The soil food web loves summer; the community buzzes with all the potential, the soil is warm so the microbes and the worms can work fast, the plants above ground are in full swing and releasing plenty of root exudates to influence the microbes around them. The plants also insulate the soil, their leafy cover helps to protect against beating UV rays easily destroying soil-dwelling microbes. The leaves also slow down evaporation on hot days and physically protect soil from summer storms. All this helps to keep the soil in its prime and in return this means good, steady growth.
If you can keep your soil food web happy many of the most common gardening tasks, such as watering, feeding and keeping pest and diseases at bay, are done for you. The best
