Author: Lowenfels, Jeff & Lewis, Wayne

Smart gardeners know that soil is anything but an inert substance. Healthy soil teems with life - not just earthworms and insects, but a multitude of fungi and microorganisms. When we use chemical fertilizers, we injure the microbial life that sustains healthy plants and become increasingly dependent on artificial substances, many of them toxic to humans as well as other forms of life. Without technical jargon, the authors offer an alternative: to garden in a way that strengthens, rather than destroys, the soil food web. 196 pp.