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Summary
Author Biography
Table of Contents
Beauty, Magic & Tomatoes: Why I Garden, and How the Soil Food Web Helps
10 Suggestions for Creating Healthy, Living Soil
Making Soil: Building a "House"
1 The Skinny on Soil: What Makes Soil Good & How Does It Get That Way?
What Is Soil?
What Makes Good Soil Good?
What Good Is Good Soil?
2 Building a House: Start with the Roof (Mulch & Cover Crops)
Mulch
Cover Crops
3 Build the Walls: Organic Matter & the Soil Food Web That Sticks It Together
Soil Organic Matter
The Soil Food Web: A Gardener's Best Friend
Biodiversity 101: Microbes
Biodiversity 102: Algae, Bugs, Worms, and More
4 Install Ventilation, Plumbing & a Nice Pantry: No-Till Growing, Paths & CEC
Step Away from the Rototiller!
Make Paths
What Is CEC?
How to Increase CEC
5 Feed the Inhabitants: Photosynthesis, Minerals & Soil Testing
Photosynthesis: Empty but Necessary Calories
Macronutrients & Micronutrients
To Test or Not to Test
6 Compost and Compost Tea: It's Not Rocket Science
Benefits and Tools
Is It Compost or Is It Mulch?
How to Build a Compost Pile
Maintaining a Compost Pile: It Needs Your Love
When Is It Done?
Growing Pains
Fungally or Bacterially Dominated?
Worm Bins
Frequently Asked Questions, Answered
Compost Tea for a Non-Rocket Scientist with a Bucket
7 Where Do I Start? Building a Garden That Feeds Itself
Step 1: Pick a Spot
Step 2: Get Water to It
Step 3: Decide where You'll Walk
Step 4: Soften the Soil
Step 5: Pull Stuff Up, Throw Stuff Down
Step 6: Mulch
Step 7: Plant Stuff
8 Housework & Home Repairs: How Not to Make Your Neighbors Hate You
Maintenance = Mulch
Putter, Don't Work
Glossary
Bibliography
Metric Conversions
Index
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