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I was very proud of myself in the weekend. Some time after renovating our bathrooms at home, we found brownish water stains on the otherwise glossy white acrylic vanity tops. Not a good look. Guessing that these were some sort of iron oxide precipitate, I suggested that my wife try a mixture of lemon juice and baking soda on the stain. As you ...

Musings on: Baveye, P. C. & Jacobson A. R. (2008). Soil science education and the ''age of money'': reflections and concerns for the near future. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 187:1-4. This was a guest editorial in Water, Air and Soil Pollution, and I decided it to be worth reading; there's much to be said for a catchy title. The topic ...

I apologize for lazy blogging, with a promise to not just do listings of news articles about soils. If something REALLY interesting comes up I'll let people know, but really that's not what this blog is all about. Unfortunately that means that I have to get motivated about writing up articles I've read recently. At least I have done the reading ...

So I was reading a book, ''Bawshou Resecues the Sun'' to my daughter in the weekend and it occurred to me that this is yet another instance where soil appears in a significant folk story. ''Bawshou Resecues the Sun'' is based on a traditional Han Chinese story about the sun being stolen by the King of devils (variously, a powerful dragon). ...

Ancient literature like the Christian Bible uses soil or earth as a metaphor for a number of things, and since it's just before Christmas I wondered if something soil-related could be found in the gospel rendition of the Chritsmas story. No such luck . . . but the story below was told by the man of the season himself, and uses soil as a powerful ...

It occurs to me that this blog is not like other blogs. So, in the interests of fitting in to this erudite community, a few posts must, of course, be produced with truly blog-like characteristics. So this entry may be of the whimsical persuasion, or the world-weary. I would hope for insight, but that of course will be clouded with lack of ...