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Organic Land Care - Working With Nature
This book was designed for the internet, and actually is a web site with over 1500 pages, hundreds of pictures and links to outside resources; a truly integrated 3-dimensional experience in learning. As one instructor put it: "It's alive, fascinating. It draws you in and makes you want to learn more and more."
However, unlike regular web sites this is designed to be a course of instruction, to be read from beginning to end. But it is also an incredible resource library on organic horticulture (with search function), which is constantly updated to incorporate the newest research and references. It's a "living" book.
This intense and
challenging course of study introduces students in plain language to
the science and practice of organic horticulture. You will:
| Learn: | How plants depend on and interact with their environment, both above and below ground. |
| Discover: | How impaired plant and environmental vitality lead to plant pests, diseases and other landscape problems. |
| Examine: | How common landscape practices impact on the environment and ultimately plant health:
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| Know: | How to design, build and maintain landscapes for improved plant health, easy maintenance, enhanced beauty and lasting enjoyment. |
Students who have been practicing conventional horticulture will
find many of their practices challenged, nagging doubts exposed,
questions answered they didn't even know they had, and new questions
arising. Everyone will gain a deeper understanding of how nature works.
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