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Teaming with Microbes: The Organic Gardener´s Guide to the Soil Food Web, Revised Edition
Jeff Lowenfels
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Description for Teaming with Microbes: The Organic Gardener´s Guide to the Soil Food Web, Revised Edition
Hardback. Healthy soil is teeming with life not just earthworms and insects, but a staggering multitude of bacteria, fungi, and other microorganisms. This title lists the benefits of cultivating the soil food web. It explains the activities and organisms that make up the web, and shows to cultivate the life of the soil through usage of mulches and compost. Num Pages: 220 pages, 88 color photos, 18 charts and diagrams. BIC Classification: WMQF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 626.
"A breakthrough book. No comprehensive horticultural library should be without it." -American Gardener
When we use chemical fertilizers, we injure the microbial life that sustains plants, and then become increasingly dependent on an arsenal of toxic substances. Teaming with Microbes offers an alternative to this vicious circle, and details how to garden in a way that strengthens, rather than destroys, the soil food web. You'll discover that healthy soil is teeming with life-not just earthworms and insects, but a staggering multitude of bacteria, fungi, and other microorganisms.
This must-have guide is for everyone, from those devoted ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Number of pages
220
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781604691139
SKU
V9781604691139
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Ref
99-1
About Jeff Lowenfels
Jeff Lowenfels is the author several of award-winning books on plants and soil, and he is the longest running garden columnist in North America. Lowenfels is a national lecturer as well as a fellow, hall of fame member, and former president of the Garden Writers of America.Wayne Lewis is a lifelong Alaskan gardener. He has worked with Jeff Lowenfels on ... Read more
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