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Teaming with microbes : the organic gardener's guide to the soil food web / Jeff Lowenfels & Wayne Lewis ; foreword by Elaine Ingham.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Portland, Or. : Timber Press, 2010.Edition: Rev. edDescription: 220 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781604691139
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 631.4 22
LOC classification:
  • S591 .L59 2010
Contents:
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 -- 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 -- The soil food web gardening rules.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-210) and index.

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 -- 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 -- The soil food web gardening rules.

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