Teaming with microbes : the organic gardener's guide to the soil food web /
Lowenfels, Jeff.
Teaming with microbes : the organic gardener's guide to the soil food web / Organic gardener's guide to the soil food web Jeff Lowenfels & Wayne Lewis ; foreword by Elaine Ingham. - Rev. ed. - Portland, Or. : Timber Press, 2010. - 220 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-210) and index.
Pt. 1. The basic science. What is the soil food web and why should gardeners care? -- Classic soil science -- Bacteria -- Archaea -- Fungi -- Algae and slime molds -- Protozoa -- Nematodes -- Arthropods -- Earthworms -- Gastropods -- Reptiles, mammals, and birds -- pt. 2. Applying soil food web science to yard and garden care. How the soil food web applies to gardening -- What do your soil food webs look like? -- Tools for restoration and maintenance -- Compost -- Mulch -- Compost teas -- Mycorrhizal fungi -- The lawn -- Maintaining trees, shrubs, and perennials -- Growing annuals and vegetables -- A simple soil food web garden calendar -- No one ever fertilized an old growth forest -- Appendix. The soil food web gardening rules.
1604691131 9781604691139
2010483176
GBB002375 bnb
015455636 Uk
Food chains (Ecology)
Soil ecology.
Soil microbiology.
Soils.
Teaming with microbes : the organic gardener's guide to the soil food web / Organic gardener's guide to the soil food web Jeff Lowenfels & Wayne Lewis ; foreword by Elaine Ingham. - Rev. ed. - Portland, Or. : Timber Press, 2010. - 220 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-210) and index.
Pt. 1. The basic science. What is the soil food web and why should gardeners care? -- Classic soil science -- Bacteria -- Archaea -- Fungi -- Algae and slime molds -- Protozoa -- Nematodes -- Arthropods -- Earthworms -- Gastropods -- Reptiles, mammals, and birds -- pt. 2. Applying soil food web science to yard and garden care. How the soil food web applies to gardening -- What do your soil food webs look like? -- Tools for restoration and maintenance -- Compost -- Mulch -- Compost teas -- Mycorrhizal fungi -- The lawn -- Maintaining trees, shrubs, and perennials -- Growing annuals and vegetables -- A simple soil food web garden calendar -- No one ever fertilized an old growth forest -- Appendix. The soil food web gardening rules.
1604691131 9781604691139
2010483176
GBB002375 bnb
015455636 Uk
Food chains (Ecology)
Soil ecology.
Soil microbiology.
Soils.