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Civilization & the Life of the Soil Part 3

OUT OF THE EARTH CIVILIZATION AND THE LIFE OF THE SOIL DANIEL HILLEL UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS                       1991 PART 3   PART II: THE NATURE OF SOIL AND WATER Chapter 3: The fertile Substrate Chapter 4: The Vital Fluid Chapter 5: The Dynamic Cycle Chapter 6: The Primary Producers Chapter 7: The Tenuous Balance   …

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Civilization and the Life of the Soil Part 2

OUT OF THE EARTH CIVILIZATION AND THE LIFE OF THE SOIL DANIEL HILLEL UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS                       1991 PART 2   Chapter 2: Man’s Role on God’s Earth We live on a unique planet bathed in the light and warmth of a nearby star we call the sun. Alone among the planets revolving around that …

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The Botany of Desire Part 3

THE BOTANY OF DESIRE A PLANT’S-EYE VIEW OF THE WORLD MICHAEL POLLAN BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING    2001/2003 PART 3   Chapter 1: Desire: Sweetness. Plant: The Apple (Cont) William Ellery Jones is a fifty-one-year-old fund-raising consultant and amateur historian with a dream: to establish a Johnny Appleseed heritage Center and Outdoor Theater on a hillside outside Mansfield. …

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The Mulch Book

THE MULCH BOOK A COMPLETE GUIDE FOR GARDENERS STU CAMPBELL STOREY COMMUNICATIONS               1991   Preface, Charlotte, Vermont Fall, 1973 Mulching first began to appeal to me when I realized that it might save me and my family some work. The nicest thing about mulching is that your children may not have to do so much …

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