#653: Getting down to earth

Great Soils is a web page developed by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), the independent, impartial public body that unlocks success in British agriculture.

They have developed a soil health scorecard with videos to help.

Image: Alan Parkinson, shared on Flickr under CC license.

#286: Invertebrates: Earthworms

Lumbricus terrestris, the common earthworm

Patrick Barkham explains the importance of earthworms to our food supply and soil health. 

Part of a feature in this weekend's Guardian newspaper. There's a range of stories every Saturday which always connect with the likely contents of the specification when it (eventually) appears.

Update

Earthworms won the vote for the best invertebrate...