Author: Alvin Silverstein
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486320227
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Grade-schoolers learn how ants, snails, slugs, beetles, earthworms, spiders, and other subterranean creatures live, breed, interact, move about, defend themselves, and more.
Life in a Bucket of Soil
Author: Alvin Silverstein
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486320227
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Grade-schoolers learn how ants, snails, slugs, beetles, earthworms, spiders, and other subterranean creatures live, breed, interact, move about, defend themselves, and more.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486320227
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Grade-schoolers learn how ants, snails, slugs, beetles, earthworms, spiders, and other subterranean creatures live, breed, interact, move about, defend themselves, and more.
Micro Life in Soil
Author: Natalie Hyde
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
ISBN: 077879122X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Young readers will be astounded by the tiny organisms that live in soil, their ecological roles, and how they adapt to living there. Children will learn the value of even the smallest bacteria and be amazed by the impact that soil degradation has on an entire ecosystem.
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
ISBN: 077879122X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Young readers will be astounded by the tiny organisms that live in soil, their ecological roles, and how they adapt to living there. Children will learn the value of even the smallest bacteria and be amazed by the impact that soil degradation has on an entire ecosystem.
Grow Your Soil!
Author: Diane Miessler
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1635862078
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Growing awareness of the importance of soil health means that microbes are on the minds of even the most casual gardeners. After all, anyone who has ever attempted to plant a thriving patch of flowers or vegetables knows that what you grow is only as good as the soil you grow it in. It is possible to create and maintain rich, dark, crumbly soil that’s teeming with life, using very few inputs and a no-till, no-fertilizer approach. Certified permaculture designer and lifelong gardener Diane Miessler presents the science of soil health in an engaging, entertaining voice geared for the backyard grower. She shares the techniques she has used — including cover crops, constant mulching, and a simple-but-supercharged recipe for compost tea — to transform her own landscape from a roadside dump for broken asphalt to a garden that stops traffic, starting from the ground up.
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1635862078
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Growing awareness of the importance of soil health means that microbes are on the minds of even the most casual gardeners. After all, anyone who has ever attempted to plant a thriving patch of flowers or vegetables knows that what you grow is only as good as the soil you grow it in. It is possible to create and maintain rich, dark, crumbly soil that’s teeming with life, using very few inputs and a no-till, no-fertilizer approach. Certified permaculture designer and lifelong gardener Diane Miessler presents the science of soil health in an engaging, entertaining voice geared for the backyard grower. She shares the techniques she has used — including cover crops, constant mulching, and a simple-but-supercharged recipe for compost tea — to transform her own landscape from a roadside dump for broken asphalt to a garden that stops traffic, starting from the ground up.
Secrets of the Soil
Author: Peter Tompkins
Publisher: books catalog
ISBN: 9788129105639
Category : Agricultural ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
This book,a fascinating companion to The Secret Life of Plants by the same authors, tells the story of the innovative, nontraditional, often surprising things that certain scientists, farmers, and mystics are doing to prevent the slow degradation of our planet. For example, using the techniques of Rudolf Steiner s biodynamic agriculture with its reliance on ethereal forces from the planets,Dan Carlson s growth stimulating Sonic Bloom, and rock dust fertilizer to revitalize depleted soils; or gardening with the help of truly amazing new technologies to reverse serious agricultural problems.The authors illustrate,in a truly enlightening and convincing manner, the pivotal role that the natural elements play in ourlives, and the necessity of cultivating and sustaining a relationship with one most basic of them the soil.
Publisher: books catalog
ISBN: 9788129105639
Category : Agricultural ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
This book,a fascinating companion to The Secret Life of Plants by the same authors, tells the story of the innovative, nontraditional, often surprising things that certain scientists, farmers, and mystics are doing to prevent the slow degradation of our planet. For example, using the techniques of Rudolf Steiner s biodynamic agriculture with its reliance on ethereal forces from the planets,Dan Carlson s growth stimulating Sonic Bloom, and rock dust fertilizer to revitalize depleted soils; or gardening with the help of truly amazing new technologies to reverse serious agricultural problems.The authors illustrate,in a truly enlightening and convincing manner, the pivotal role that the natural elements play in ourlives, and the necessity of cultivating and sustaining a relationship with one most basic of them the soil.
Looking Into Soil
Author: Emma Huddleston
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781503835207
Category : Soil science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Explore soil's layers from the nutrient-rich topsoil to the rocky base. Learn about the cycle of life and decay, soil's organic and inorganic materials, and the ways soil supports life on Earth. Additional features include a diagram labeling each of the layers, Fast Facts, a phonetic glossary, an index, an introduction to the author, and further sources for learning.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781503835207
Category : Soil science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Explore soil's layers from the nutrient-rich topsoil to the rocky base. Learn about the cycle of life and decay, soil's organic and inorganic materials, and the ways soil supports life on Earth. Additional features include a diagram labeling each of the layers, Fast Facts, a phonetic glossary, an index, an introduction to the author, and further sources for learning.
From Garbage to Compost
Author: Lisa Owings
Publisher: Lerner Classroom
ISBN: 1512412996
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
"How does garbage become useful compost? Follow each step--from garbage to compost--in this book!"--
Publisher: Lerner Classroom
ISBN: 1512412996
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
"How does garbage become useful compost? Follow each step--from garbage to compost--in this book!"--
Dig In! Learn about Dirt
Author: Pamela Hall
Publisher: Child's World
ISBN: 9781602535077
Category : Soils
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Discusses the science of dirt, discussing where it is found, what it is made from, how it forms, and how it is used.
Publisher: Child's World
ISBN: 9781602535077
Category : Soils
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Discusses the science of dirt, discussing where it is found, what it is made from, how it forms, and how it is used.
Discover Dirt
Author: Pamela Hall
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781626873018
Category : Soil ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Scoop up some dirt. It's made of many things. What are dirt's ingredients? How is it made? What happens inside it? This simple, colorful book will make kids think differently about the dirt beneath their feet.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781626873018
Category : Soil ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Scoop up some dirt. It's made of many things. What are dirt's ingredients? How is it made? What happens inside it? This simple, colorful book will make kids think differently about the dirt beneath their feet.
Soil and Sacrament
Author: Fred Bahnson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451663307
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Recounts the author's experiences founding a faith-based community garden in rural North Carolina, and emphasizes how growing one's own food can help readers reconnect with the land and divine faith.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451663307
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Recounts the author's experiences founding a faith-based community garden in rural North Carolina, and emphasizes how growing one's own food can help readers reconnect with the land and divine faith.
Life in a Bucket of Soil
Author: Alvin Silverstein
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486410579
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Describes the various animals that live within the soil under our feet, including earthworms, roundworms, snails, mites, beetles, and ants.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486410579
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Describes the various animals that live within the soil under our feet, including earthworms, roundworms, snails, mites, beetles, and ants.