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@primonatura@mstdn.social
2026-06-23 19:00:30

"UK Startup is Making Electricity From Bacteria in the Soil – Maybe Your Garden Will Power Your Home Some Day"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Energy

UK Startup is Making Electricity From Bacteria in the Soil - Maybe Your Garden Will Power Your Home Some Day
A UK startup, Bactery, says its battery powered by bacteria uses nature’s microbes to generate an unending trickle of power from the soil.

@sherold@mastodon.online
2026-05-27 08:08:54

Greetings from the soil. 🌳
#nature #photography #grass #soil

**ALT Text:** A top-down, close-up shot of a forest floor covered in organic matter. Sunlight filters through patches, illuminating dry, brown fallen leaves, small twigs, and a thicker reddish-brown branch lying horizontally across the center. Vibrant green moss grows in patches among the debris, and a cluster of bright green clover leaves occupies the bottom right foreground. Thin blades of grass cut across the frame, creating a layered, textured view of the woodland soil.
@colinpurrington@flipping.rocks
2026-04-21 12:37:29

Here's the plug right after she applied some fresh mud, but she'll be back with several more loads before polishing it flat. Some Osmia species will dig tunnels to access good mud so if you have mason bees be sure to leave out containers of moist clay around the yard. #bees #osmia #mud #soil

@sherold@mastodon.online
2026-05-10 09:58:07

Greetings from the soil. 🌳
#nature #photography #grass #soil

A top-down, close-up shot of a garden floor where patches of lush green plants meet a dark, moist patch of soil. The most prominent feature is a cluster of small, delicate light-blue flowers with four petals and pale centers, growing on creeping stems with serrated, heart-shaped green leaves. These are interwoven with blades of bright green grass and larger, lobed leaves resembling wild strawberry or cinquefoil. In the center of the dark earth patch, two small, oval-shaped brown objects—likel…
@colinpurrington@flipping.rocks
2026-04-11 21:13:28

Dug a new weed pit at my allotment this morning. The victims spend a week or so drying out, then get buried. I've been doing this for years and the soil is slowly getting better. #allotment #gardening #weeds #weeding #composting #soil

@colinpurrington@flipping.rocks
2026-04-13 18:10:14

This morning I prepped the spots at my allotment where the tomatoes will go. The soil becomes rock-hard clay at approximately 6", so I use a posthole digger to make an 18" hole that gets filled with compost. And to make watering easier and more effective, I have PVC pipes, capped at the bottoms, that have 1/8" holes along their lengths so that I can quickly slosh in a bunch of water and let it slowly percolate to the roots. A bit of work to make these watering funnels but the tomatoes develop very deep roots and are fine if ignored on a hot day. #tomatoes #gardening #allotment #soil #vegetables #wine #roots

@colinpurrington@flipping.rocks
2026-05-19 20:10:48

Patiently waiting for insects to show up at my puddling station. #bees #wasps #mud #clay #soil #water #insects