Gbiota Blog
Re-making My Gbiota Beds (Update)
This update shares a practical rebuild of a Gbiota bed after I noticed uneven water spread between rows. The core lesson is simple: the liner shape matters more than expected. A “saucer” profile gives too little contact area for wicking when water is only trickling...
Diabetes Updates: What Monitoring, Stress, and Exercise Teach Us
Two new diabetes articles are now available, covering both the scientific evidence for reversal and the practical steps to achieve it. Diabetes is used as a “canary in the coal mine” because continuous glucose monitoring gives fast, low-risk feedback on what works....
The Sad Tale of Reversing Diabetes: Why the Message Still Isn’t Landing
Diabetes does not have to be a one-way path to worsening health. The newer model is simple: fat build-up can block insulin action in muscles, liver, and even the pancreas itself, so blood sugar rises. Remove the fat pressure and the system can work again. The...
Reversing Diabetes and Gut Biota: A Practical Refuge Model
Type 2 diabetes is no longer seen as a one-way decline. The core issue is not “burnt out” pancreas cells, but fat and metabolic stress driven by high-glycaemic food and damaged gut biology. Most people can improve, and many can reverse diabetes with diet, exercise,...
Why I Run This Site
This article explains why this site exists and what it is trying to achieve. Colin Austin reflects on his personal motivations, his background in engineering and innovation, and his concern for future generations. The focus is on soil, water, food security, and soil...
Publications And Topics On Water, Soil, And Irrigation
This page lists Colin Austin’s publications across water, irrigation scheduling, salinity, soil, climate change, and practical farm innovation. It includes books, manuals, training material, and a DVD series, covering both technical methods (like adaptive scheduling...
Water And Soil References: Books, Research Links, And Sources
This page brings together key references that shaped the WaterRight and soil regeneration thinking, plus a large set of web links collected over time. The books focus on water systems, river decline, Australian water policy, and land repair. The links cover soil...
00 and the Soil Princess: A Story About Soil, Power, and Survival
This story blends fiction, politics, soil science, and water management into a single narrative that challenges how the world values its most critical resource: soil. Through a fast-paced and sometimes confronting storyline, it explores how soil health underpins food,...
Water, Soil, and Irrigation Publications: Two Decades of Innovation and Research
This page brings together a chronological overview of publications that document a long-term exploration of water, soil, irrigation, and sustainability. Spanning more than two decades, these works trace the development of practical ideas, experimental technologies,...
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