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Teaming with Microbes; A Gardeners Guide to the Soil Food Web, by Jeff Lowenfels and Wayne Lewis
I’ll be the first to tell you, I love all gardening books. Sure, there are likely too many books being published that cover basically the same topics, such as perennials, container gardens or even the most popular topic of all these days; organic gardening. And yet I still manage to find at least something useful in all of them. But this one was different!

The Green Gardener's Guide
Read what people are saying about The Green Gardener's Guide:  

Planet Green at Discovery.com
 "The Green Gardener's Guide features simple yet significant actions gardeners can take to protect the environment. Packed with practical advice (such as mulching to reduce runoff, and using beneficial insects to control pests) as well as facts and statistics on how much of an impact gardening green can have, The Green Gardener's Guide is a trove of ways you can create a more sustainable garden."

Over the Fence Book Review

Down-to-earth advice

(Dallas Morning News, August 31, 2007)

Joe Lamp'l, syndicated columnist and host of PBS's GardenSMART, takes us from beyond the windowsill and the garden to Over the Fence With joe gardener (Coral [Cool] Springs Press, $24.99). The title's imagery suggests neighbors exchanging gardening advice while leisurely conversing over a fence.