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Healthy Soils for Sustainable Gardens
Brooklyn Botanic Garden All-Region Guides
Soil Resources
Use the links below to find these recommended resources for sale at shop.bbg.org or on Amazon.com.
The Nature and Properties of Soils
Nyle C. Brady and Ray R. Weil
Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2008
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Soil Site
soils.usda.gov
Alternative Soil-Testing Labs
(organic fertilizer recommendations, soil food web evaluations, and more) attra.org/attra-pub/soil-lab.html
Urban Composting
bbg.org/composting
Cornell University Composting
compost.css.cornell.edu/Composting_Homepage.html
Urban Soils: Applications and Practices
Philip J. Craul John Wiley & Sons, 1999
USDA NRCS Urban Soils Site (see especially Urban Soil Primer)
soils.usda.gov/use/urban/
Improving the Soil
Erin Hynes Rodale Press, 1994
Start with the Soil
Grace Gershuny Rodale Press, 1993
Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations
David R. Montgomery University of California Press, 2007
Great Lakes Worm Watch (forest ecology and worms)
www.nrri.umn.edu/worms/
The Soil and Water Conservation Society
www.swcs.org
BLM National Science and Technology Center (soil biological communities) www.blm.gov/nstc/soil/
Life in the Soil: A Guide for Naturalists and Gardeners
James B. Nardi University of Chicago Press, 2007
Soil Foodweb, Inc soilfoodweb.com
Teaming with Microbes: A Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web
Jeff Lowenfels and Wayne Lewis Timber Press, 2006
USDA NRCS Soil Biology Primer
soils.usda.gov/sqi/concepts/soil_biology/biology.html
Organic Gardening: The Natural No-Dig Way
Charles Dowding Green Books, 2007
Perfect Plant, Perfect Place
Roy Lancaster DK Publishing, 2002
Right Plant, Right Place
Nicola Ferguson Fireside, 2005
Trees in the Urban Landscape: Site Assessment, Design, and Installation Peter J. Trowbridge and Nina L. Bassuk John Wiley & Sons, 2004
Easy Compost, 2001
Natural Disease Control, 2000
Natural Insect Control, 1994
To read excerpts from these and other titles, visit bbg.org/handbooks.
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