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Improving your soil : a practical guide to soil management for the serious home gardener / Keith Reid.

By: Reid, Keith (D. Keith) [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Richmond Hill, Ontario : Firefly Books, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: 272 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 26 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781770852266; 1770852263Subject(s): Garden soils | Soil management | Gardening | Sols de jardin | Sols -- Aménagement | Jardinage | Garden soils | Gardening | Soil managementDDC classification: 635.0489 REID Online resources: Publisher description | Contributor biographical information
Contents:
Seasons of the soil -- Getting started : what type of soil do you have? -- What is soil, and why is it important? -- Different soils, different challenges -- Soil texture : the bones of your soil -- Soil structure : the skeleton of your soil -- Soil water -- Irrigation basics for gardens -- A little bit of soil chemistry -- How soil holds nutrients -- Soil life and soil organic matter -- Harnessing biological cycles for our benefit -- Feeding your plants -- Sustaining the land -- Glossary of soil terms -- Appendix I. Selected laboratories for testing garden soils -- Appendix II. Agricultural and horticultural extension resources -- Appendix III. Chemical symbols and formulas.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Seasons of the soil -- Getting started : what type of soil do you have? -- What is soil, and why is it important? -- Different soils, different challenges -- Soil texture : the bones of your soil -- Soil structure : the skeleton of your soil -- Soil water -- Irrigation basics for gardens -- A little bit of soil chemistry -- How soil holds nutrients -- Soil life and soil organic matter -- Harnessing biological cycles for our benefit -- Feeding your plants -- Sustaining the land -- Glossary of soil terms -- Appendix I. Selected laboratories for testing garden soils -- Appendix II. Agricultural and horticultural extension resources -- Appendix III. Chemical symbols and formulas.

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