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Grow your soil! : harness the power of the soil food web to create your best garden ever / by Diane Miessler.
"Diane Miessler presents the science of soil health and shares the techniques she has used - including cover crops, constant mulching, and compost tea - to create and maintain rich, dark, crumbly soil that's teeming with life "-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781635862072 (paperback)
- Physical Description: ix, 165 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Publisher: North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Subject: | Gardening. Soil management. Soils. |
- Baker & Taylor
A certified permaculture designer and lifelong gardener, in this book geared for the backyard grower, presents an accessible soil improvement guide in which she shows how to create and maintain rich, dark, crumbly soil that is teeming with life. Original. 12,000 first printing. Illustrations. - Baker & Taylor
"Diane Miessler presents the science of soil health and shares the techniques she has used - including cover crops, constant mulching, and compost tea - to create and maintain rich, dark, crumbly soil that's teeming with life "-- - Grand Central Pub
Growing awareness of the importance of soil health means that microbes are on the minds of even the most casual gardeners. After all, anyone who has ever attempted to plant a thriving patch of flowers or vegetables knows that what you grow is only as good as the soil you grow it in. It is possible to create and maintain rich, dark, crumbly soil thatâs teeming with life, using very few inputs and a no-till, no-fertilizer approach. Certified permaculture designer and lifelong gardener Diane Miessler presents the science of soil health in an engaging, entertaining voice geared for the backyard grower. She shares the techniques she has used â including cover crops, constant mulching, and a simple-but-supercharged recipe for compost tea â to transform her own landscape from a roadside dump for broken asphalt to a garden that stops traffic, starting from the ground up. - Grand Central Pub
The key to success for every gardening venture is rich soil. Achieving that basic building block is easy with this accessible soil improvement guide, which offers a broad understanding of the science of soilâs microbial life in an engaging, entertaining style. - Workman Press.
Growing awareness of the importance of soil health means that microbes are on the minds of even the most casual gardeners. After all, anyone who has ever attempted to plant a thriving patch of flowers or vegetables knows that what you grow is only as good as the soil you grow it in. It is possible to create and maintain rich, dark, crumbly soil that's teeming with life, using very few inputs and a no-till, no-fertilizer approach. Certified permaculture designer and lifelong gardener Diane Miessler presents the science of soil health in an engaging, entertaining voice geared for the backyard grower. She shares the techniques she has used ' including cover crops, constant mulching, and a simple-but-supercharged recipe for compost tea ' to transform her own landscape from a roadside dump for broken asphalt to a garden that stops traffic, starting from the ground up. - Workman Press.
The key to success for every gardening venture is rich soil. Achieving that basic building block is easy with this accessible soil improvement guide, which offers a broad understanding of the science of soil's microbial life in an engaging, entertaining style.
