Soil & Fertilizers

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Soils and Fertilizers — the Basics

More articles about soils and fertilizers:

Secrets to Great Soil — How Fungus Turned my Thumb Green by Kathy LaLiberte, founding gardener at Gardeners Supply Company
No-Till Gardening by Jeff Gillman, Department of Horticulture, University of Minnesota. This is one of gardening's hottest topics, so listen up.
Peat-Free Potting Soil by Andrew Bunting, Curator, The Scott Arboretum. Use of peat — a nonrenewable resource — is another hot topic.
Should we amend the soil when we plant trees? Don Engebretson, the Renegade Gardener, answers that one. Even experts in academic disagree over the advisability of this practice.
Foliar Spray v. Slow-Release Fertiliser by Stuart Robinson in Australia.

Related subjects:

Compost: the Backbone of Sustainable and Organic Gardening
Mulches and Mulching — just as important

More Info In Print:

Teaming with Microbes: A Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web by Jeff Lowenfels
Life in the Soil: A Guide for Naturalists and Gardeners by James B. Nardi
Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth by William Bryant Logan