{"product_id":"grow-your-soil-harness-the-power-of-the-soil-food-web-to-create-your-best-garden-ever-paperback","title":"Grow Your Soil!: Harness the Power of the Soil Food Web to Create Your Best Garden Ever - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDiane Miessler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eElaine R. Ingham\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowing awareness of the importance of soil health means that microbes are on the minds of even the most casual gardeners. After all, anyone who has ever attempted to plant a thriving patch of flowers or vegetables knows that what you grow is only as good as the soil you grow it in. It is possible to create and maintain rich, dark, crumbly soil that's teeming with life, using very few inputs and a no-till, no-fertilizer approach. Certified permaculture designer and lifelong gardener Diane Miessler presents the science of soil health in an engaging, entertaining voice geared for the backyard grower. She shares the techniques she has used -- including cover crops, constant mulching, and a simple-but-supercharged recipe for compost tea -- to transform her own landscape from a roadside dump for broken asphalt to a garden that stops traffic, starting from the ground up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCreating healthy soil isn't rocket science.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It's easier than you think! Step away from the rototiller, stop digging, skip the fertilizers, and let microbes do the heavy lifting. Discover no-sweat soil-building steps like turning weeds into on-the-spot mulch, using cover crops and kitchen waste to feed and protect your soil food web, and brewing super-easy, super-charged compost tea to fend off soil pathogens. Then sit back, relax, and watch your garden thrive.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiane Miessler is the author of \u003ci\u003eGrow Your Soil!\u003c\/i\u003e She is a certified permaculture designer, a soil science enthusiast, and a gardener with more than 50 years of experience. She has a monthly column in \u003ci\u003eThe Union\u003c\/i\u003e, a newspaper that serves Nevada County, California. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. Elaine Ingham\u003c\/b\u003e discovered the \u003ci\u003esoil food web\u003c\/i\u003e nearly 4 decades ago and has been pioneering research ever since. Widely recognized as the world's foremost soil biologist, she's passionate about empowering ordinary people to bring the soils in their community back to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 18, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468576276658,"sku":"9781635862072","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/c44071dfad5c15643949b3f0ae3499b4.webp?v=1779055076","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/grow-your-soil-harness-the-power-of-the-soil-food-web-to-create-your-best-garden-ever-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}