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Author Tompkins, Peter.

Title Secrets of the soil / Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird.

Imprint New York : Harper & Row, ©1989.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Special Collections Eucalyptus  631.4 T599s 1989    ---  Lib Use Only
Edition 1st ed.
Description xxiv, 444 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-418) and index.
Contents Cornucopia -- Pulse of life -- Moonshine -- Golden garbage -- Microcosmos -- Miracle down under -- It can be done -- Heaven on earth -- Vortex of life -- Claws of Chelation -- Sonic bloom -- Seeds for survival -- Weeds: guardians of the soil -- Icicles in the greenhouse -- Dust for life -- Life and death in the forest -- Savory soil -- Biomass can do it -- Purified with fire -- Tuning in to nature -- Towers of power -- Cosmiculture -- Perelandra.
Summary The authors describe many strange and wonderful experiences of farmers with the life of soils. They explain the impact of ethereal forces on soil fertility and give guidelines to duplicate the practices described in this book
Subject Soils.
Soil management.
Organic farming.
Agricultural ecology.
Agricultural ecology. (OCoLC)fst00800685
Organic farming. (OCoLC)fst01047688
Soil management. (OCoLC)fst01124446
Soils. (OCoLC)fst01124682
Added Author Bird, Christopher, 1928-
ISBN 0060158174
9780060158170

 
    
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