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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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The biochar handbook : a practical guide to making and using bioactivated charcoal / by Wilson, Kelpie,1956-Author(DLC)n 2005060406;
Includes bibliographical references and indexWith extensive research, real-world examples, and hands-on applications, this go-to guide offers a comprehensive look at the principles and practices of biochar--and all of its world-changing uses. Like many human discoveries, biochar has likely been invented, lost, and reinvented multiple times. It can be found in the rich terra preta soils of the Amazon and in the ancient 'dark earths' dotting Africa, Asia, and Europe. However, biochar isn't just an archeological curiosity. In The Biochar Handbook, author Kelpie Wilson argues that the simple process of burning organic material in a low-oxygen, low-emission environment could be one of the most powerful tools we have to restore degraded soils and reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. In accessible and authoritative prose, Wilson demonstrates that biochar is a low-tech but effective means of reducing wildfire risks, restoring soil carbon, managing manure, weaning farms off of toxic inputs, and producing the best compost ever made. Whether you're a gardener, homesteader, rancher, commercial farmer, permaculturalist, or forest manager, this book will show you how to put biochar to work, making you and your community more resilient as a result.
Subjects: Biochar.; Soil amendments.; Ashes as fertilizer.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Essential elements and soil amendments for plants : sources and use for agriculture / by Severson, R. C.(Ronald Charles),1945-(CARDINAL)285196; Shacklette, Hansford T.(CARDINAL)269285; Geological Survey (U.S.)(CARDINAL)154385;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 41-42).
Subjects: Crops and soils.; Crops; Soil chemistry.; Geochemistry.; Fertilizers.; Soil amendments.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The biochar solution : carbon farming and climate change / by Bates, Albert K.,1947-(CARDINAL)198910;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-204) and index.
Subjects: Agriculture; Carbon sequestration.; Charcoal.; Soil amendments.;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Some potential changes induced by liming suspensions of a peat soil / by Willis, L. G.(Luther George),1886-; North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station.(CARDINAL)164543;
Bibliography: 15-16.
Subjects: Peat soils; Liming of soils; Soil amendments;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Influence of crop rotation and soil treatments upon the yield of crops on Porter's loam soils / by Williams, Carrington Bonsor,1889-1981.(CARDINAL)133197; Rankin, W. Howard(William Howard),1888-(CARDINAL)269673; Clapp, S. C.; North Carolina.Department of Agriculture.(CARDINAL)154217; North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station.(CARDINAL)164543;
Subjects: Crop rotation; Crops and soils; Soil amendments;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Using municipal solid waste compost / by Shelton, James E.; North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service.(CARDINAL)217218;
Subjects: Compost; Refuse and refuse disposal; Soil amendments;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Composting for the absolute beginner : how to improve your soil for better organic gardening / by Cummings, Dede,author.(CARDINAL)501074; Wilfong, Cheryl,writer of foreword.;
Includes bibliographical references (page 157) and index.The what and why of composting -- Composting 101 -- Containers -- Caring for your compost -- How the science works -- Composting is easy -- Using your compost -- Some questions answered -- Success stories -- Reflection.A comprehensive guide to composting discusses what can be composted, how to balance a bin's contents for optimum decomposition, vermicomposting, and how and when to use compost in a garden.
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Compost; Organic fertilizers; Organic gardening; Soil amendments;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 13
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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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Extension of agricultural conservation program. May 12, 1952. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed. by United States.Congress.House.Committee on Agriculture.(CARDINAL)160694; Cooley, Harold D.(Harold Dunbar),1897-1974.;
Subjects: Legislative materials.; Conservation of natural resources.; Agricultural subsidies.; Grants-in-aid.; Legislative amendments.; Soils.;
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