[Terrapreta] book recommendations for soil science?

[Michael Bailes]

I thing Organic gardening/farming and TP are re-defining soil/earth science.

I'm with you a good book on the subject would be good but I don't think it
exists.

At first we had NPK
Just add those, and things were fine.

Then we had NPK + micro nutrients (boron etc)

Now we have an infinitely more complex picture.
Soil micro flora, fauna, temperature, charcoal, water etc etc
There is a whole world under our feet: very little explored.

This is a copy of a post by Erich on
http://forums.hypography.com/terra-preta/10703-wee-beasties-other-critters-tp-5.html?highlight=book#post201196

New Soils Book;

Nardi, a scientist at the University of Illinois, writes in his newly
published book, "Life in the Soil," that a square meter of healthy garden
soil is home to 10 trillion bacteria, 10 billion protozoa, 5 million
nematodes, 100,000 mites, 50,000 springtails, 10,000 creatures called
rotifers and tardigrades, 5,000 insects and arachnids, 3,000 worms and 100
snails and slugs. Throw in the occasional mammal such as a chipmunk or a
mole, and a salamander or two, and you get the idea that you don't have to
travel to the Brazilian rain forest to luxuriate in the biodiversity at our
feet.

washingtonpost.com - nation, world, technology and Washington area news and
headlines <http://washingtonpost.com/>





There was a Popular Canadian book published last year on all this but I am
sorry I can't remeber its title.

You may be best researching the web as this area is changing so fast.
Especially now with the new interest in bacteria and Global Warming
Good Luck
Let us know what you find
MA


On 07/03/2008, Frank Teuton <fteuton at videotron.ca> wrote:
>
>
> http://www.amazon.ca/Nature-Properties-Soils-Nyle-Brady/dp/013227938X/ref=dp_return_1?ie=UTF8&n=916520&s=books
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jim mason" <jimmason at whatiamupto.com>
> To: "Terra Preta" <terrapreta at bioenergylists.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 2:54 PM
> Subject: [Terrapreta] book recommendations for soil science?
>
>
> > what book(s) would the collected here recommend to the newly
> > interested in soil science?  i came to this from the energy side, not
> > the soils side, and now realize the biology of soils to be equally or
> > more important.  i'm at the point i need a good textbook or compendium
> > to help with a proper foundation here.  not a popular treatment.
> > rather a book highly valued in the field and often used to give
> > students a base.
> >
> > this rec just came across the list.  is this mostly reference data and
> > little description?  or a good mix of both?  can those in the know
> > recommend this or other sources?  i would be most apreciated.
> >
> > thank you.
> >
> > jim
> >
> >
> > Handbook of Soil Science By Malcolm E. Sumner
> > "The Handbook of Soil Science provides a resource rich in data that
> > gives professional soil scientists, agronomists, engineers,
> > ecologists, biologists, naturalists, and their students a handy
> > reference about the discipline of soil science. This handbook serves
> > professionals seeking specific, factual reference information. Each
> > subsection includes a description of concepts and theories;
> > definitions; approaches; methodologies and procedures; tabular data;
> > figures; and extensive references."
>
> > jim m


Michael the Archangel

"You can fix all the world's problems in a garden. . . .
Most people don't know that"
FROM
http://www.blog.thesietch.org/wp-content/permaculture.swf
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: /attachments/20080307/3e64dfa0/attachment.html