World soil day
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World soil day
I posted late- I was busy doing world soil day things. But yes- Dec 5 is international soil day- you can google it.
Website:
https://globalsoilsecurity.godaddysites.com/
OUr uni did a few webinars. You can see the full 45 minute vid (!) here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR1ZHAyHbL4&t=161s
My section is only 3 mins. You can see that here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cR90V-_IOY
Enjoy.
Website:
https://globalsoilsecurity.godaddysites.com/
OUr uni did a few webinars. You can see the full 45 minute vid (!) here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR1ZHAyHbL4&t=161s
My section is only 3 mins. You can see that here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cR90V-_IOY
Enjoy.
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"Soil is everywhere..."
I think science is awesome. Soil studying stuffs is interesting. But, I lol'd over my coffee with that opening. It was gold!
Ya know, you can't have an "international celebration day" for anything if it doesn't have a flag for it. Humans seem to like flags. They like waving them around while yelling about stuff. (Sometimes they get too enthusiastic and pair them with firearms, though, which isn't really a "celebration.")
So, where's the flag? You gotta have a "International Soil Day Flag!" Get on that! (Something with horizontal layers on it, maybe?)
Also, is calling soil "dirt" an insult? I get it - It's not exactly glamorous to call oneself a "Dirt Scientist." But, in the profession, if someone slips up and says "dirt", do you guys lynch them or just give them a quick slap or something? Maybe a temporary censure for their blasphemy?
PS: Have a happy Soil Day! Enjoy the recognition! (Do you guys send out press releases and such or try to do media spots to raise public awareness, or is most outreach limited to the internet and social media?)
I think science is awesome. Soil studying stuffs is interesting. But, I lol'd over my coffee with that opening. It was gold!
Ya know, you can't have an "international celebration day" for anything if it doesn't have a flag for it. Humans seem to like flags. They like waving them around while yelling about stuff. (Sometimes they get too enthusiastic and pair them with firearms, though, which isn't really a "celebration.")
So, where's the flag? You gotta have a "International Soil Day Flag!" Get on that! (Something with horizontal layers on it, maybe?)
Also, is calling soil "dirt" an insult? I get it - It's not exactly glamorous to call oneself a "Dirt Scientist." But, in the profession, if someone slips up and says "dirt", do you guys lynch them or just give them a quick slap or something? Maybe a temporary censure for their blasphemy?
PS: Have a happy Soil Day! Enjoy the recognition! (Do you guys send out press releases and such or try to do media spots to raise public awareness, or is most outreach limited to the internet and social media?)
Oh gosh, don't get him STARTED, Mork!Morkonan wrote:Also, is calling soil "dirt" an insult? I get it - It's not exactly glamorous to call oneself a "Dirt Scientist." But, in the profession, if someone slips up and says "dirt", do you guys lynch them or just give them a quick slap or something? Maybe a temporary censure for their blasphemy?
I remember Phil once had a T-shirt complaining that people treat soil like dirt . . .
(Although with my students, whenever I make a comment about something Phil said, I call him "My brother, the Dirt Doc . . . ")
Anyway, he usually just gives people a wedgie and leaves it at that.
Morkonan wrote:What really happened isn't as exciting. Putin flexed his left thigh during his morning ride on a flying bear, right after beating fifty Judo blackbelts, which he does upon rising every morning. (Not that Putin sleeps, it's just that he doesn't want to make others feel inadequate.)
You know, what with graduating next week and one or two other things going on in his life, it is entirely possible that World Soil Day might not necessarily be the first thing on his mind . .
Morkonan wrote:What really happened isn't as exciting. Putin flexed his left thigh during his morning ride on a flying bear, right after beating fifty Judo blackbelts, which he does upon rising every morning. (Not that Putin sleeps, it's just that he doesn't want to make others feel inadequate.)
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The soil grinch is currently making holes in Russia, releasing methane.Morkonan wrote:OK, it's "secrets" time!
So, tell us, Usenko - Does he get all giddy waiting for World Soil Day? Rushes to hang up his Sifter Sock by the fireplace, can't sleep the night before, keeps getting up just to check to see if Soil Claus has come?
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I soil the world numberous times each day.
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Soil only once caught my interest. When I was a young boy a school pal's dad was a farmer and this man grabbed a fist full dirt, crumbled it his hand, smelled it and even put some in his mouth and then came up with an awesome analysis. I was gobsmacked.
Cheers Euclid
Cheers Euclid
"In any special doctrine of nature there can be only as much proper science as there is mathematics therein.”
- Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), Metaphysical Foundations of the Science of Nature, 4:470, 1786
- Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), Metaphysical Foundations of the Science of Nature, 4:470, 1786
He's trying to sink it.philip_hughes wrote:The soil grinch is currently making holes in Russia, releasing methane.Morkonan wrote:OK, it's "secrets" time!
So, tell us, Usenko - Does he get all giddy waiting for World Soil Day? Rushes to hang up his Sifter Sock by the fireplace, can't sleep the night before, keeps getting up just to check to see if Soil Claus has come?
He's not very smart...
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from your description, he determined that the soil was at field capacity- basically it had rained about a week ago.euclid wrote:Soil only once caught my interest. When I was a young boy a school pal's dad was a farmer and this man grabbed a fist full dirt, crumbled it his hand, smelled it and even put some in his mouth and then came up with an awesome analysis. I was gobsmacked.
Cheers Euclid
Was an A horizon, high in carbon, pretty fertile.
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Yes, something like that. Can't remember the details but it was most impressive. Nowadays they use high-tech chemical analysis to determine the state of the soil whilst in the past a, say 4th generation, farmer used his "primordial" knowledge. I bet some of these are still aroundphilip_hughes wrote:from your description, he determined that the soil was at field capacity- basically it had rained about a week ago.euclid wrote:Soil only once caught my interest. When I was a young boy a school pal's dad was a farmer and this man grabbed a fist full dirt, crumbled it his hand, smelled it and even put some in his mouth and then came up with an awesome analysis. I was gobsmacked.
Cheers Euclid
Was an A horizon, high in carbon, pretty fertile.
Cheers Euclid
"In any special doctrine of nature there can be only as much proper science as there is mathematics therein.”
- Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), Metaphysical Foundations of the Science of Nature, 4:470, 1786
- Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), Metaphysical Foundations of the Science of Nature, 4:470, 1786
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Class 1 Soil: "Oi! By crikey, now that's a bloody corker bit of Soil, that is! Dinky-di!"philip_hughes wrote:The aussie system uses a minimum of fancy chemical tests- the logic being that it needs to be done and understood by ppl who are not scientifically minded .
Class 2 Soil: "Blimey! Fair dinkum bit o' soil ya got there, mate!"
Class 3 Soil: "Tinny bloke what plants their vedgies in that soil!
Class 4 Soil: "That's a bodgy bit of soil. Dry as a dead dingo's dongo."
Class 5 Soil: " I may be a knocker, but you gotta kangaroo loose in th' top paddock if you think that's soil, you drongo whacker!"
My apologies if I murdered the Australian language. I tried to translate from "American" as best as I could, with a bit of help from Aussie Slang. Obviously, these Classifications are based on suitability, not stratification.
A proper Australian Scientist would be able to translate the more appropriate classification system... (WHICH YOU SHOULD DO! FOR SCIENCE!!! )
You just communicated as clear as a bell with an Australian farmer from the mid 1930s.
Morkonan wrote:What really happened isn't as exciting. Putin flexed his left thigh during his morning ride on a flying bear, right after beating fifty Judo blackbelts, which he does upon rising every morning. (Not that Putin sleeps, it's just that he doesn't want to make others feel inadequate.)
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But isn't soil always only as good as the plants you try to raise?
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* Sees Captain Jericho making a terrible mistake*Cpt.Jericho wrote:But isn't soil always only as good as the plants you try to raise?
* Hides from Phil's inevitable lecture . . .*
Morkonan wrote:What really happened isn't as exciting. Putin flexed his left thigh during his morning ride on a flying bear, right after beating fifty Judo blackbelts, which he does upon rising every morning. (Not that Putin sleeps, it's just that he doesn't want to make others feel inadequate.)
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Try raising Orchids in an unsuitable substrate.
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I planted some plant things a few times.
That was when I was married and I was expected to attend the family-bonding "working together in the yard" rituals once per weekend, every weekend in which the weather was suitable.
Because many of these plant things do best when planted in the appropriate season for them (I have no idea where the f they buy their calendars) these rituals continued through a goodly portion of the year. And, because I lived in a temperate region, there were many opportunities for plant things to be planted. Yay?
I am now divorced.
I do not plant any more plant things any more.
I feel somewhat liberated... It's a remarkable experience and I suggest that everyone try it.
That was when I was married and I was expected to attend the family-bonding "working together in the yard" rituals once per weekend, every weekend in which the weather was suitable.
Because many of these plant things do best when planted in the appropriate season for them (I have no idea where the f they buy their calendars) these rituals continued through a goodly portion of the year. And, because I lived in a temperate region, there were many opportunities for plant things to be planted. Yay?
I am now divorced.
I do not plant any more plant things any more.
I feel somewhat liberated... It's a remarkable experience and I suggest that everyone try it.
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