Book
Building soil : a down-to-earth approach : natural solutions for better gardens and yards / Elizabeth Murphy.
Record details
- ISBN: 1591866197 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9781591866190 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 200 pages : colour illustrations
- Publisher: Minneapolis, MN : Cool Springs Press, 2015.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | A soil grower's foundation -- Guiding principles for the soil grower: the secrets of soil organic matter -- Alphabet soup: nutrients and soil-nutrient tests demystified -- Food, water, shelter, air: organic amendments to grow living soils -- A balanced diet: fertilizers and whole-soil fertility -- The dressing on top: mulch, water, and weeds -- Cultivation simplified. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 24.99 |
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| Subject: | Soils. Soil management. |
- Baker & Taylor
Outlines ways to improve soil quality, covering such topics as fertilizing, tilling, weed management, and irrigation, in an effort to keep gardens green and growing. - Grand Central Pub
Learn what it takes to improve your soil with simple and down-to-earth methods that wonât hurt the environment. It's the ecological solution to a garden of any size!
- Grand Central Pub
This is your down-to-earth, complete manual for achieving great gardening results with your own rich, organic soil.
How do you recognize healthy soil? How much can your existing soil be improved? What are the best amendments to use for your soil? Let Building Soil answer your questions and be your guide on gardening from the ground up. Fertilizing, tilling, weed management, and irrigation all affect the quality of your soil. Using author Elizabeth Murphyâs detailed instructions, anyone can become a successful soil-based gardener, whether you want to start a garden from scratch or improve an existing garden.
If you want methods that wonât break your back, are good for the environment, and create high-yielding and beautiful gardens of all shapes and sizes, this is the book for you! Create classic landscape gardens, grow a high-yielding orchard, nurture naturally beautiful lawns, raise your household veggies, or run a profitable farm.
A soil-based approach allows you to see not just the plants, but the living system that grows them. Soil-building practices promote more ecologically friendly gardening by:
Â- Reducing fertilizer and pesticide use
- Sequestering greenhouse gases
- Increasing overall garden productivity
With a detailed discussion and comparison tables on a range of organic fertilizer choices, Building Soil is a simple book full of practical, up-to-date information about building healthy soils. Simple methods perfect for the home gardenerâs use put healthy, organic soil within everyoneâs reach. You donât need a degree in soil management to understand this book; you only need a yard or garden and the desire to improve it at the most basic level.
