Teaming with Microbes: A Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web
- ISBN-10
- 0881927775
- ISBN-13
- 9780881927771
- Series
- Teaming with Microbes
- Category
- Gardening
- Pages
- 196
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Timber Press (OR)
- Authors
- Wayne Lewis, Jeff Lowenfels
Description
Lowenfels and Lewis describe the activities of the organisms that make up the soil food web and explain how to foster and cultivate the life of the soil. The straightforward text is accessible to a wide audience of gardeners who want to grow healthy, vigorous plants without resorting to chemicals.
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- 2010
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- 2021-06-04
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- 2017-07-26
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