Team with Microbes - A Gardener's Guide to the Soil and Food Web
Smart gardeners know healthy soil is teeming with life -- not just earthworms and insects, but staggering multitude of bacteria, fungi, and other microorganisms. When we use chemicals, we injure the microbial life that sustains healthy plants, and become dependent on artificial substances, many of them toxic. But there is an alternative to this vicious circle: garden in a way that strengthens, rather than destroys, the soil food web -- the complex world of soil-dwelling organisms whose interactions create a nurturing environment for plants.
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