The Healthy Vegetable Garden Quotes

“that in a healthy soil the relatively low levels of nitrogen encourage microbes to produce glomalins and other glues, which boost soil aggregation and help to create a more resilient soil that is better able to cope with drought and flooding. The research showed that the shift from the use of carbon-rich manures to artificial fertilisers high in nitrogen and phosphorus changed the way microbes used nutrients. They produced less glue, which meant that soil structures changed, with fewer pores and less oxygen.”
― Sally Morgan, The Healthy Vegetable Garden: A natural, chemical-free approach to soil, biodiversity and managing pests and diseases

“The nutrients in the fertiliser bypass the soil food web and, instead, go directly to the plants’ roots. I describe these instant nutrients as a ‘plant-style ready meal’. The trouble is that continued use of these fertilisers results in many specialist microbes being put out of work and they then disappear from the soil community. The longer you continue to apply fertilisers, the lower the diversity of soil microbes becomes. Once the soil microbes”
― Sally Morgan, The Healthy Vegetable Garden: A natural, chemical-free approach to soil, biodiversity and managing pests and diseases

“instead,”
― Sally Morgan, The Healthy Vegetable Garden: A natural, chemical-free approach to soil, biodiversity and managing pests and diseases