Soil science is complicated. Let’s learn it together.
Hey! My name is Maggie. I’m a soil scientist and gardener. I created this website to help both you and I learn soil science as easily as possible. I hope you find it helpful or at least interesting!
This website is very much a work in progress, so not all the pages are completed yet. I have a lot to add. I will keep adding as time goes on.
Recent Lessons
“Nature has endowed the Earth with glorious wonders and vast resources that man may use for his own ends. Regardless of our tastes or our way of living, there are none that present more variations to tax our imagination than the soil, and certainly none so important to our ancestors, to ourselves, and to our children.”
Charles Kellogg, The Soils That Support Us, 1956
The Science of Soils 