A reflective essay on building the Soil Hub — a slow, closed-loop approach to green waste, composting, weather, and patience in real-world gardening.
Category Archives: The Soil Builder’s Hub
Closing the Loop – The Soil Builder’s Circular Economy
The Soil Builder’s Hub promotes a circular economy by recycling garden waste into valuable resources, improving soil quality, reducing costs, and fostering sustainable gardening practices for healthier plants.
Savings & Scale
The Soil Builder’s Hub is an eco-friendly project generating income through subscriptions and savings from reduced overheads. Future growth includes diversifying into worm sales, biochar, and workshops to increase profitability.
Water Harvesting – Making Every Drop Count
Healthy soil needs water, but mains water is costly, treated, and often wasted on gardens. At Earthly Comforts, we want the Soil Builder’s Hub to demonstrate a smarter way: capturing and storing rainwater so we can reuse it to feed our soil systems.As many of my readers will know, Sue and I have been lookingContinueContinue reading “Water Harvesting – Making Every Drop Count”
Biochar – Locking Carbon in the Soil
Earthly Comforts is developing the Soil Builder’s Hub, focusing on compost systems for two years before introducing biochar. This sustainable innovation enhances soil health and carbon storage.