feeding animals and birds, another in death, feeding soil.

Cover crops are plants that are grown for the purpose of feeding soil life.

This is vastly beneficial to soil health because the act of grazing stimulates the plants to release root exudates thus feeding soil biology.

However, CPSGBs still have resource use implications that must be considered: straw is utilised in livestock bedding and feeding, soil conditioning, and nutrient provision for arable crops (Copeland and Turley, 2008; Glithero et al., 2013a, 2013b; Powlson et al., 2011).

For farmers, that means analyzing "crazy big data," Mr. Friedberg said, from weather stations, government data feeds, soil moisture models and Doppler radar images.

The second experiment measured the gut transit time, gut load and cast production of A. turgida fed soil marked with glass beads, either without litter or mixed with plant litter (soybean leaves with high N, wheat stems with low N).

Carbon feeds soil life, allowing for greater yields of nutrient-dense fruits, vegetables and grains.

Differences between facies were produced by two main factors: (i) change in source area and transport route (from the epikarst to doline colluviation and back to epikarst) and (ii) change in type of sediment cover injected, from doline fed soils, followed by talus debris and finally soils from modern epikarst.

By choosing the right varietals of grapes for the right soils and feeding the soil with compost rather than chemicals, we save up to 50% of the water we'd need for irrigation.

Organic mulch will (apart from providing a secure cover, help with hydration and stop weed growth) also assist in feeding the soil and in keeping away soil-borne diseases.

If I could picture all those transactions between bacteria and fungi, protozoa, nematodes, micro-arthropods -- the interactions called the soil food web -- I might work more on feeding my soil.