30% of the worlds soil mass (biological carbon) is fungal, living and dead – Paul Stamets
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Category: Interesting ‘facts’
A Teaspoon Of Soil Contains More Living Organisms Than There Are People On Earth
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Fennel and cow parsley attract ladybirds and hover flies, these eat aphids.
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Temperate zone vegetables will not go to seed on the equator due to daylight hours.
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Purple sprouting broccoli is cold hardy to -17C
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97% of the worlds water is salty, of the 3% – 75% is ice and 11% is ground water
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Quote by Geoff Lawton
A sheltered tree grows at twice the rate.
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There are more living organisms in a tablespoon of soil than there is humans on the planet.
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An oak tree has more than 500 connections / interactions with it’s surroundings.
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A hive of bees will fly 90,000 miles to collect 1 kg of honey.
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A bee is said to make three journeys in order to bring one drop of nectar to the hive; 25,000 foraging trips are said to be necessary to gather the raw material for one pound of honey. A honeybee will visit 50 to 100 flowers during a collection trip, and a hive of bees will […]