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The woodchip handbook : a complete guide for farmers, gardeners and landscapers  Cover Image Book Book

The woodchip handbook : a complete guide for farmers, gardeners and landscapers / Ben Raskin.

Raskin, Ben, 1969- (author.).

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  • ISBN: 9781645020486
  • ISBN: 1645020487
  • Physical Description: viii, 208 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: White River Junction, Vermont : Chelsea Green Publishing, [2021]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"How to source, manage and efficently use woodchips to mulch growing beds, build soil carbon, propagate plants, raise profitable mushroom crops and more" -- Cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-198) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
1. -- What is woodchip and where does it come from? -- 2 -- Sources of woodchip -- 3 -- Managing woodchip -- 4 -- Woodchip for plant propagation -- 5 -- Woodchip as soil amendment -- 6 -- Mulches -- 7 -- Mushrooms in woodchip -- 8 -- Building carbon with woodchip.
Additional Physical Form available Note:
Also available online.
Subject: Wood chips.
Wood waste.
Genre: Handbooks and manuals.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Town of Orford Libraries.

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24514. ‡aThe woodchip handbook : ‡ba complete guide for farmers, gardeners and landscapers / ‡cBen Raskin.
263 . ‡a2110.
264 1. ‡aWhite River Junction, Vermont : ‡bChelsea Green Publishing, ‡c[2021]
264 4. ‡c℗♭2021.
300 . ‡aviii, 208 pages, 8 pages of plates : ‡billustrations (some colour) ; ‡c23 cm.
336 . ‡atext ‡btxt ‡2rdacontent.
337 . ‡aunmediated ‡bn ‡2rdamedia.
338 . ‡avolume ‡bnc ‡2rdacarrier.
500 . ‡a"How to source, manage and efficently use woodchips to mulch growing beds, build soil carbon, propagate plants, raise profitable mushroom crops and more" -- Cover.
504 . ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 187-198) and index.
50500. ‡g1. -- ‡tWhat is woodchip and where does it come from? -- ‡g2 -- ‡tSources of woodchip -- ‡g3 -- ‡tManaging woodchip -- ‡g4 -- ‡tWoodchip for plant propagation -- ‡g5 -- ‡tWoodchip as soil amendment -- ‡g6 -- ‡tMulches -- ‡g7 -- ‡tMushrooms in woodchip -- ‡g8 -- ‡tBuilding carbon with woodchip.
520 . ‡a"The first and only complete guide to sourcing and using woodchip-an abundant, inexpensive, and ecologically sustainable material-for savvy growers and landscapers at any scale, from farm to garden to greenhouse. The Woodchip Handbook is the essential guide to the many uses of woodchip both in regenerative agriculture and horticulture. Author Ben Raskin, Head of Horticulture and Agroforestry at the Soil Association, draws on his extensive practical experience using woodchip, provides the latest research from around the world, and presents inspiring case studies from innovative farmers. The book explores and unlocks the tremendous potential of woodchip to enhance soil health and plant growth: As a natural mulch for weed suppression, temperature buffering, and water conservation As a growing medium for propagating plants As a decomposing source of warmth for hotbeds in the greenhouse or hoop house As a carbon-rich compost ingredient that supports beneficial fungi and microorganisms As a powerful soil health booster, when applied as small-sized ramial chipped wood As an ideal substrate for growing many kinds of edible or medicinal mushrooms As a sustainable, versatile, and durable material for foot paths and ornamental landscaping Some of these techniques, like mulching-or the renewable harvest potential from coppicing and pollarding trees-have been around forever. Yet there is always new science to be discovered, such as the role that salicylic acid from willow woodchip can play in preventing tree diseases or promoting livestock health when used as a bedding material. Whether you are a commercial grower or farmer, a permaculture practitioner, or a serious home gardener producing your own fruit and vegetables, The Woodchip Handbook will show you how to get the most out of this readily available and renewable material"-- ‡cProvided by publisher.
530 . ‡aAlso available online.
650 0. ‡aWood chips.
650 0. ‡aWood waste.
655 7. ‡aHandbooks and manuals. ‡2lcgft.
77608. ‡iOnline version: ‡aRaskin, Ben, ‡d1969- ‡tWoodchip handbook ‡bWhite River Junction, Vermont : Chelsea Green Publishing, 2021 ‡z9781645020493 ‡w(DLC) 2021036793.
901 . ‡a1245346287 ‡bOCoLC ‡c313705 ‡tbiblio

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