Spring Catalog And Planting Guide PDF Download

Summary of Spring & Fall Planting Guide Growing with MineralsHow to Guide to growing vegetables, restoring the soil, planning a spring and fall garden and ensuring the food we grow and eat contains essential minerals, and all the flavor and nutrients nature intended.The book begins with an overview of the health benefits of various vegetables and the need to eat a diverse variety of 30 plants foods per week to maintain our gut biome, our digestive and immune system.Since we are what we eat, the author considers the decline in the nutritional value of food, including fruits and vegetables over the last 70 years and the rise of health issues related to mineral deficiencies, leading to a closer look at changes in the American kitchen and farming methods and technology that ignored "soil microbiology."Humans need about 80 minerals to be healthy. Plants need about 42. Inorganic fertilizer has 3. Soil contains all the minerals plants require. Plants cannot access minerals directly and rely on bacteria and fungi, the only two organisms on the planet that produce the enzymes and acids to break down organic matter and minerals in the "dirt" and an interconnected community of predator organisms to release minerals and nutrients in a plant available form in the root zone. This"Soil Food Web," was discovered by Dr. Elaine Ingham about 40 years ago. Farming methods of tilling the soil and using inorganic fertilizer destroys this biology.No amount of fertilizer will transform compacted, lifeless dirt into living soil with the capacity to retain moisture, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, and support plants and the soil microorganisms needed to build soil structure, grow healthy plants and produce life-changing food. My hope is this simple guide, written in plain language will encourage people to think differently about the food they eat, their health, and inspire them to go outdoors in the fresh air and sunshine and enjoy having a home garden.