A Soil Owner's Manual

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A Soil Owner's Manual: How to Restore and Maintain Soil Health by Jon Stika

A book that is short but jam-packed with the basics of soil function and structure as well as a plan to ameliorate degraded and destroyed soils. A must-have in your library.

"The problem lies in that most people do not know what a healthy soil looks or acts like, nor what makes it healthy or unhealthy."

"The five main functions of soil are: maintaining biodiversity and productivity, partitioning water and solute flow, filtering and buffering, nutrient cycling, and structural support."

"There are three main classes of soil properties; physical, chemical, and biological."

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What is No till farming?

Any method of planting/seeding that doesn't require overturning soil beforehand.

Cool. Perfect for my growing collection. Thanks for the heads up!

This is all nice and utopian but reality is the Bolsheviks won't ever allow the Kulaks to own their means of production.

Some good reviews over at the permies.com wiki: https://permies.com/wiki/118775/Soil-Owner-Manual-Restore-Maintain