The water is collected through two holes and in the holes there is a siphon to carry it to the soil.

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He says a dense, competitive crop that quickly shades the soil from the sun will help reduce weed growth.

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The first lady showed the young gardeners how to turn the soil for the one hundred square meter garden.

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Think about growing cabbage if you live where the weather is cool and the soil is moist and fertile.

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The students use the mixture to fertilize the soil instead of buying chemical fertilizers that could harm the environment.

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For example,she noted that crops designed to resist damage by glyphosate need fewer pesticides that are more toxic to the soil.

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And Amber Banks says they want the same people who get food donations to learn how to work the soil.

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To improve clay soils, mix in garden waste or other organic matter and turn the soil deeply in the fall.

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Plantings in the wetlands help hold down the soil against the forces of erosion, like wind and water.

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To test the liquid, he placed a drop in the soil of a dying flower growing in a pot in the room.

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This will help dry the soil. In normal conditions, placing mulch around rose plants is a good idea.

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The process releases some carbon dioxide, but Rajan Vempati says it would be reabsorbed into the soil naturally.

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Experts say some methods of tilling turning the soil to prepare for planting also release harmful carbon dioxide.

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LCROSS will then study the soil thrown up to ten kilometers above the lunar surface before it too crashes into the moon.

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If your soil is very dry, you can add peat or compost, which returns nutrients to the soil.

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The volunteers placed the plants about five centimeters into the soil to prevent rising and falling water levels from pulling them out.

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Intensively used grasslands are also harmed as the soil is continually crushed under the weight of heavy animals.

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The extension service says the best formation happens when the soil is between fifteen and twenty-one degrees Celsius.

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They also will study chemical and physical properties of the soil samples with a method called infrared spectroscopy.

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This is because diseases that infect beans can stay in the soil and infect the next bean crop.

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Beet seeds can be planted as soon as the soil is able to be worked at the start of the growing season.

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After the potato plants appear, organic mulch can be spread around to hold moisture, help suppress weed growth and cool the soil.

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He said the soil improvements are needed "if we are to reduce poverty and feed growing populations."

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