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The Ecological Farm - A Minimalist No-Till, No-Spray, Selective-Weeding, Grow-Your-Own-Fertilizer System for Organic Agriculture (Paperback)
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The Ecological Farm - A Minimalist No-Till, No-Spray, Selective-Weeding, Grow-Your-Own-Fertilizer System for Organic Agriculture (Paperback)
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The Ecological Farm is a breakthrough resource for ecological fruit
and vegetable growers at every scale who want to go beyond organic.
Through a unique ecosystem-balancing approach focusing on reduced
tillage, minimising farm and garden inputs and pest control,
you’ll learn how to build higher soil quality and fertility by
using fewer harmful inputs. Â Farmer, consultant, and
educator Helen Atthowe (along with her late husband, Carl Rosato)
have decades of farming experience which is shared in this
essential book. They guide readers on how to reduce or eliminate
the use of outside inputs of fertiliser or pesticides – even
those that are commonly used on certified organic orchards and
market gardens. With clear, easy to action language and colour
photography, charts, and graphs throughout, The Ecological Farm
emphasizes the importance of managing the details of an entire
growing system over the full life of an enterprise. The Ecological
Farm features a crop-by-crop guide to growing more than 25 of the
most popular and profitable vegetables and fruits, including
specific management advice for dealing with pests and diseases.
You’ll also learn how to: design a system that establishes a
year-round root-in-soil system for microbial health strengthen the
“immune system” of a farm or garden supply crop needs using
only on-farm inputs such as cover crops and living mulch maximise
the presence of beneficial insects and microbes minimise ecological
impact in dealing with insect pest and disease problems The
Ecological Farm makes complex, sometimes messy, ecological
concepts and practices understandable to all growers, and makes
healthy farming, in which nature is invited to participate,
possible.
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