Jeff Lowenfels – Author Of Teaming With Microbes: Practical Tips On How To Grow The Healthiest Food Ever

[include file=get-in-itunes.html]Jeff Lowenfels author of Teaming with Microbes talks with us today about how to compost and how to build soil health for your at home gardens. If you're looking to grow some of your own food in these uncertain times, this show will really interest you. He lives in Alaska and writes a weekly column about how to grow the most amazing fruits and vegetables. After you listen, comment below and tell us what you think! We discuss the following and so much more: * How to compost * The importance of compost tea * Using rock dust to remineralize the soils * How critical it is to have lots of micro organisms in your soils * Why you should never till your garden soil and the damaging effects that has * And so much more! Have you started growing your own food yet? What's stopping you? - Click to tweet this! - Get Notified:[ois skin="Show Page2"] - Please Subscribe: Subscribe To Our Radio Show For Updates! - Other Shows:[include file=show-links.html] | All Shows With This Guest - Show Date:Friday 11/23/2012 - Show Guest:Jeff Lowenfels - Guest Info:Smart gardeners know that soil is anything but an inert substance. Healthy soil is teeming with life – not just earthworms and insects, but a staggering multitude of bacteria, fungi, and other microorganisms. When we use chemical fertilizers, we injure the microbial life that sustains healthy plants and become increasingly dependent on an arsenal of artificial, often toxic, substances. But there is an alternative to this vicious cycle. We can garden in a way that strengthens the soil food web – the complex world of soil-dwelling organisms whose interactions create a nurturing environment for plants. Read More... Teaming with Microbes extols the benefits of cultivating the soil food web. First, it clearly explains the activities and organisms that make up the web. Next, it explains how gardeners can cultivate the life of the soil through the use of compost, mulches, and compost tea. The revised edition updates the original text and includes two completely new chapters – on mycorrhizae (beneficial associations fungi form with green-leaved plants) and archaea (single-celled organisms once thought to be allied to bacteria). - Topic:Soil & Gardening - Guest Website(s): http://teamingwithmicrobes.com/ (Guest Social Links Below. Please Follow Them!) Facebook http://www.facebook.com/jeff.lowenfels Twitter https://twitter.