{"id":33116,"date":"2016-11-05T00:08:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T17:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-weeds-heal-bare-soil-john-walker\/"},"modified":"2016-11-05T00:11:06","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T17:11:06","slug":"how-weeds-heal-bare-soil-john-walker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-weeds-heal-bare-soil-john-walker\/","title":{"rendered":"How weeds heal bare soil | John Walker"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nLet weeds do their job. They will heal and nourish our bare soil this autumn and winter This is an extract from John Walker\u2019s new book Weeds: An Organic, Earth-friendly Guide to their Identification, Use and Control.Bare, exposed soil isn\u2019t part of nature\u2019s master plan. How many examples can you think of where soil is naturally found bare and with no plants at all growing in it? Good examples are beneath freshly uprooted trees, landslips, or where the ground has been charred following a heathland fire. In these situations bare soil isn\u2019t bare for long; within days seedlings begin to appear and cover the ground with a miniature green forest. In a few months\u2019 time the scar is barely noticeable. A year later you would never know it had been there at all.Contrast these natural examples of bare soil with those created by man: ploughed fields and freshly dug gardens and allotments are obvious examples. But, left to nature, even these vast expanses of bare soil soon turn green with a multitude of tiny seedlings. Think of those wild, overgrown allotments or that jungle-like abandoned garden \u2013 these too were once bare earth. In fields, gardens and allotments, on lawns, roadside verges and sports fields, along streets and on paths and pavements, we are constantly battling to stop weeds from growing. All we are doing is keeping the healing powers of nature at bay. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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