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Grow twice the fruits and vegetables in half the space on the farm, in the backyard, or in your window!. Have you noticed the extraordinary flavors and yields emanating from even a small garden when the soil is just right? If youve ever been envious of your neighbors dirt or just curious about homesteading, then The Ultimate Guide to Soil is perfect for you.. The book begins with a personality test for your soil, then uses that information to plan a course of action for revitalizing poor soil and turning good dirt into great earth. Next, youll learn to start and maintain a no-till garden, to balance nutrients with remineralization, and to boost organic matter with easy cover crops.. Dont forget the encyclopedic overview of organic soil amendments at the end. Old standbys like manures and mulches are explained in depth along with less common additions such as bokashi compost and castings from worms and black soldier fly larvae. Learn when hugelkultur, biochar, paper, and cardboard do and dont match your garden needs, then read about when and how to safely use urine and humanure around edible plantings.. With an emphasis on simple techniques suitable for the backyard gardener, The Ultimate Guide to Soil gives you the real dirt on good soil. Maybe next year your neighbor will be envious of you!
About the Author
Anna Hess is a homesteader, writer, and blogger whose first paperback, The Weekend Homesteader, helped thousands of homesteaders-to-be find ways to fit their dreams into the hours leftover from a full-time job. Her complete works include:Homesteading:The Weekend Homesteader (available as a paperback, complete ebook, or monthly ebooks) Trailersteading (available as a paperback and as an ebook) Growing into a Farm (ebook only) Microbusiness Independence (ebook only) Low-Cost Sunroom (ebook only) $10 Root Cellar (ebook only) Gardening:Homegrown Humus (available as a paperback and as an ebook) Bug-Free Organic Gardening (available as a paperback and as an ebook, formerly titled "The Naturally Bug-Free Garden") The Ultimate Guide to Soil (available as a paperback, complete ebook, or in four sections as "Personality Tests for Your Soil," "Small-Scale No-Till Gardening Basics," "Balancing Soil Nutrients and Acidity," and "Soil Amendments for the Organic Garden") Chickens:The Working Chicken (FREE ebook!) Incubation Handbook (ebook only) Pasture Basics (ebook only) Thrifty Chicken Breeds (ebook only) Eating the Working Chicken (ebook only) Or dive into a wealth of free information at www.WaldenEffect.org.
