Part 4
Soil-Aid to Build Humus

Now when you use Soil-Aid and green manure to restore your soil and build humus you encourage micro flora (microbes, algae, etc.) mites, ants, beetles, spiders, slugs, snails, and many other creatures such as tons and tons of earthworms.
(see part 5 Farmers best helpers)

Humus is better than money in the bank

Humus has many functions, it is about 50% air, extremely porous, rich in carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and minerals. Humus is a fertilizer in itself and it improves soil tilth. Without humus sandy soil will let the rain percolate precious nutrients away. While clay soils without humus shed rain like cement. Humus is a marvelous sponge as it can hold several times its own weight in water (a real drought insurance). Humus helps the soil maintain the correct pH, increases phosphorous availability, protects winter crops, plus a multitude of other benefits.

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