Good Organic Gardening Books/Literature

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Buddy Hemphill

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I will start with the only book I have...

"Teaming with Microbes"..Its great and a must read, IMHO.

I am looking for a compost tea book...any help would be great.
I figure other folks might aprreciate knowing where to source this valuable info, also.
 
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Dr. Ingham has a Compost Tea Brewing Manual, but in my opinion it's overpriced. Look at the links I posted in the Bountea thread and you should have plenty of info. Let me know if you have trouble finding any info. or have questions.

Oh and Jeff is a great guy. If you ever get the chance to hear him speak live, he's quite a character! :)
 
Seamaiden

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I'm going to get a subscription to Acres, USA magazine. I learned as much in a single introductory issue as I did with my old Martin Moe, Jr. Marine Aquarium Handbook: Basics to Breeder (or whatever that old book was called, it was priceless to me!). I have a whole list of books I want to get that they carry, books on weeds, books on pasture, books on farm animal husbandry, organic farming, soil and soil conditioning, the list is almost endless (and promises to be rather expensive).
 
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UNIT 2 BENEFITS AND SCOPE OF
ORGANIC FARMING
Structure
2.0 Objectives
Introduction
Organic Farming Approaches
2.2.1 Traditional Farming Approach
2.22 Organic Farming Approach
2.2.3 Sustainable Farming Approach
2.2.4 Biodynamic Farming Approach
2.2.5 Natural Farming Approach
2.2.6 Permaculture Approach
2.2.7 LEISA Farming Approach
Benefits of Organic Farming
2.3.1 Economic Benefits
2.3.2 Ecological Benefits
2.3.3 Social Benefits
Scope of Organic Farming
Let Us Sum Up
Key Words
Further References
2.8 Model Answers

This is outlined weird but its got some good information if u find the time.

Another One...
Organic Farming
http://agroguide.weebly.com/uploads/5/0/3/1/5031454/organic_farming.pdf
 
Seamaiden

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I think this is a good place to suggest folks look into Slow Money. It's a new investment strategy that focuses on rebuilding the soil, rather literally, with the ROI being the soil itself instead of just financial.

slowmoney.org

Enough with the talk, I just made a donation.
 
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Seamaiden said:
I think this is a good place to suggest folks look into Slow Money. It's a new investment strategy that focuses on rebuilding the soil, rather literally, with the ROI being the soil itself instead of just financial.

slowmoney.org

Enough with the talk, I just made a donation.
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^^^I like that...count me in too.
 
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For general organic gardening I have found these to be helpful. They are not really cannabis related, though some of the info is certainly applicable:

How to Grow More Vegetables and Fruits (and Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops) Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You Can Imagine by John Jevons.

The New Organic Grower: A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener by Eliot Coleman.
 
Seamaiden

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I have found *the* best and most reliable information keeping away from cannabis-specific reading. The only exception to that, and I still don't own the book, is the Robert Clark book on cannabis. It's nothing to do with organic farming or growing, it's specific and, IIRC it's cited very often as he did good, solid work.
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^^^I like that...count me in too.
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Awesome! <Sea high 5's dex> Community supported agriculture, coming soon to a town near you!

Btw, a friend gave me the Teaming With Microbes book, I've been reading it while exercising. Good stuff, even if... um... well, it was clearly written for the layman. Nothing wrong with that, but I've heard so much about the book that I expected much more. It's a primer, a good primer, much like The Conscientious Aquarist is a good primer.
 
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Disclaimer, I like to support good authors, if I enjoy their book I will buy a hardcopy, hopefully nobody gives me the copyright speech.

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The 3 best Organic Gardening magazines are Organic Gardening, Mother Earth News and Acres, the latter being more for commercial growers with lots of good info though.
 
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Does anyone know of a comprehensive book on soil amending? interested in a list of different soil soil amendments and their various uses.
 
slausongardens

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heres a good link about everything organic and all the soil amendments, its has links that explain all of their purposes from kelp to rock phosphate to alfalfa. awesome thread

http://forum.grasscity.com/organic-growing/650139-organic-higher-learning.html

i took this from the same forum that someone posted, a good list of interesting books. teaming with microbes is the most common one i always hear, i got it, just have to crack it open

Books, Magazines, Online References
Teaming with Microbes - Lowenfels
The Compost Tea Brewing Manual – Elaine Ingham
The Field Guide II to Actively Aerated Compost Tea – Elaine Ingham
Soil Biology Primer- Elaine Ingham
Introduction to Fungal Biology - University of Sidney, Australia Introduction to Fungal Biology
Online Text book of Bacteriology – Kenneth Tobar, PhD
- Online Textbook of Bacteriology
Controlled Microbial Composting and Humus Management: Luebke Compost
The work of Dr. Ehrenfried Pfeiffer (The Pfeiffer Foundation in Spring Valley, NY) who studied under Rudolf Steiner, the father of biodynamic farming.
- Controlled Microbial Composting and Humus Management: (Luebke Compost)
Acres U.S.A, A Voice of Eco Agriculture
- Acres U.S.A. -- A Voice for Eco-Agriculture
Compost Tea Brewing
Soil FoodWeb Soil Foodweb
Earthfort www.earthfort.com/
Keep It Simple – Compost Tea Brewers, Compost Foods Keep It Simple Compost Tea Brewers and Composts
Willamette Organics Willamette Organics
Notes on Compost Tea Notes on Compost Teas
Microbe Organics – Compost Tea Brewer Plans Microbe Organics
Cornell Composting – Compost Microorganisms CORNELL Composting - Compost Microorganisms
Re Elaine Ingham Compost Article:
-http://www.acresusa.com/toolbox/reprints/Dec03_Compost%20Teas.pdf


also follow anything by dr ingham, she seems like the top dog when it comes to this kind of knowledge.
 
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