Michael Phillips (2) (1957–2021)
Autore di The Holistic Orchard: Tree Fruits and Berries the Biological Way
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Opere di Michael Phillips
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1957-07-17
- Data di morte
- 2021-03-06
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di morte
- in the orchard
- Causa della morte
- heart attack
- Breve biografia
- Michael Phillips is known across the country for helping people grow healthy apples. His "community orchard movement" can be found at www.GrowOrganicApples.com and provides full immersion into the holistic approach to orcharding. His Lost Nation Orchard is part of a diversified medicinal herb farm in northern New Hampshire (see www.HerbsAndApples.com ). Michael was honored by Slow Food USA to receive the first Betsy Lydon Ark Award in 2005 for his work promoting healthy ways to grow fruit.
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 4
- Utenti
- 434
- Popolarità
- #56,344
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 5
- ISBN
- 475
- Lingue
- 8
I had taken Plant Physiology years ago, and so was able to skim over much of the 2nd chapter, which my partner was struggling thru. His struggle was not so much the language the author used, which is user-friendly, but because the concepts were new & he wanted to understand them completely, not just gloss over. From my perspective, I was surprised at how much has been learned about soil life interactions in the years since I studied it. I had been under the impression that mycorrhizal fungi only coexisted with a few species, and that they were more parasitic than mutually beneficial. Now I learn of fungi and bacteria species which are necessary partners in a plant's ability to access nutrients.
Includes resources (and I will be checking one of these which purports to list which plant species have mycorrhizal associations), glossary, chapter notes (which are somewhat of an aside, explaining a bit more of what he said), bibliography, index.… (altro)