In Dirt to Soil Gabe Brown tells the story of that amazing journey and offers a wealth of innovative solutions to restoring the soil by laying out and explaining his "five principles of soil health," which are: Limited Disturbance Armor ...

Perfect for fans of Wilding by Isabella Tree. What we do to the soil, we do to ourselves. Soil is the unlikely story of our most maligned resource as swashbuckling hero. A saga of bombs, ice ages and civilisations falling.

It should be emphasized though that the volume is not a dictionary but represents a compendium of knowledge.

A basic and applied textbook, ideal for students.

11th edition. Incorporates all changes approved since publication of the tenth edition in 2006. Provides the taxonomic keys necessary for the classification of soils in a form that can be used easily in the field.

This is the second edition of a book first published in 1989 and now thoroughly rewritten to focus on soil ecology and environmental issues.

Certified permaculture designer and lifelong gardener Diane Miessler presents the science of soil health in an engaging, entertaining voice geared for the backyard grower.

This book will be useful to students and research workers in environmental sciences, hydrology, agriculture, soil science, and civil engineering.

A database is included with the book, presenting tabular data for 34 sites in North America. Soil Organic Matter in Temperate Agroecosystems discusses all of these issues and more, answering such questions as:

As the author states in his Preface, this book is written at a time when scientific and lay communities recognize that knowledge of environmental chemistry is fundamental in understanding and predicting the fate of pollutants in soils and ...