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Curious why caressing your cucumber plants will help them bear more fruit? Or why you should grow oranges from seed even if the fruit is inedible? Or why trees need to sleep and how to help them?Join acclaimed gardener, scientist, and author Lee Reich on a journey through the delights of your garden in this laugh-out-loud treatise on the scientific wonders of plants and soil. Offering eye-opening insight and practical guidance, coverage includes:How to maximize both flavor and nutrition in your garden bountyHelping plants thrive during droughtOutwitting weeds by understanding their natureMaking the best use of compostTips on pruning and orchard careWhy the dead language of Latin can make you a better gardener.The Ever Curious Gardener is an irreverent romp through the natural science of plants and soil, ideal for newer gardeners moving beyond back-of-the-seed-pack planting to experienced gardeners whose curiosity at the wonders of cultivation grows deeper and stronger with each season.
About the Author
Lee Reich, PhD dove into gardening over 40 years ago, initially with one foot in academia, as an agricultural scientist with the USDA and Cornell University, and one foot in the field, the organic field. He eventually expanded his field to a farmden (more than a garden, less than a farm) and left academia to lecture (garden clubs, master gardener conferences, flower and garden shows, botanical garden symposia, and USDA conferences) , consult, and write. He is the author a number of books and his syndicated column for Associated Press appears bimonthly in newspapers from coast to coast.Lee's farmden has been featured in Martha Stewart Living and The New York Times, and won "Most Beautiful Vegetable Garden" award in Organic Gardening magazine. Besides providing a year 'round supply of fruits and vegetables, the farmden has an educational mission (www.leereich.com/workshops) and is a test site for innovative techniques in soil care, pruning, and food production. Science and an appreciation of natural systems underpin his work.For more about Lee and his work, see www.leereich.com. His weekly blog (www.leereich.com/blog) recounts what's happening on the farmden; for videos, see www.leereich.com/video; for upcoming lectures see www.leereich.com/lectures.
