Teaming with microbes : the organic gardener's guide to the soil food web / Jeff Lowenfels & Wayne Lewis ; foreword by Elaine Ingham.
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TextPublication details: Portland, Or. : Timber Press, 2010.Edition: Rev. edDescription: 220 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN: - 9781604691139
- 1604691131
- S591 .L59 2010
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| S590.7 .M66 2007 Dirt : the erosion of civilizations / | S596.75 .H47 2007 Working with nature : shifting paradigms : the science and practice of organic horticulture / | S596.75 .L69 2006 Teaming with microbes : a gardener's guide to the soil food web / | S596.75 .L69 2010 Teaming with microbes : the organic gardener's guide to the soil food web / | S596.75 .L69 2013 Teaming with nutrients : the organic gardener's guide to plant nutrition / | S596.75 .L69 2017 Teaming with fungi : the organic grower's guide to mycorrhizae / | S596.75 .L69 2022 Teaming with bacteria : the organic gardener's guide to endophytic bacteria and the rhizophagy cycle / |
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.