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Niewielu z nas zna, a jeszcze mniej rozumie procesy zachodzące w naszych ogrodach. W jaki sposób rośliny stają się takie, jakie są? Dlaczego mają takie piękne kwiaty? Jak bardzo zmieniłoby się to wszystko, gdyby przewagę uzyskały niewłaściwe gatunki owadów zapylających? Dlaczego nazwy łacińskie są takie skomplikowane i w ogóle dlaczego są łacińskie? Dlaczego trawnik bez chwastów jest ekologiczną niemożliwością? Ta zabawna książka zawiera odpowiedzi na powyższe pytania oraz wiele innych. Pokazuje, jak nawet skromna wiedza botaniczna pozwala osiągnąć nie tylko lepsze rezultaty w uprawie, ale również spokój ducha. Dowodzi, że nie warto nadmiernie zamartwiać się takimi odwiecznymi problemami jak chwasty, szkodniki i przycinanie.
278 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1999
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June 12, 2017
Here's a list of words;
Ecology, conservation, botany, bio diversity, pedology, entomology, ornithology, taxonomy, natural history and meteorology.
Some of these you will have heard before. Others will mean nothing to you.
This scientific and very readable book covers all of them without mentioning some more than a couple of times and most of them not at all. In so doing it is educational, engrossingly interesting and entertaining, even humorous.
In whatever capacity, if you are a gardener then you will benefit from reading this.
The appliance of science.
Ecology, conservation, botany, bio diversity, pedology, entomology, ornithology, taxonomy, natural history and meteorology.
Some of these you will have heard before. Others will mean nothing to you.
This scientific and very readable book covers all of them without mentioning some more than a couple of times and most of them not at all. In so doing it is educational, engrossingly interesting and entertaining, even humorous.
In whatever capacity, if you are a gardener then you will benefit from reading this.
The appliance of science.
December 4, 2009
A wonderful guide to those who enjoy the science (seasonal colour changes conjured by combinations of carotenoids and anthocyanins) with practical gardening tips for the amateur gardener (lime will raise the pH of acid soils, but it is more difficult to lower the pH of alkaline soil).
The author is a plant ecologist and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Animal and Plant Sciences at the University of Sheffield.
The author is a plant ecologist and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Animal and Plant Sciences at the University of Sheffield.
August 7, 2012
Quick easy read with several new to me simple science based ideas i shall be putting into practice come spring
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