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100-year-old Plants Cover Crops for the First Time
by Lisa Blazure. It’s often said you can’t teach old dogs new tricks. But don’t share that adage with Don Ace, 100, and Max Stoner, 80,...
Oct 24, 20232 min read


You May Want to Shelve Those Undies: Dry soils are widespread this Spring
by Lisa Blazure, Stroud Water Research Center, Soil Health Coordinator The Soil Your Undies activity generally works best in the late...
Jun 6, 20233 min read


The ABCs of Soil Health
by Pennsylvania NRCS Healthy soil is the foundation of productive, sustainable agriculture. Understanding how soils function is the...
Aug 22, 20223 min read


The Soil Sponge: what happens when it dries out?
by Lisa Blazure, Stroud Water Research Center, Soil Health Coordinator It’s easy to appreciate healthy soils when digging a hole - the...
Aug 18, 20222 min read


The Big Dig has begun! Check out these photos.
#soilyourundies #soilhealth #donttreatsoillikedirt #pasoilhealth Photo: Yuri Plowden, PA NRCS State Soil Scientist (photo by Molly Rose)...
Aug 8, 20222 min read


What are cover crops and how do they help the soil?
by Lisa Blazure, Stroud Water Research Center #covercrops, #soilhealth Cover crops are typically planted in the fall and serve many...
Aug 1, 20223 min read

What's Your Bottom Line?
by Sarah Nicholas, Pasa Sustainable Agriculture When Pasa Sustainable Agriculture’s soil science team goes out to a farmer’s field to...
Jul 25, 20222 min read


Did You Know Your Clothes Come From a Farm?
by Rachel Mednick Higgins, All Together Now PA Have you ever considered where clothing originates? Not who designs or sews it, but where...
Jul 11, 20222 min read


Healthy Soils Keep the Water Clean
by Kelly O'Neill, Chesapeake Bay Foundation #soilyourundies #donttreatyoursoillikedirt #soilhealth Did you know that disappearing undies...
Jul 1, 20222 min read

There's Plastic in Our Clothes?
By Eleanor Turner, Founder of The Big Favorite #soilyourundies #donttreatyoursoilslikedirt #soilhealth There is plastic hidden in our...
Jul 1, 20223 min read


What's Eating My Undies?
by Lisa Blazure, Soil Health Coordinator, Stroud Water Research Center #soilyourundies #donttreatyoursoillikedirt #soilhealth Thanks for...
Jul 1, 20223 min read
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