Teaming with Microbes: The Organic Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web, Revised Edition

Jeff Lowenfels · Wayne Lewis

Sep 2010 · Sold by Timber Press

About this ebook

“A breakthrough book. No comprehensive horticultural library should be without it.” —American Gardener

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. You’ll discover that healthy soil is teeming with life—not 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.

Ratings and reviews

Essential to understanding life at its most fundamental level. Don't wait, like I did, for eight years until the information is life or death. Begin with the preview now and you'll be miles ahead in your peaceful journey in life experience and years younger in your health and learning capacity!

This book is amazing. So full of information you can't read it just once. I have been using this book as a reference for work and school for a few months now and would even suggest this book to folks with little or no scientific background or experience gardening.

Very helpfull in understanding how the soil food web works, but also how the entire ecosystem thrives and develops.

About the author

Jeff Lowenfels is the author several of award-winning books on plants and soil, and he is the longest running garden columnist in North America. Lowenfels is a national lecturer as well as a fellow, hall of fame member, and former president of the Garden Writers of America.

Wayne Lewis is a lifelong Alaskan gardener. He has worked with Jeff Lowenfels on many projects over the past 25 years, including the now national Plant a Row for the Hungry program, which encourages gardeners to donate a portion of their harvest to charitable organizations in their community.