Teaming With Microbes, Jeff Lowenfels
Teaming With Microbes, Jeff Lowenfels
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Teaming With Microbes
The Organic Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web

Author: Jeff Lowenfels

Narrator: Chris Lutkin

Unabridged: 8 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/16/2020

Categories: Nonfiction, Gardening

Synopsis

When we use chemical fertilizers, we injure the microbial life that sustains plants and then become increasingly dependent on an arsenal of toxic substances. Teaming with Microbes offers an alternative to this vicious circle and details how to garden in a way that strengthens, rather than destroys, the soil food web. Youll discover that healthy soil is teeming with lifenot just earthworms and insects, but a staggering multitude of bacteria, fungi, and other microorganisms. This must-have guide is for everyone, from those devoted to organic gardening techniques to weekend gardeners who simply want to grow healthy plants without resorting to chemicals.

About Jeff Lowenfels

Jeff Lowenfels is a well-respected and popular national garden writer. The former president of the Garden Writers of America, he was made a GWA Fellow in 1999. He is also the founder of Plant a Row for the Hungry, a program that advocates for food donation and has led to over a million pounds of produce being donated to the hungry every year. He currently resides in Anchorage, Alaska.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Oldroses on April 23, 2010

(This review was originally written for The Garden Bloggers' Book club) After slogging my way through the last book I read, I was disheartened to read in the Preface to Teaming with Microbes: A Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web that the first part of the book would be difficult to get through. I......more

Goodreads review by Michael on March 01, 2010

The book is informative and readable with great illustrations. The soil science is rudimentary, but the discussions of the soil food web are well done. Some of the taxonomy is a bit dated but good enough for non-specialists. The section on actively aerated compost tea is excellent and that on compos......more

Goodreads review by Julie on October 24, 2020

This is an appealing introduction to soil science and some microbiology as seen through the worm's eye view of the garden. Lots of really cool electron microscope images. If you enjoy "gee whiz!" science facts, you'll get plenty, as well as the broader knowledge to contextualize them. I thought I kn......more

Goodreads review by Tinea on January 04, 2016

What a phenomenal book! Soil science for lay people, soil science for chemistry-phobes, soil science tailored and sifted for direct usefulness for gardeners. Lowenfels and Lewis do not shy away or dilute the science. They use the words, they draw the symbols, they do the math. But they simplify. The......more

Goodreads review by Georgia on September 17, 2007

I recently have renewed my garden from a giant dog potty to a place where one can sit and enjoy the scenery. This slim book is packed with information about composting, undersoil critters, and the benefits of renewing the earth. With lots of pictures and clearly written for the beginning gardener, t......more

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