Teaming with Microbes: A Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web
"All good gardeners know healthy plants start with healthy soil. But why? And how? InTeaming with MicrobesLowenfels and Lewis reveal the new research in the most practical and accessible way." Kym Pokorny,The Oregonian(Anchorage Daily News)"For years, we've thought of the 'food chains' in our environment. Lowenfels and Lewis explain an even more wonderful idea: the 'soil food web.' ReadTeaming with Microbesand keep it or give it to the library so others may learn of this astounding way to grow vegetables, trees, lawns."(Detroit News)"Sure, it's a gardening book, but it has all the drama and suspense of an extraterrestrial thriller.... Read this book and you'll never look at soil the same way."(B & B Magazine)"[This book] is a must read for any gardener looking to create a sustainable, healthy garden without chemicals."(Virginian-Pilot)“It is exciting that the revelations herein are the tip of the iceberg in the complex, microscopic world of our soil that will unfold in the coming decades.”(The Oregonian)"It takes readers underground to meet the critters that live if you let them under the garden."(Rockland Courier-Gazette)"All good gardeners know healthy plants start with healthy soil. But why? And how? InTeaming with MicrobesLowenfels and Lewis reveal the new research in the most practical and accessible way." (Anchorage Daily News)"For years, we've thought of the 'food chains' in our environment. Lowenfels and Lewis explain an even more wonderful idea: the 'soil food web.' ReadTeaming with Microbesand keep it or give it to the library so others may learn of this astounding way to grow vegetables, trees, lawns."(Washington Gardener)"Read this book and you'll never think of soil the same way."(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)"The authors have given gardeners an inside scoop on the scientific research supporting organic gardening."(Pacific Horticulture)"This book has all the best dirt on all the best dirt. It...explains the basics of good soil practices, and it's written especially for home gardeners.(Nature's Way Resources)"This is sure to gain that well-thumbed look than any good garden book acquires as it is referred to repeatedly over the years."(Detroit News)"This is the most complete book on the market about biological or organic methods in horticulture...highly recommended for all gardeners, landscapers, or anyone taking care of a lawn or garden."(DrWeil.com News)"[This book] is a must read for any gardener looking to create a sustainable, healthy garden without chemicals."(Florida Survival Gardening)“If you want to get a good understanding of how soils really work, and learn how to really feed your soil (and thus, your plants), there is a great book that explains it all very well, and also explains how to make really good compost and compost tea. It is concise and uses nonscientific terminology. The book is Teaming With Microbes; A Gardener's Guide To The Soil Food Web by Jeff Lowenfels and Wayne Lewis.”“The information in this book is eye-opening and consistently entertaining.”“This very well illustrated hardback is a scientific view of many different kinds of soil microbes which include bacteria, fungi, algae, protozoa, nematodes and many others.”