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Farmer buries underwear to test soil health
Original: 🤔 Norm Lamothe soiled his undies twice. The second time, he was much happier with the result. Soiled them — in a manner
Ontario farmer Norm Lamothe has buried a pair of white cotton briefs in his field as part of the 'soil your undies' test, a simple method farmers use to gauge soil health. After two months underground, the cotton had largely disintegrated, a sign that microbes and soil life are active and the land is thriving. He first tried the test years earlier and got a different result.
Why now: Farmers and gardeners are sharing this quirky, visual soil-health test as interest in regenerative agriculture grows.
Evidence
- 🤔 Norm Lamothe soiled his undies twice. The second time, he was much happier with the result. Soiled them — in a manner of speaking that is. After two months, buried in the ground, the cotton fabric of a once-pristine set of white men’s briefs had largely disappeared, and… · TrueNorthSpice@mastodon.world · 3
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