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Healthy Soil Handbook
Earthworms, Compost, Mulch and More…
An Earth Garden Publication
Healthy soil produces strong plants and strong
plants resist pests and disease. In this book,
you are introduced to the productive veggie
patches of successful organic gardeners. Learn
their secrets of making soil healthy and
nutrient-rich so you can produce bountiful
harvests with minimum water and minimum effort.
Covers many different methods of composting,
worms, chooks as part of garden bed rotations
and incorporation of mulches, mulch and no dig
methods, green manure and soil analysis.
80pp
BH112 $20.00
Teaming with Microbes: A
Gardener’s Guide to the Soil Food Web
Jeff Lowerfels and Wayne Lewis 2006 (USA) Foreword by Elaine Ingham
Smart gardeners know that soil is anything but an
inert substance. Healthy soil is teeming with life
– not just earthworms and insects, but a
staggering multitude of bacteria, fungi and other
microorganisms. The term ‘soil food web’ refers to
the interactions of these organisms. Discover how
to create rich, living soil – by nurturing the
soil food web rather than damaging it. BT108 $45.00
Organic
Growing with Worms: A Handbook for a Better
Environment
David Murphy 2005
An expert in worms
and organic waste, David Murphy writes from
experience in his own entertaining style. His book
will help you to cultivate worms to your advantage
– in your backyard or on your farm, or as a
commercial worm grower, a waste manager or a
conservationist. It covers introducing worms to
your soil; creating an instant garden bed;
recycling household waste; building your own worm
farm; setting up a waste management system. 246 pp
BO105 $35.00
Biodynamic Growing
Guide
Brian Keats and
Stefan Mager
This is an A4
sized, three fold, glossy cardboard guide to
biodynamics, beautifully illustrated and written
by experienced Australian practitioners. It makes
biodynamics understandable in a straightforward,
interactive way.
Jackie French 1995
A must for every organic gardener, as it
de-mystifies green manures, compost, mulching,
organic fertilisers and provides hundreds of
strategies for restoring health to the soil. 184
pp
BS101 $19.00
Grasp
the Nettle
Peter Proctor
(NZ) 1997
This book aims to assist farmers and gardeners to
apply biodynamics by observing the processes of
life and growth. Full of practical observations
and techniques, conversion strategies and
explanation of the preparations. 176 pp
BG105 $40.00
Organic
Guide to Composting
Jack Allan 1999
All you need to know to turn organic waste
materials into rich valuable compost.
Good introduction to common materials, methods,
additives and balancing the N:P:K and how best
to use it. 46 pp
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