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Erosion Control
https://soilhealth.osu.edu/soil-health-management/erosion-control
Overview The top 6-8" of soil (or topsoil) is uniquely able to support plant and microbial ... soils and water quality. Key Strategies Minimal disturbance – Using fewer tillage events, or at least ... lighter ones, will keep soil aggregates intact to slow the breakdown of organic matter and help prevent ...
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Biological Activity
https://soilhealth.osu.edu/soil-health-management/biological-activity
Overview Biologial activity in your soil helps to add organic matter, cycle nutrients, and ... create biodiversity. A biologically active soil supports natural soil food webs and the interactions that support ... a resilient and healthy soil. Read more: Understanding Soil Microbes and Nutrient Recycling For increased ...
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EPN Webinar-Women Owning Woodlands: Networks for inclusive land stewardship
https://ocvn.osu.edu/events/epn-webinar-women-owning-woodlands-networks-inclusive-land-stewardship
Educator, Hocking Soil & Water Conservation District), Dani Gill (Wildlife ... Specialist/Forester/Technician, Hocking Soil & Water Conservation District), Jessica Miller (Community Forester, Holden ... Forests & Gardens), and Stephanie Downs (Southern Region Service Forestry Coordinator, ODNR Division ...
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Ohio State soil scientist awarded World Food Prize
https://soilhealth.osu.edu/news/ohio-state-soil-scientist-awarded-world-food-prize
Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES), has reduced hunger by pioneering agricultural methods across ... the globe that not only restore degraded soil but also reduce global warming. Read more at ... https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/ohio-state-soil-scientist-awarded-world-food-prize. ...
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Licking County's Learning Gardens Open House
https://mastergardener.osu.edu/news/licking-countys-learning-gardens-open-house
Licking County Master Gardener Volunteers have created an awe-inspiring Learning Garden located ... the gardens adorn with garden flags, fairy gardens, colorful umbrellas, music, free food and ... activities for young visitors. This past year’s theme was “Something to Crow About.” Garden Chairs were to ...
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Licking County's New Pantry Garden
https://mastergardener.osu.edu/news/licking-countys-new-pantry-garden
Licking County Master Gardener Volunteers are delighted to share the news of our newly created ... Pantry Garden. After the removal of overgrown shrubs and the installing of water lines and fencing, the ... class of 2019 and members donned their garden gloves to make walkways and garden rows within a 36’ x 70’ ...
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37th Annual American Community Garden Conference
https://ocvn.osu.edu/events/37th-annual-american-community-garden-conference
, urban agriculture sites, food security projects, and other green space in Cleveland. Please share with ... Save the Date! Cleveland will be hosting the 37th Annual American Community Garden Conference ... Gardening Association (ACGA) is a non-profit organization of professionals and volunteers who seek to build ...
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Busy People Can Garden Too!
https://mastergardener.osu.edu/node/192
Amanda Douridas will share tips on how even busy people can garden successfully. Douridas works ... full-time as the Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension Educator in Champaign County, and is a wife and ... mother of 2. She has transformed her garden over the last 15 years to make it an enjoyable and manageable ...
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Making sense of Soil Health Testing: Ohio State’s path forward
https://soilhealth.osu.edu/news/making-sense-soil-health-testing-ohio-state%E2%80%99s-path-forward
do—from row crops to gardens, from rural fields to urban lots, from education to research. We are excited ... The topic of soil health has been receiving a great deal of attention lately and farmers are ... increasingly interested in understanding more about their soils. There are a number of labs that now offer some ...
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A Day in the Woods Series 'Tending Your Woodland' In-person workshop
https://ocvn.osu.edu/events/day-woods-series-tending-your-woodland-person-workshop
a garden, your woodland will likely provide more benefits if you give it some attention. “Tending Your ...