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Title: A True Gardening Classic
Review: Obsessive weeding is not only unnecessary, but counter-productive. Every gardener and turf manager needs to understand the positive as well as negative role of weeds in horticulture. Cocannouer's book is a true gardening classic, too long out of print, and too little-known. This book will change the way you look at weeds forever.Weeds tend to balance soil deficiencies or surplusses, break up dense soils, provide soil organic matter, regulate soil moisture, contribute to biodiversity, and often provide habitat for beneficial organisms. Identifying the weeds in a given plot provides valuable clues to soil conditions once the preferences of a particular plant are understood. For example, lambs quarters grow in nitrogen-rich disturbed soils. If they appear after incorporating manure, it doesn't necessarily mean the seed was contained in the manure, but that your application has been a success.You can read this book online at the Holistic Agriculture Library.
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