(In contrast, unusable water is stored so tightly, in tiny spaces, that roots can’t get to it.) If your soil is sick, there are ways to nurse it back to health. How long it takes depends on how ...

Some cover crops put nutrients back into the soil — buckwheat ... specially developed for this purpose — break up the soil with their roots. By 2015, the Thieles had fully converted their ...

Mycorrhiza assist plants in obtaining water, phosphorus and other micronutrients (e.g., Zn and Cu) from the soil and in return receive sustenance (carbon) from the plant. Roots serve many ...

Mycorrhiza assist plants in obtaining water, phosphorus and other micronutrients (e.g., Zn and Cu) from the soil and in return receive sustenance (carbon) from the plant. Roots serve many ...