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Stay Grounded: Soil Building for Sustainable Gardens - Easy-Growing Gardening #8 - cover

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Stay Grounded: Soil Building for Sustainable Gardens - Easy-Growing Gardening #8

Rosefiend Cordell

Publisher: Rosefiend Publishing

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Summary

One of the most important things a gardener can do is to build up the soil in her garden. But keep in mind that soil-building is not a one-time operation – it's a process. As humus is devoured by microorganisms, worms, and plants, more organic material must constantly be added in order to keep the soil biomass, and thereby the plants, well-fed and happy. Also, humus makes the soil porous and fluffy, builds a strong soil structure, and releases nutrients in a form that's easily absorbed by plant roots. 
Chemical fertilizers will not add humus to the soil. These are merely nutritional supplements; plants and their soil need real food – organic material. 
This book shows you all sorts of ways to get organic material into the soil to improve soil health and soil fertility, which in turn improves plant health -- for better gardens, higher yields, and more gorgeous flowers. 
 
SOIL BUILDING 
Saving the world, one dirt clod at a time 
Earthworms = earth movers 
Green manures 
Compost 
My soil is evil! 
GET TO KNOW YOUR SOIL 
TAKING SOIL SAMPLES 
THE SOIL FOOD WEB 
EARTHWORMS: THE SUPER SOIL SAVERS 
How to Protect Earthworms 
A Field Guide to Earthworms 
Epigeic Earthworms 
Endogeic Earthworms 
Anecic Earthworms 
ORGANIC MATTER AND HUMUS 
Mother Nature Shows Us How To Make Great Soil 
Don't Let Leaves Go To Waste! 
MULCH THE WORLD! 
Fix Out-Of-Control Weeds With Newspaper Mulch 
COMPOST – BLACK GOLD 
Composting: Learn the Basics 
The Ultimate in Recycling: Extreme Composting! 
Sixty Weird Things You Can Compost! 
ORGANIC SOIL AMENDMENTS 
GREEN MANURES AND COVER CROPS 
Cover crops and their benefits 
Green manures and their benefits 
Places to plant them 
Plants to use for green manures and cover crops 
ALFALFA: A GARDENER'S SECRET INGREDIENT 
THE CASE AGAINST CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS 
NO-TILL GARDENING 
FIXING LOUSY SOIL 
Fixing Subdivision Soil 
Aerarate, Add Good Things to Improve Your Soil 
HOW TO MAKE A NEW GARDEN BED 
And, how to improve a very sad garden soil 
Raised garden beds to help the soil (and your back)
Available since: 07/28/2020.

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