Weeds and What They Tell Us

Informationen zum Autor Ehrenfried Pfeiffer (1899-1961) was born in Munich. He visited the USA several times in the 1930s, was awarded a doctorate for his groundbreaking Sensitive Crystallisation theory as a blood test for detecting cancer, and emigrated there in 1940. He pioneered biodynamic agriculture in the USA and helped found the Biodynamic Farming & Gardening Association. He died in Spring Valley, New York. Klappentext This wonderful little book covers everything you need to know about the types of plants known as weeds, how they grow and what they can tell us about soil health. Zusammenfassung This wonderful little book covers everything you need to know about the types of plants known as weeds, how they grow and what they can tell us about soil health. Inhaltsverzeichnis ForewordIntroductionWeeds and What They Tell UsThe Battle Against WeedsThe Biological CombatWeedy WeedsMorning Glory and CoGoosefoot or ChenopodiaceaeParsleyPlantainPoisonous WeedsPleasant-looking WeedsMore Pleasant-looking WeedsSummer- and Fall-Flowering WeedsGood WeedsDynamic Plants

Product details

• Authors: Ehrenfried E. Pfeiffer, Ehrenfried E. Pfeiffer, Pfeiffer Ehrenfried E.
• Publisher: Floris Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.09.2012
• EAN: 9780863159251
• ISBN: 978-0-86315-925-1
• No. of pages: 80
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 200 mm x 10 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; GARDENING / Organic, Gardening: plants, Gardening: plants and cultivation guides