Fungi and the importance of soil microbes

Fungi is an essential component in health soils and the soil food web. Fortunately we can help to encourage these microscopic powerhouses into our gardens and soils.

Fungi and the importance of soil microbes

What is the difference between thriving soil and lifeless dust? Without millions of tiny helpers, soil as we know it would not exist.

Did you know that one teaspoon of soil contains over 100,000,000 bacteria, 1,000,000 fungi, not to mention masses of protozoa, nematodes, arthropods and earthworms?

No wonder gardeners are so healthy!

Soil microbes, fungi and invertebrates are critical in turning simple sand, silt and clay into what we know as soil. They ...

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