soil improvement
Enhancing earth quality
Soil improvement is any practice that enhances soil quality for growing plants.
This includes adding organic matter like compost or manure, adjusting pH with lime or sulfur, improving drainage, or introducing beneficial organisms.
The garden's yield doubled after a season of soil improvement.
Also called soil amendment or soil conditioning.
- green manurePlants tilled into soil
- aerationInfusing with oxygen
- mulchingCovering soil protectively
- raised bedsElevated soil enclosures for planting
- fertilizationGamete fusion creating zygote
drainage systems · biochar · composting · compost tea · worm castings · terracing · erosion control · liming · tillage · mycorrhizae · nitrogen fixation · crop rotation · microbes · humus · earthworms · organic matter · agroforestry · nutrients
- land restorationreforestation, ecosystem restoration, revegetation, rewilding, land reclamation
- Land Improvementland reclamation, erosion control, land clearing, terracing, fertilization
soil improvementsoil erosion
Loss of topsoil
soil depletion · desertification · soil compaction · soil contamination · nutrient depletion
soil improvementoverfarming
Exhausting land through excess
overcultivation · overgrazing · neglect · deforestation · strip mining