Category Archives: soil conditioning

Behind The Great Green Wall (Ambius)

Posted on February 20, 2013 by

Read at : http://blog.ambius.com/behind-the-great-green-wall-of-africa/ Behind The Great Green Wall of Africa Sean for ambius.com | January 3, 2013 There has been plenty of talk of late in the media about the emerging design trend of vertical gardens. However, there is … Continue reading →

Posted in afforestation, Desertification, drought, Ecology - environment, Great Green Wall (GGW), reforestation, soil conditioning, TerraCottem, UNCCD

VIDEO : REBOISEMENT / REFORESTATION IN BURKINA FASO (Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on March 12, 2012 by

VIDEO : http://youtu.be/BF61QrZmeQU 1988-12 BURKINA FASO – Reboisement à Arbolle Projet de reboisement à Arbolle avec application du conditionneur de sol TERRACOTTEM, mélange hydroabsorbant qui facilite la croissance des plantes en région aride. Grâce au TERRACOTTEM ce projet a connu … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification, drought, drylands, soil conditioning, TerraCottem

Introducing Geo-Earth (R. DiLoreto)

Posted on March 7, 2012 by

Read at : Geo-Earth_Feb_2012 I’d like to introduce you to Geo-Earth, http://www.green-geoearth.com/. Geo-Earth is the world’s first company that is commercializing a proprietary, biotechnology breakthrough for reversing desertification and boosting forestation, thus realizing the world’s crop cultivation goals. Its award-winning … Continue reading →

Posted in soil conditioning

9700 postings on this blog for 1.115.000 visitors since Nov. 2006 (Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on February 19, 2012 by

It is difficult to deny that I feel proud tonight, registering that posting No. 9700 appeared on this blog. This signifies that it became one of the most comprehensive “libraries”  on drought, desertification, poverty and sustainable development. Together with my … Continue reading →

Posted in desert/desert gardening, Desertification, drought tolerant plants, drylands, soil conditioning, TerraCottem

Low-tech limiting of evaporation (Willem Van Cotthem / Two Women and a Hoe)

Posted on February 17, 2012 by

Here is a nice idea for low-tech limiting of evaporation : cover the soil with newspaper and the cover the newspaper with a mulch layer of soil.  The newspaper will keep more water around the roots.

Posted in mulch, Soil, soil conditioning, Water

TerraCottem soil conditioner on my winter table (Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

The soil conditioner TerraCottem is a granular compound, applied to improve a number of soil characteristics, mainly water and fertilizer retention (see http://www.terracottem.org). The granular soil conditioner TerraCottem Since June 2006, two glasses containing some TerraCottem stand on a table … Continue reading →

Posted in soil conditioning, TerraCottem

The sunrise of soil conditioner TerraCottem (Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on January 20, 2012 by

In the early stages of research work on the soil conditioner TerraCottem, experiments were set up at the Belgian coast (the beach of Oost-Duinkerke). Different dosages of a water absorbent granular compound and grass seeds were mixed with the beach … Continue reading →

Posted in soil conditioning, TerraCottem

Sugar Cane Mulch (Gardening Tips ‘n Ideas)

Posted on January 16, 2012 by

Read at : http://www.gardeningtipsnideas.com/2012/01/sugar-cane-mulch.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GardeningTipsnIdeas+%28Gardening+Tips+%27n%27+Ideas%29 Sugar Cane Mulch Could Be The Mulch of the Decade Posted in Landscaping Ideas  by Stuart Like most gardeners I’ve tried a plethora of mulches in my garden. Some have been purely for their aesthetic value, … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, mulch, soil conditioning

My newest videos (Hélène CLYBOUW / Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on January 6, 2012 by

Please enjoy my newest videos : HEART FOR THE GAMBIA : http://youtu.be/u6sKxLsjwec Hélène CLYBOUW (Westende, Belgium) coordinates the Belgian support for “Heart for The Gambia”, sponsoring a deaf-mute young boy Ismaila BAH of Sambelkunda to enable him to attend the … Continue reading →

Posted in Pictures, soil conditioning, TerraCottem

Successful soil conditioning experiments (Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on January 4, 2012 by

Back in 1986, at my Laboratory of Plant Morphology at the University of Ghent (Belgium), we booked a series of successes with experiments on the composition of our soil conditioner, later called “TerraCottem” (see http://www.terracottem.org). In Louise-Marie, a small village … Continue reading →

Posted in soil conditioning, TerraCottem