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Teaming with Microbes: A Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web
Jeff Lowenfels , and Wayne Lewis Manufacturer: Timber Press, Incorporated ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0881927775 |
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Smart gardeners know that soil is anything but an inert substance. Healthy soil is teeming with life — not just earthworms and insects, but a staggering multitude of bacteria, fungi, and other microorganisms. When we use chemical fertilizers, we injure the microbial life that sustains healthy plants, and thus become increasingly dependent on an arsenal of artificial substances, many of them toxic to humans as well as other forms of life. But there is an alternative to this vicious circle: to garden in a way that strengthens, rather than destroys, the soil food web — the complex world of soil-dwelling organisms whose interactions create a nurturing environment for plants. By eschewing jargon and overly technical language, the authors make the benefits of cultivating the soil food web available to a wide audience, from devotees of organic gardening techniques to weekend gardeners who simply want to grow healthy, vigorous plants without resorting to chemicals.Customer Reviews:
Very good book.......2007-09-30
Learned a great deal about improving my gardens.......2007-09-18
A must read for anyone who cares about the environment.......2007-07-07
Easy reading and informative.......2007-06-27
This book will introduce you to your soil for the very first time........2007-06-18
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The Humanure Handbook: A Guide to Composting Human Manure, Third Edition
Joseph C. Jenkins Manufacturer: Jenkins Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0964425831 |
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There are almost seven billion defecating people on planet Earth, but few who have any clue about how to constructively handle the burgeoning mountain of human crap. The Humanure Handbook, third edition, will amuse you, educate you, and possibly offend you, but it will certainly pertain to youunless, of course, your bowels never move.Customer Reviews:
Great for the environment.......2007-07-25
I now have a composting toilet behind the house.......2007-06-21
WOW!!.......2007-05-12
Everyone should read this!.......2007-03-12
Insightful and well grounded book.......2007-03-10
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Watersheds: Processes, Assessment and Management
Paul A. DeBarry Manufacturer: Wiley ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0471264237 |
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Get the most up-to-date and comprehensive guide to watershed analysis and management.In Watersheds: Processes, Assessment, and Management, author Paul DeBarry covers aspects of watershed physical processes such as assessing, classifying, and evaluating a watershed; using GIS models for watershed assessment; and effectively planning for future use and demands. He covers precipitation, ecology, geology, soils, geomorphology, hydrogeology, hydrology, water quality, hydraulics, GIS, data collection, planning, and management. And he takes you beyond theory so you learn to apply planning, management, GIS, and hydrologic engineering principles in real-world watershed management.
This concise reference manual is ideal whether you're a scientist, biologist, geologist, engineer, planner, administrator, part of a citizens group, or a practitioner seeking to identify what is important in the watershed being studied.
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Sedimentology
Michael McLane Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0195078683 |
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Rapid progress in sedimentology began in the 1960's and is continuing today. Not only has knowledge increased rapidly, but technology has as well. Small and inexpensive, but powerful, computers are changing the ways in which we gather, record, and analyze our data or test ideas. The pedagogical value of this text is evident in its careful approach to the discipline. Not only is the text technologically oriented (e.g. graphs of mathematical functions are programmed for automatic digital computation and plotting), the author has taken great care to consider the standard petrographic methods as well. Embracing the subdisciplines of sedimentary petrology, sedimentation, and stratigraphy, the text describes the composition, texture, and structure of all kinds of sedimentary rocks; the physical, chemical, and biological processes that create sediments are also considered. Examples of ancient and modern depositional and diagenetic systems serve to illustrate the scientific methods by which sedimentary process and product are described and diagnosed. This text is ideal for students of geology who have acquired a basic knowledge of mineralogy, petrology, and stratigraphy, and are ready to apply these skills to an exciting and challenging field.
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The Secret Garden: Dawn to Dusk in the Astonishing Hidden World of the Garden
David Bodanis Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0671663534 |
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Great for any of your gardening friends!.......2001-11-28
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Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations
David R. Montgomery Manufacturer: University of California Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0520248708 |
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Dirt, soil, call it what you want--it's everywhere we go. It is the root of our existence, supporting our feet, our farms, our cities. This fascinating yet disquieting book finds, however, that we are running out of dirt, and it's no laughing matter. An engaging natural and cultural history of soil that sweeps from ancient civilizations to modern times, Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations explores the compelling idea that we are--and have long been--using up Earth's soil. Once bare of protective vegetation and exposed to wind and rain, cultivated soils erode bit by bit, slowly enough to be ignored in a single lifetime but fast enough over centuries to limit the lifespan of civilizations. A rich mix of history, archaeology and geology, Dirt traces the role of soil use and abuse in the history of Mesopotamia, Ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, China, European colonialism, Central America, and the American push westward. We see how soil has shaped us and we have shaped soil--as society after society has risen, prospered, and plowed through a natural endowment of fertile dirt. David R. Montgomery sees in the recent rise of organic and no-till farming the hope for a new agricultural revolution that might help us avoid the fate of previous civilizations.Customer Reviews:
Essential reading.......2007-09-15
The demise of soil.......2007-09-13
What you never knew about history.......2007-08-28
Unsuitable title - otherwise fine.......2007-08-01
An Amazing Book!.......2007-06-12
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Secrets of the Soil: A Fascinating Account of Recent Breakthroughs-Scientific and Spiritual-That Can Save Your Garden or Farm
Peter Tompkins , and Christopher Bird Manufacturer: HarperCollins ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0060158174 |
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Remediation Engineering of Contaminated Soils (Environmental Science and Pollution Control Series)
Wise/TranTolo Manufacturer: CRC ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0824703324 |
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"Offers through coverage of the remediation of soils contaminated by hazardous wastes, including materials, analytical techniques, cleanup design and methodology, characterization of geomedia, monitoring of contaminants in the subsurface, and waste containment. Cites specific case studies in hydrocarbon remediation that offer a concise overview of possible technological approaches."
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Soil Microbiology, Ecology and Biochemistry, Third Edition
Manufacturer: Academic Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0125468075 |
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Now in its third edition, this classic textbook includes basic concepts and applications in agriculture, forestry, environmental science, and a new section entirely devoted to ecology. This revised and updated edition guides students through biochemical and microbial processes in soils and introduces them to microbial processes in water and sediments. Soil Microbiology, Ecology, and Biochemistry serves as an invaluable resource for students in biogeochemistry, soil microbiology, soil ecology, sustainable agriculture, and environmental amelioration.Customer Reviews:
Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry, Second Edition.......2006-02-25
Standard text for soil microbiology.......2002-09-18
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Soil, Fertilizer, and Plant Silicon Research in Japan
Jian Feng Ma , and Eiichi Takahashi Manufacturer: Elsevier Science ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0444511660 |
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Silicon (Si) plays a significant role in the resistance of plants to multiple stresses including biotic and abiotic stresses. Silicon is also the only element that does not damage plants when accumulated in excess. However, the contribution of Si to plant growth has been largely ignored due to its universal existence in the earth's crust. From numerous intensive studies on Si, initiated in Japan about 80 years ago, Japanese scientists realized that Si was important for the healthy growth of rice and for stability of rice production. In a worldwide first, silicon was recognized as a valuable fertilizer in Japan. The beneficial effects of Si on rice growth in particular, are largely attributable to the characteristics of a silica gel that is accumulated on the epidermal tissues in rice. These effects are expressed most clearly under high-density cultivation systems with heavy applications of nitrogen. Si is therefore recognized now as an ''agronomically essential element'' in Japan.Recently, Si has become globally important because it generates resistance in many plants to diseases and pests, and may contribute to reduced rates of application of pesticides and fungicides. Silicon is also now considered as an environment-friendly element. The achievements of Si research in Japan are introduced in this book, in relation to soils, fertilizers and plant nutrition.
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