| Gardening with Biochar: Supercharge Your Soil with Bioactivated Charcoal: Grow Healthier Plants, Create Nutrient-Rich Soil, and Increase Your Contributor(s): Cox, Jeff (Author) |
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ISBN: 1612129552 ISBN-13: 9781612129556 Publisher: Storey Publishing OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Gardening | Organic - Gardening | Vegetables - Gardening | Techniques |
| Dewey: 635.048 |
| LCCN: 2018030472 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.8" W x 8.9" (0.70 lbs) 128 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Bioactivated 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cox, Jeff: - Jeff Cox is the author of 21 books on food, wine, and gardening, including Gardening with Biochar, From Vines to Wines, and Cellaring Wine. He was the managing editor of Organic Gardening for many years, and currently serves as a contributing editor to The Tasting Panel, SOMM Journal, Clever Root, and Horticulture magazines, and writes a monthly garden feature for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat. He has been the host of the PBS television series Your Organic Garden and Grow It! on HGTV. Cox lives in Sonoma County in California. |