Book
Gardening with biochar : supercharge your soil with bioactivated charcoal / by Jeff Cox.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781612129556 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 127 pages : colour illustrations, colour map ; 23 cm
- Publisher: North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, [2019]
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Grow healthier plants, create nutrient-rich soil, increase your harvest "--Cover. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | What is biochar? -- Making biochar -- Inoculate your biochar -- Using biochar in the garden. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Soil amendments. Biochar. Organic gardening. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | 635.0484 Cox | 31681010136430 | NONFICPBK | Available | - |
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An experienced gardener and writer explains what bio-activated charcoal is, why it is good for plants and provides detailed instructions for making your own to help enrich the soil, prevent erosion and enhance plant growth. Original. - Grand Central PubBioactivated charcoal â called biochar â is the new darling of organic gardeners, embraced for its outstanding abilities to enrich the soil and improve plant growth. Gardening with Biochar is the first comprehensive guide to understanding, making, and using it effectively in the home garden.
In this highly accessible handbook, long-time garden writer Jeff Cox explains what biochar is and provides detailed instructions for how it can be made from wood or other kinds of plant material, along with specific guidelines for using it to enrich soil, prevent erosion, and enhance plant growth. Now widely available at garden centers, biochar is also being lauded for its ability to sequester carbon in the soil, making it good for the health of the planet as well as the plants. - Grand Central PubBioactivated charcoal â called biochar â can dramatically improve soil quality, and this first book on gardening with biochar addresses how to make it at home and use it to increase soilâs biological activity and water-holding capacity.
- Workman Press.Bioactivated charcoal ' called biochar ' can dramatically improve soil quality, and this first book on gardening with biochar addresses how to make it at home and use it to increase soil's biological activity and water-holding capacity.
- Workman Press.Bioactivated charcoal ' called biochar ' is the new darling of organic gardeners, embraced for its outstanding abilities to enrich the soil and improve plant growth. Gardening with Biochar is the first comprehensive guide to understanding, making, and using it effectively in the home garden.
In this highly accessible handbook, long-time garden writer Jeff Cox explains what biochar is and provides detailed instructions for how it can be made from wood or other kinds of plant material, along with specific guidelines for using it to enrich soil, prevent erosion, and enhance plant growth. Now widely available at garden centers, biochar is also being lauded for its ability to sequester carbon in the soil, making it good for the health of the planet as well as the plants.
