Sunday, November 11, 2018

The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health by David R. Montgomery and Anne Bikle

A geologist and a biologist buy a house with fixer-upper dirt and learn how to make it fertile. They added tons of coffee grounds, wood chips, leaves, and home-brewed compost tea and it worked over a period of several years. "....by nurturing the microbial life below ground, we can reverse much of the damage caused by the ancient practice of plowing and the modern overuse of pesticides and fertilizers. Microbes maintain our health too.

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