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 / 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.
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.
9781604691139
2010483176
Soils.
Soil ecology.
Soil microbiology.
Food chains (Ecology)
S591 / .L59 2010
631.4
Teaming with microbes : the 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.
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.
9781604691139
2010483176
Soils.
Soil ecology.
Soil microbiology.
Food chains (Ecology)
S591 / .L59 2010
631.4