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How to find good plant-growing soil in a forest

Soil inside of a forest is generally richer, softer, darker and more nutritious than any soil outside. The reason behind is the forest ecosystem; forests are filled with both living and decaying plants, fungi, animals, and forests hold their levels of water very well. Every dead tree, bug or animal turns into soft compost, filled with nutrients that supports every young or already existing life. So it's a great starting point for young seedlings you might want to grow at home, or maybe houseplants that need some rich soil.

All soil in the forest isn't equal; you're likely to find clay in the places water has streamed thru, sand next to the rocky areas, grey or brown soil under some trees that isn't fully decomposed, and black, perfect compost will be found in, or under trees that have been dead for a while. So what you want is an empty, rotten, long dead stump. Like this one!

The soil underneath and inside it is made out of a composted tree-matter, which is very rich in nutrients. It's often going to be interlaced with tiny little tree roots, not from the decaying stump, but from other nearby trees who are feeding on the soil. It's important to scratch the soil gently, so the roots are undamaged, and to not take a lot from one single space; the trees need those nutrients as well. This is another good example:

I'm picky about the soil I take, and will only get the darkest, most light and fluffy soil, because I need it for tiny seedlings, who require easy-growing medium. The layer of leaves protects the forest soil from light, sun, wind, drying out or getting pressed down, it's important to always put it back after taking the soil. It will decompose and create a new layer of topsoil and nutrients.

I've been growing all of my seedlings in soil like this, and had great success. It can be mixed with sand, peat moss or other types of soil to create a more perfect growing medium, but it's also good as it is. It's also good to strain it, because you will inevitably bring home some pieces of roots, leaves, rocks, and tiny plants might be bothered by it. Big plants wouldn't care, as it will all decompose anyway.

One little surprise I get in my each batch is tree seeds! Often I get black locust trees growing among my plants, and I love it, and I've grown one to a big size, and neighbors never shut up about 'A woman with a forest tree on her balcony."

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The Border Ruffian Code in Kansas (New York: Tribune, 1856)

One of the dark chapters in American frontier history saw an elected US senator, David Atchison of Missouri, lead the “Border Ruffians” to threaten and engage in violence against Kansas settlers, in order to preserve the institution of slavery. The Kansas-Nebraska Act, by Atchison’s design, underwrote the effort to force a pro-slavery vote and pack the legislature. After continuing violence, Kansas became a free state in 1861.

Our copy of the “Border Ruffian Code,” entirely rejecting the territorial government, quotes from the laws passed after the intimidation and violence that led to a pro-slavery legislature.

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Free Soil "Black"

This visual and auditory information is a direct reflection of the current state of our country. It is a documentation. It will not be monetized, ever, and is compiled under the fair use act.

In this piece, 14 points of rising fascism in the USA and beyond are explained while using past and current, visual media content.

Free Soil is a proletariat union comprised of teachers, independent contractors, community administrators, union workers and public servants based out of Washington D.C. Tasked to spread accurate information regarding current affairs outside of the traditional corporate controlled outlets, Free Soil provides documented demonstration in the form of audio/visual presentation both in media and live events. While explicitly an anti-fascist organization, the group is strictly non partisan and holds no allegiance to any political party agenda.

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