Sunlight is essential for plant life. A plant deprived of sunlight will surely weaken the plant, attracting pests and becoming diseased. If deprivation is extended for a long period, the plant will die. This problem is particularly serious in the case of indoor plants. Here I share a particular situation that arose in our own home. I placed my beautiful 'Cordyline Fruticosa' plant near the east-facing window of my home, in the summer, after ensuring there was adequate sunli

The source of all energy on Earth is the Sun. The agent for all food production on Earth is the life in the soil. To be more accurate, it is the microbial life in the soil. The difference between dirt and soil is that soil has life, hence energy. Living in the soil are countless bacteria, fungi, protozoa and Nematodes. A single gram of soil contains up to a billion bacteria and a million fungi. Most of these microbes live in what is known as topsoil, Topsoil is the upper laye