{"product_id":"natural-farming-a-practical-guide-9781920769192","title":"Natural Farming: A Practical Guide","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNatural Farming\u003c\/i\u003e carries a simple but widely overlooked message: healthy soil makes healthy plants, which in turn makes healthy animals and healthy people. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book explores the consequences in the soil of applications of superphosphate and other artificial fertilizers over decades and explains soil chemistry in terms that every farmer can understand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt describes the exact role of each mineral and vitamin, both in the soil and in the body. It explains how to prevent expensive disease outbreaks and minimize the use of costly artificial sprays and fertilizers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe prescriptions are simple and can be applied to any farming enterprise market gardens, orchards, broadacre crops, and pastures to restore the natural balance and fertility of the land, improve soil health, and increase productivity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is enlivened with accounts of spectacular successes in regenerating degraded land and curing animals that, in many cases, had been given up for dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNatural Farming\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential handbook for any farmer, with detailed information on:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e understanding a soil analysis; \u003c\/i\u003e establishment and management of pasture; \u003ci\u003e treatment of compacted soil and erosion; \u003c\/i\u003e alternatives to artificial fertilisers, herbicides, and pesticides; \u003ci\u003e the significance of weeds; \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ci\u003e strategies for drought; \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ediagnosis of diseases and deficiencies in stock; \u003ci\u003e remedies for common diseases, including Johne's disease and immune-system disorders; and \u003c\/i\u003erearing orphan animals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNatural Farming\u003c\/i\u003e equips the farmer to get the best from the land using environmentally sustainable methods that save time, expense, and worry -- and to supply the rising global demand for pure food.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pat Coleby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribe Us\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781920769192\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePat Coleby \u003c\/b\u003eis Australia's foremost authority on farming without chemicals, and has written, published, and lectured widely on the subject. This, her most comprehensive work, draws on her fifty years of experience and her broad studies to explain the basis of natural farming.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribe Us","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39828941471859,"sku":"1920769196","price":19.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_f84dfe2d-6038-4aa3-beb2-a52a9130db58.jpg?v=1644605115","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/natural-farming-a-practical-guide-9781920769192","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}