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Inoculation of legumes / by Dobson, S. H.; Lovvorn, R. L.; Woodhouse, W. W.,Jr.(William Walton),1910-1990(CARDINAL)166173; North Carolina State College.Agricultural Extension Service.(CARDINAL)164865;
Subjects: Legumes.; Plant inoculation.; Crops and nitrogen.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Of rice and men [sound recording] : a novel of Vietnam by Galli, Richard.(CARDINAL)659123; Michael, Paul.(CARDINAL)142182;
Read by Paul Michael.Spreading democracy takes more than cutting-edge military hardware. Winning the hearts and minds of a troubled nation is a special mission we give to bewildered young soldiers who can't speak the native language, don't know the customs, can't tell friends from enemies, and in this wonderfully outrageous Iraq-era novel about Vietnam. Wonder why they have to risk their lives spraying peanut plants, inoculating pigs, and hauling miracle rice seed for Ho Chi Minh.
Subjects: War stories.; Audiobooks.; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Americans; Soldiers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Gardening with biochar : supercharge your soil with bioactivated charcoal / by Cox, Jeff,1940-author.(CARDINAL)746619;
Includes bibliographical references and index.What is biochar? -- Making biochar -- Inoculate your biochar -- Using biochar in the garden.Bio-activated charcoal - called biochar - is the new darling of organic gardeners, embraced for its outstanding abilities to enrich the soil and improve plant growth. Gardening with Biochar is the first comprehensive guide to understanding, making, and using it effectively in the home garden. In this highly accessible handbook, long-time garden writer Jeff Cox explains what biochar is and provides detailed instructions for how it can be made from wood or other kinds of plant material, along with specific guidelines for using it to enrich soil, prevent erosion, and enhance plant growth. Now widely available at garden centers, biochar is also being lauded for its ability to sequester carbon in the soil, making it good for the health of the planet as well as the plants.
Subjects: Soil amendments.; Biochar.; Organic gardening.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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Ten drugs : how plants, powders, and pills have shaped the history of medicine / by Hager, Thomas,author.(CARDINAL)755353;
"Beginning with opium, the "joy plant," which has been used for 10,000 years, Hager tells a captivating story of medicine. His subjects include the largely forgotten female pioneer who introduced smallpox inoculation to Britain, the infamous knockout drops, the first antibiotic, which saved countless lives, the first antipsychotic, which helped empty public mental hospitals, Viagra, statins, and the new frontier of monoclonal antibodies. This is a deep, wide-ranging, and wildly entertaining book."--Page [2] of cover.Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-285) and index.
Subjects: Pharmacology; Drugs; Medicine; Pharmaceutical technology; Medication.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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The regenerative grower's guide to garden amendments : using locally sourced materials to make mineral and biological extracts and ferments / by Palmer, Nigel,1958-author.(CARDINAL)839548;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A New Garden Model -- Methods and Strategies -- Sustainable, Regenerative Garden Tools -- Data and Measurements -- Raw Materials -- Amendment Recipes."With recipes for fermented plant juice, nutrient-rich extracts, and IMO using weeds, leaf mold, shells, bones, rock dust, and more Revitalize your garden by making your own biologically diverse inoculants and mineral-rich amendments using leaf mold, weeds, eggshells, bones, and other materials available for little or no cost from local woodlands, fields, restaurants, and markets. Gardener and author Nigel Palmer provides practical, detailed instructions that will be accessible and exciting to every grower who wants to achieve a truly sustainable garden ecosystem, while enjoying better results at a fraction of the cost of commercial fertilizer products. These recipes go beyond fertilizer replacement, resulting in greater soil biological activity and mineral availability while increasing pest and disease resistance, yields, and nutrient density. Recipes range from the very simple-such as using rainwater to extract nutrients from plant residues and using vinegar to extract minerals from bones and shells--to more complex and creative processes for fermenting plant juices and fish and culturing indigenous microorganisms (IMO) to create amendments that supply a broad spectrum of minerals and complex organic compounds. This compact collection of recipes and instructions is inspired by the work of many innovative agricultural pioneers, especially Cho Ju-Young (founder of the Korean Natural Farming method). Palmer supplies extensive data from mineral analysis of amendments he has made using materials from his own garden; this type of detailed data is not available in any other source. The Regenerative Grower's Guide to Garden Amendments also includes a primer on plant-soil interaction, instructions for conducting a soil test and measuring the quality of fruits and vegetables using a refractometer, and guidance on compost, cover cropping, mulching, and other aspects of sustainable gardening"--
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Gardening; Plants; Soil amendments;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 6
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Managing cover crops profitably / by Clark, Andy.(CARDINAL)643124; Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (Program);
Includes bibliographical references and index.Benefits of cover crops -- Selecting the best cover crops for your farm -- Building soil fertility and tilth with cover crops -- Cover crops can stabilize your soil -- How much N? -- Managing pests with cover crops -- Georgia cotton, peanut farmers use cover crops to control pests -- Select covers that balance pests, problems of farm -- Crop rotations with cover crops -- Full-year covers tackle tough weeds -- Cover crops in conservation tillage systems -- After 25 years, improvements keep coming -- Overview of charts -- Chart 1:Top regional cover crop species -- Chart 2: Performance and roles -- Chart 3a: Cultural traits -- Chart 3b: Planting -- Chart 4a: Potential advantages -- Chart 4b: Potential disadvantages-- Cover crop species -- Overview of nonlegume cover crops -- Annual ryegrass -- Barley -- Brassicas and mustards -- Mustard mix manages nematodes in potato/wheat system -- Buckwheat -- Cereal rye -- Rye smothers weeds before soybeans -- Oats -- Oats, rye feed soil in corn/bean rotation -- Sorghum sudangrass -- Summer covers relieve compaction -- Winter wheat -- Wheat boosts income and soil protection -- Wheat offers high-volume weed control too -- Overview of legume cover crops -- Cover crop mixtures expand possibilities. Berseem clover -- Nodulation: match inoculant to maximize N -- Cowpeas -- Cowpeas provide elegant solution to awkward niche -- Crimson clover -- Field peas -- Peas do double duty for Kansas farmer -- Hairy vetch -- Vetch beats plastic -- Cover crop roller design holds promise for no-tillers -- Medics -- Jess counts on George for N and organic matter -- Southern spotted bur.
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Cover crops;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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