>Dear Hugh, > >You wrote: > >"I think the secret is getting the moisture to tie up inside the cell >membranes of living organisms in the soil. Then it doesn't evaporate or >sink, just is there....." > >A fascinating concept which I've never heard of before. Is this your >(valid) theory Hugh, or have you done trials etc to quantify this? It >obviously ties in with increased soil moisture through increased soil >organic matter .... > >Thanks > >Stephen Barrow
Dear Stephen, I don't have that kind of research budget or the time required, but I'm pretty sure there must be something to it. My soil is very much alive, and it holds on to moisture amazingly well. Much better than I can account for by clay and humus. I know there are a lot of active microbes in it, and it seems to make sense. I'm baffled if no one out there has looked into this more deeply. Best, Hugh
