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Microbe Compost and Regular Organic Compost: A Comparison

Most realize that Compost is a mixture of organic materials that have been decomposed by microorganisms. It is a valuable soil amendment that can improve the fertility, structure, and water retention of soil.  Most do not realize the difference between organic compost, obone (manure) and Microbe Compost.  Here we explain …

Soil Food Web in South America! Nurturing Soils & Sustaining Life

At Living Ground, our mission extends far beyond saving soils – it’s about fostering a holistic connection that benefits plants, microbes, and humanity itself. While nature’s challenges persist, we approach them with a different perspective – one of harmony and mimicry, rather than conflict. Today, we’re excited to invite you …

Coffee Farmer Success

Here is Dr Carlos, a local coffee farmer and year one for this coffee farm!   Dr. Carlos Iñigues is a doctor of Ecohydrology and is the co-owner of Vinka coffee farm in Loja province, Ecuador. We provided soil tests, created a comprehensive soil report, and sold him our unique (microscope …

Can Plants Truly Hear and Respond?

The natural world never ceases to astonish me.    Learning about the microbes (the unseen world) and the  recent research into plant senses (communication) raises the intriguing questions about whether we truly understand how nature is alive and conscious.    Can plants hear? Do they possess the ability to sense …

Ecology of Nature! Economy of Nature?

I am begining to understand that the desception of the matrix in ways deeper than imagined and it is digusting.   Species banking is becoming big business…and it is putting a “worth” on nature. The deception forms as many are participating  thinking they are “protecting” nature. It appears good…and it is …

Soil pH

Is there an alternative to lime when my PH is acidic? This is the most misguided topic in agriculture today. Why? We have been conditioned for so long by US Agriculture and constituents to force soil chemistry into what we want it to be. We learned nutrients are only available …

Why Organic Is Not Enough?

What are we up to?    The project has launched and Living Ground, Suelo Vivo is carefully placing one foot in front of the other and walking carefully, gently and purposefully forward.    As all we do is about the microbes and the micro world of the soil, it is …

Glomalin The Magical Glue

Ever wonder what holds the soil together? It’s not Velcro, tape, or oil: it’s glomalin, a sticky glycoprotein that glues sand, silt, clay, and organic matter together, to create soil aggregates. This creates what farmers and gardeners call “tilth,” which is a feeling of smooth soil granules that flow through …

Organized Chaos

The chaos we see around us every day is not arbitrary chaos. It is organized chaos. It results from the fact that almost no one wants to take responsibility for their own lives and for the larger life of the planet and the biosphere. Therefore, those whose desire is to …