Splitting firewood in the garden and suddenly there it was — a soil centipede (Geophilus sp.) tucked underneath the bark. 🪱
These slender, orange-brown centipedes can have up to 100 legs and spend their lives in dark, moist places — under bark, in rotting wood and leaf litter — hunting small soil invertebrates. Unlike their faster surface-dwelling relatives, soil centipedes are specialized burrowers. Finding one while splitting wood is a good reminder that dead wood is anything but dead: it's a whole ecosystem in itself.

Hout klieven in de tuin en plots lag daar deze vondst — een aardkruiper (Geophilus sp.) verscholen onder de schors. 🪱
Deze slanke, oranjebruine duizendpoten kunnen tot wel 100 poten hebben en brengen hun leven door op donkere, vochtige plekken — onder schors, in rottend hout en bladstrooisel — op jacht naar kleine ongewervelden. In tegenstelling tot hun snellere familieleden aan de oppervlakte zijn aardkruipers gespecialiseerde gravers. Hem tegenkomen tijdens het houtsplijten is een mooie herinnering: dood hout is allesbehalve dood — het is een heel ecosysteem op zich.

#aardkruiper
#duizendpoot
#centipede
#bodemleven
#soillife
#rottinwood
#deadwood
#doodhout
#natuur
#nature
#tuin
#garden
#biodiversiteit
#biodiversity
#DorgaldirsGarden
#Dorgaldirs_Garden

This is really good by RAZOR science show.

The importance of the soil beneath our feet. Regenerating the World’s Degraded Soil.
#RegenerativeAgriculture #SoilHealth #NutrientDenseFoods #SoilLife #Permaculture #SolarPunk

https://youtu.be/0O_ebN6B58U?si=V_H31rkkzoAlpoun

Regenerating the world’s degraded soil

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🌄Atacama Desert: Nematodes thrive in extreme conditions
A new study reveals that even under harsh and extremely dry conditions, stable and surprisingly diverse soil communities exist. An international team led by researchers from the University of Cologne investigated tiny nematodes in the Chilean Atacama Desert.

Read more ▶️ https://uni.koeln/UCRHL

📰 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-67117-5

#uniköln #unicologne #AtacamaDesert #Nematodes #SoilLife #Ecology #ClimateChange

2/2 And if it helps you to stay curious for your whole life, you can name it "Slow Looking" and feel a little bit Zen or hypey. 😉 https://steady.page/en/naturematchcuts/posts/47c218fa-5ba0-4dae-9140-305637008a00

#NatureMatchCuts #curiosity #curious #nature #soilLife #natureObservation #observation #NaturePhotography #woodlice

Slow Looking And Soil’s Hustle Bustle

I just learnt a new word reading a scientific study: Slow Looking. Did you ever look slower than usual? Some inspirations how to do it, in museums, galleries, or nature.

Steady
Slow Looking And Soil’s Hustle Bustle

I just learnt a new word reading a scientific study: Slow Looking. Did you ever look slower than usual? Some inspirations how to do it, in museums, galleries, or nature.

Steady

Mastodon can be a great source of inspirations! Thanks to @ak_text post about #SlowLooking I discovered a buzzword important for #nature, and every #museum and #gallery.

I show you how to do it and why a woodlouse under a stone can be as interesting as an ancient artefact behind glass:
https://steady.page/en/naturematchcuts/posts/47c218fa-5ba0-4dae-9140-305637008a00

And of course you can buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/naturematchcuts/tip or subscribe to my #newsletter!

#NatureMatchCuts #mindfulness #woodlice #compost #senses #kids #education #soilLife #soil

Slow Looking And Soil’s Hustle Bustle

I just learnt a new word reading a scientific study: Slow Looking. Did you ever look slower than usual? Some inspirations how to do it, in museums, galleries, or nature.

Steady

🧵 4/ And here, I present the lost and missed species of my childhood: tiny shelled #snails. They live where woodlice feel at home and are always found under stones or lettuce leaves, never on bare soil. They seem to move around at night. No idea what species they are!
They are beautiful and work hard producing the stuff that nourishes the soil. And later us by plants!

Bad quality: I have only my mobile phone.

#soilLife #compost #macro #naturePhotography #biodiversity #mobilePhonePhotography

🧵 1/ My first school room in #nature was a loose rock in a dry stone wall: https://www.cronenburg.net/naturematchcuts_podcast/behind-the-scenes/

For many years I missed some species of that #soilLife until I built a box for making photos. Home to #woodlice and their roommates to show people the adventures happening in #compost and being able to photograph better. At irregular intervals, I'll take you on a tour, as for all things nature without #CW.*

#reconnectWithNature #biodiversity #soil #gardening #Naturephotography #macro #humus