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Mastodon can be a great source of inspirations! Thanks to @ak_text post about #SlowLooking I discovered a buzzword important for #nature, and every #museum and #gallery.
I show you how to do it and why a woodlouse under a stone can be as interesting as an ancient artefact behind glass:
https://steady.page/en/naturematchcuts/posts/47c218fa-5ba0-4dae-9140-305637008a00
And of course you can buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/naturematchcuts/tip or subscribe to my #newsletter!
SteadySlow Looking And Soil’s Hustle BustleI just learnt a new word reading a scientific study: Slow Looking. Did you ever look slower than usual? Some inspirations how to do it, in museums, galleries, or nature.
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4/4 The Wild Pigment project has good guidelines for #reciprocal #foraging: https://wildpigmentproject.org/reciprocal-foraging
Artist Gary Simpson worked with soil samples from the whole world to track down the #history of places: https://hyperallergic.com/487683/artists-find-common-ground-in-soil-from-around-the-world/
Human comes from humus: a collection of earth art: https://somethingcurated.com/2024/11/15/soil-in-contemporary-art/ from the 1970s until today
And photos of my ocre goddesses inspired by the Cucuteni Trypillia Culture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucuteni%E2%80%93Trypillia_culture
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3/ #Artist and #scientist Kirsten Kurtz was one of my inspirations: https://soilpainting.com/ I came to know about her via the UN global #soil painting contest in 2017: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2017/11/dec-5-global-soil-painting-competition-illustrates-soils-vital-role
She has a recipe using clear gesso and varnish, it's the best if your piece of art should exist longer: https://soilpainting.com/soil-painting-how-to-guide/
#Soil scientist and artist Karen Vaughn worked with #wildfire ashes + soil or #dirt also with kids: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/meet-western-soil-scientists-using-dirt-make-stunning-paints-180976796/
Soil PaintingSoil PaintingKirsten Kurtz I am a formally trained artist and scientist. And I’ve married my love of both art and science by creating paintings made entirely of pigments derived from soil. I discovered and honed this technique of mixing various dried soils with a gesso binder while working on the senior thesis to complete my B.A.…
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2/ My inspirations for this project came from an ancient "magical" ocre quarry in our naturepark, exploited until medieval times, where you can still find some stones. An artist teached me how to produce your own pigments.
During that work I found more inspirations by artists working at the intersection of #geology and art, about our body relations to earth and soil. Often with a sense of reciprocity and respect while collecting.
1/4 #Summer is a good time to play with #mud, experiment with natural pigments. It's easy: take some surface soil without organic and other rests, solve it in water (or white school glue for longer lasting images) and paint!
The finer the soil, the better the pigments work. You can also sieve and even grind the finds. Great for children to discover the rich diversity of soil.
Adur River Recovery: ".. a plan to enhance the river’s ecological health..restoring riverbank habitat and vegetation, slowing flood water.. restoring meanders.. creating new wetlands. These measures will support.. biodiversity, soil health, and water quality.."
https://adur-river-recovery.org/
adur-river-recovery.orgAdur River Recovery | A Sussex-Born Blueprint for Nationwide Recovery
1/ My first school room in #nature was a loose rock in a dry stone wall: https://www.cronenburg.net/naturematchcuts_podcast/behind-the-scenes/
For many years I missed some species of that #soilLife until I built a box for making photos. Home to #woodlice and their roommates to show people the adventures happening in #compost and being able to photograph better. At irregular intervals, I'll take you on a tour, as for all things nature without #CW.*
The final version is out in New Phytologist
Concurrent common fungal networks formed by different guilds of fungi
I wonder if we will see more research on common fungal networks formed by other fungi...
What's the best way to boost organic matter in soil, aka lock up carbon to counter #climatechange?
Plus soil fertility and resilience to drought!
*mulch (not stone or gravel)
* don't till
*cover crops
* leave lawn clippings and leaves
* replace lawn with clover
* replace annuals with perennials
*compost everything
*let wetlands be wetlands
What am I missing? Please add your ideas!
An alien creature traversing a distant world, or baby mite navigating the micro-fungi strewn surface of a decaying log? Arguably it's both!
Take a closer look at the life beneath your feet, and you'll discover a whole new world of dazzling complexity.
Our rural garden with blackcurrants, asparagus, lavandula, cornflowers and vegtables.
#garden #soil #flowers #vegtables #biodiversity
#garden #soil #flowers #vegtables #biodiversity
Forest #trees and #microbes choreograph their hunt for a balanced diet under elevated CO2 https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/forest-trees-and-microbes-choreograph-their-hunt-for-a-balanced-diet-under-elevated-co2
"In conditions mimicking a future atmosphere, 180-year-old #EnglishOaks traded-off do it yourself ways to access nutrients with outsourcing to #soil microbes... a 63% increase in the release of a cocktail of small organic molecules early in spring and autumn, which prime soil microbes to release nutrients... a 17% increase in the amount of symbiotic root-associated #fungi in autumn"
A small grey #woodlouse on fertile #soil, a true member of nature’s clean-up crew. These tiny, ruffled creatures prefer to go about their work undisturbed, and when threatened, they have a quirky defense mechanism playing dead.
Woodlice play a crucial role in #composting by breaking down decaying organic matter, turning larger pieces into smaller fragments that microbes can further decompose. Their burrowing helps aerate the compost, improving oxygen flow for microbial activity, while their waste contributes valuable nutrients to the soil. In short, woodlice accelerate decomposition and enhance compost health, making them essential allies in creating rich, fertile soil.
#humus #som #sustainability #fertilesoil #compost #blacksoil
Woodlice play a crucial role in #composting by breaking down decaying organic matter, turning larger pieces into smaller fragments that microbes can further decompose. Their burrowing helps aerate the compost, improving oxygen flow for microbial activity, while their waste contributes valuable nutrients to the soil. In short, woodlice accelerate decomposition and enhance compost health, making them essential allies in creating rich, fertile soil.
#humus #som #sustainability #fertilesoil #compost #blacksoil
My hand holding #fertile #soil #organic #matter on the handpalm. Further compost in the background.
#humus #som #sustainability #healthysoil #compost #blacksoil #greenplanet
#humus #som #sustainability #healthysoil #compost #blacksoil #greenplanet
Something truly #precious on our planet: fertile #soil made from solid mature cow dung #manure, resting in the railings beneath willow trees and a towering cyclopean wall. Nettles, dandelions, sorrel, and Lincolnshire spinach thrive in this rich, nurturing earth.
Last year, we spread a few tractor loads of aged manure from the road above. The location seems perfect for composting situated in the semi-shade under the trees, which shed their leaves in autumn, providing natural protection to the compost throughout the winter and food for the earthworms in spring.
#Sustainability #HealthySoil #compost #blacksoil #greenplanet
Last year, we spread a few tractor loads of aged manure from the road above. The location seems perfect for composting situated in the semi-shade under the trees, which shed their leaves in autumn, providing natural protection to the compost throughout the winter and food for the earthworms in spring.
#Sustainability #HealthySoil #compost #blacksoil #greenplanet
Im Urlaub und trotzdem keine Angst das die Pflanzen vertrocknen. So ein Bewässerungssystem + Feuchtigkeitssensoren in der Erde sind schon echt praktisch. #grow #homeassistant #plants #watering #soil
These are the beautiful spore-producing structures of plasmodial slime molds. Which is your favourite colour?
Originally considered Fungi, these Myxomycetes are now classed as Amoebozoans - single celled organisms with thousands of nuclei... not animals or fungi but something else entirely!
Life on the Moon?
#Soil on #Moon might sustain life
Researchers from University of Hong Kong developed technology to extract #water from #lunar soil & use it to convert carbon dioxide into #oxygen & #chemical #fuel
The #research could “potentially open new doors for future deep space exploration” because it could mitigate the expensive costs needed to bring essential resources such as water to the Moon.
Garden Answer: Swapping Out Tired Annual Containers, Cleaning Out Raised Beds & Perennial Cut Back! 
https://www.allforgardening.com/1374773/garden-answer-swapping-out-tired-annual-containers-cleaning-out-raised-beds-perennial-cut-back-%f0%9f%aa%b4%f0%9f%99%8c%e2%9c%82%ef%b8%8f/ #Answer #beautiful #bush #dirt #diy #earth #fall #flower #garden #GardenAnswer #gardener #gardening #green #grow #growing #Laura #plant #planting #plants #Proven #shrub #shrubs #soil #spring #succulent #succulents #summer #VLog #winner's #winter