Soil Science has tended to focus strongly on understanding the mineral component of soils, yet agriculturally useful soils consist of minerals (ideally 45%), organic matter/biology (5%), air (20%) and water (30%) - all interdependent on each other. Studying one component in isolation can, and has, led to erroneous conclusions.

Nonetheless, a huge reservoir of knowledge has been accumulated on soil minerals and their likely interactions and expressions, taking us a long way down the road to helping us understand and appreciate soils and their role in the overall nutrition of the food chain, both below ground and above ground. 

It is important to note that many mineral interactions have, of necessity, been studied in controlled, often sterile 'laboratory-like' conditions making them quite reproducible - hence scientifically provable. Unfortunately the same results are rarely reproduced in the field where the effects of biology are often ignored or poorly understood - nature has a habit of getting in the way of good research! 

This website aims to provide the building blocks of knowledge from across a wide range of disciplines to help you build a more realistic picture of how nature might really be working in the field. Limiting yourself to one topic is unlikely to elucidate solutions or answers. Armed with a more holistic knowledge-base, you will hold more clues for truly working with nature to create miracles!