The Biological Farmer: A Complete Guide to the Sustainable & Profitable Biological System of Farming by Gary Zimmer.
This book is a must-have with well over 500 pages on soil chemistry, Cation Exchange Capacity, biochemistry, and soil critters. It doesn't matter if you are working at a "broad-acre" scale or are simply trying to improve your backyard vegetable garden. Everything you never knew about soil collides with everything you don't understand about the things that make it are in this tome.
This book needs to be in your bookcase because you will refer to it over and over again as questions about the structure and function of the soil that feeds you, keeps you healthy, and provides beauty all around you inevitably arise.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06X9V84QD
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Oh, I own it. It’s thicker than it looks.
If you guys want to read the #Permaculture book that started the entire thing for free then this is your chance.
Bill Molison (dec.) along with David Holmgren (dec.) built what would become known as "Permaculture" and this book is the tome in which all of the initial designs were laid down.
I paid well over $100 for my brand new hardback edition but the design science that is Permaculture is just too important to not learn for free if you can't afford that.
Consider donating to your local/nearest permaculture concern to at least pay homage to Bill and David if you decide to read this book.
Peace, Love, and Pura Vida to all the nostriches that understand what high quality soil is and the potentially infinite abundance that can be teased from it.
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