This Week's Feature

Jason Radcliff is a principal and the Director of Quality Management at dwg.. His company is passionate about urbanism, positioning the landscape as green infrastructure and designing solutions that encourage social and environmental change. Jason utilized microBIOMETER® on the sustainable Republic Square project during and post-construction and was excited to share his experience with our readers.

Jason found the results of the tests very interesting. He immediately noticed that soils that were within close proximity of existing trees and that were less impacted by construction activities returned the highest MB levels. Now that a baseline representation has been established-- they know which areas need improvement and have the ability to monitor changes as they progress toward minimum thresholds. microBIOMETER® will play an important role in identifying trends in soil health across various areas within the park.

Earthworms and cover crops

Research from Cranfield University has found that using cover crops to protect soil and introduce organic matter increases earthworm numbers and provides financial savings for farmers.

The earthworm population was three times greater after the cover crop compared to a treatment without any vegetation from cover crops.

Source: Earthworm population triples with use of cover crops