Fertility Farming scale_10_Garden Historic 1900 reprint

Historic 1900 reprint

this farm will serve as an educational hub for BIPOC farmers in his region

and organic matter in soil composition

This valuable collection of essays reveals the insights of a brilliant soil scientist who was ahead of his time

Fertility Farming scale_10_Garden Historic 1900 reprintFertility Farming explores an approach to farming that makes minimal use of plowing, eschews chemical fertilizers and pesticides, and encourages cover cropping and manure application. Turner holds that the foundation of the effectiveness of a fertile soil and the measure of a fertile soil is its content of organic matter, ultimately, its humus. Upon a basis of humus, nature builds a complete structure of healthy life without need for disease control