Teaming with Microbes: The Organic Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web (Revised) (Spiral Bound)
Teaming with Microbes: The Organic Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web (Revised) (Spiral Bound)
Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Table of Contents Part 1. The Basic Science Chapter 1. What Is The Soil Food Web and Why Should Gardeners...
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Marc Notes: Chapter 13. How the Soil Food Web Applies to Gardening Chapter 14. What Do Your Soil Food Webs Look Like? Chapter 15. Tools for Restoration and Maintenance Chapter 16. Compost Chapter 17. Mulch Chapter 18. Compost Teas Chapter 19. Mycorrhizal Fungi Chapter 20. The Lawn Chapter 21. Maintaining Trees, Shrubs, and Perennials Chapter 22. Growing Annuals and Vegetables Chapter 23. A Simple Soil Food Web Garden Calendar Chapter 24. No One Ever Fertilized an Old Growth Forest Appendix. The Soil Food Web Gardening Rules Brief Description: There is an alternative to the vicious circle of chemical fertilizers: to garden in a way that strengthens, rather than destroys, the soil food web--the complex world of soil-dwelling organisms whose interactions create a nurturing environment for plants. Biographical Note: 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 many projects over the past 25 years, including the now national Plant a Row for the Hungry program, which encourages gardeners to donate a portion of their harvest to charitable organizations in their community. Review Quotes: "A breakthrough book. . . . well worth owning and reading. No comprehensive horticultural library should be without it." --American Gardener "Digs into soil in a most enlightening and entertaining way." -- Dallas Morning News "Required reading for all serious gardeners." -- Miami Herald "The authors have given gardeners an inside scoop on the scientific research supporting organic gardening." -- Pacific Horticulture "This intense little book may well change the way you garden." -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Exceptional. . . . A brief, clear overview of scientific information with which every gardener should be familiar." -- Monterey Herald "Sure, it's a gardening book, but it has all the drama and suspense of an extraterrestrial thriller. A cast of characters without eyeballs or backbones. Battle scenes with bizarre creatures devouring one another. Only this book is about as terrestrial as it gets." -- Anchorage Daily News "All good gardeners know healthy plants start with healthy soil. But why? And how? In Teaming with Microbes Lowenfels and Lewis reveal the new research in the most practical and accessible way." -- The Oregonian "Read this book and you'll never think of soil the same way." -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer "Sure, it's a gardening book, but it has all the drama and suspense of an extraterrestrial thriller. . . . Read this book and you'll never look at soil the same way." -- BB Magazine "A must read for any gardener looking to create a sustainable, healthy garden without chemicals." -- Virginian-Pilot "It takes readers underground to meet the critters that live if you let them under the garden." -- Rockland Courier-Gazette "[ Teaming with Microbes] was one of those 'aha' moments for me, where I realized I had been growing wrong this whole time." -- Matthew Frigon (Founder of Lazy Bee Farms) in Dope MagazineJacket Description/Back: Winner of the Garden Writers Association Gold Award for Best Book Writing Smart gardeners know that soil is anything but an inert substance. Healthy soil is teeming with life--not just earthworms and insects, but a staggering multitude of bacteria, fungi, and other microorganisms. When we use chemical fertilizers, we injure the microbial life that sustains healthy plants, and thus become increasingly dependent on an arsenal of artificial substances, many of them toxic to humans as well as other forms of life. But there is an alternative to this vicious circle: to garden in a way that strengthens, rather than destroys, the soil food web--the complex world of soil-dwelling organisms whose interactions create a nurturing environment for plants. By eschewing jargon and overly technical language, the authors make the benefits of cultivating the soil food web available to a wide audience, from devotees of organic gardening techniques to weekend gardeners who simply want to grow healthy, vigorous plants without resorting to chemicals. This revised edition updates the original text and includes two completely new chapters--on mycorrhizae (beneficial associations fungi form with green-leaved plants) and archaea (singled-celled organisms once thought to be allied to bacteria). Publisher Marketing: "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 to organic gardening techniques to weekend gardeners who simply want to grow healthy plants without resorting to chemicals.
Contributor Bio:Lowenfels, Jeff 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. Contributor Bio:Lewis, Wayne Wayne Lewis is a lifelong Alaskan gardener. He has worked with Jeff Lowenfels on many projects over the past 25 years, including the now national Plant a Row for the Hungry program, which encourages gardeners to donate a portion of their harvest to charitable organizations in their community. |
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