A soil owner's manual : how to restore and maintain soil health / Jon Stika.

There are many books that have been written about how to manipulate, amend, and control the soil to enable high-yield crop production. This is not one of those books. This book will empower you to restore the capacity of your soil to function to produce crops while reducing your dependency on expens...

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Main Author: Stika, Jon (Author)
Language:English
Published: [United States] : Jon Stika, [2016]
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Physical Description:xvii, 88 pages ; 22 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a Introduction -- What is soil health and why should I care? -- What's wrong with my soil the way it is? -- How is healthy soil supposed to function? -- Biology of the soil -- How do I restore the health of my soil? -- Goals and tools -- How will I know if my soil health is improving? 
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