Roots
Demystified
Change
Your Gardening Habits
to Help Roots Thrive
by Robert Kourik
Opens
the door to the world beneath your garden’s feet—where
healthy plants begin.
Roots Demystified explains simple solutions for growing healthy
roots and, thereby, healthier plants. The book explores the subterranean
part of every gardener’s world, revealing how roots really
grow while correcting common errors such as where most gardeners
apply water, mulch, and fertilizer or compost. This is the first
and only book in print for gardeners with such an extensive number
of illustrations of garden and orchard roots. The roots covered
underlie lawns, prairies, shrubs, vegetables, fruit trees, and
native and ornamental trees. Practical tips for how a gardener
can use this information to create more abundant vegetables, better
lawns, and sturdier trees and shrubs are offered with each of
the 70 illustrations. Roots Demystified also describes several
ways to garden without turning the soil—no-till and surface
cultivation—a plus for aging baby-boomers.
370
pages
$
25.00
