Danny D. wrote:
songbird wrote:

the more diverse you can make a garden soil the
more resilience you have for handling different
conditions and a balance between the good kinds and
the kinds which can cause diseases.

While it's all complex, I think you summarized the problem set pretty well,
which is the more diverse you can make the soil, the better because all
sorts of "minor" good things happen, and most bad things are diluted, so to
speak.

i've been studying soil sciences, gardening,
microbiology, ecosystems, and many related topics
for many years (agroecology, permaculture and
regenerative agriculture are intersting topics ).

if anyone refers you to a university or agricultural
school you will get the chem-ag approach to farming in
mass production. many master gardeners programs use
similar materials and philosophy and it is all through
the gardening references and web-sites. it is often
expensive and damaging in many ways. much more
expensive than it needs to be.


songbird