The Beaten Path
Exposed tree roots are the first thing I see wrong with this picture.
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The Beaten Path
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Tree Roots
Organic matter is critical to the natural health of plants. Exposed soils, leads to poor soil Conditions. Which in turn leads to exposed roots and compacted soil. Not a good place to grow if you're a bug or a tree.
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Soil Porosity
This is a porosity test, we conducted in a clients yard.
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Compacted Soil or The Beaten Path
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Start Pouring
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Porosity Test
How fast will a gallon of water, soak into the ground, in a given spot?
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Porosity Test
Like all brilliant answers, the answer is a question.
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Keep Pouring
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Still Pouring
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Porosity Test
The question or answer is; It Depends.
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Porosity Test
What it depends on are:
1. The moisture in the soil.
2. The slope or grade of the soil.
3. The temperature of the soil.
4. The porosity of the soil.
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Still Pouring
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So that's why the trees are still thirsty.
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Porosity Test
When the soil is this compacted, it takes a long time for a gallon of water to soak in. Even when it flows down hill, over a large surface area.
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Soil Porosity
One gallon of water was applied to this spot. As you can see, most of it went down stream. With the water, went some of the soil. Not much soaked in where it was poured out. We can fix this.
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Soil Porosity Test
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Vertical Mulching
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We use a high torque gas powered drill to bore holes into the compacted soil. This 1 3/4 or our 2 inch bit used correctly causes little damage to the tree roots.
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Food Waste Compost
Next we fill the holes with our food waste and mortality screened compost.
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Partically Composted
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Once all the holes have been filled with compost we cover the area with 4 inches of our Partically Composted Mulch.
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