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Michael Phillips shares green man ways to grow healthy through biological alchemy. This hands-on exploration of soil biology and healthy plant metabolism will rock you. Coming in March 2017  (photo: )
Mycorrhizal PlanetHow Fungi and Plants Work Together
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Mycorrhizal fungi have been waiting a long time for people to catch on. How these symbiotic organisms enhance plant health is absolutely stunning. Nutrients are delivered by means of "fungus-root" synergy. A boost to green immune function helps keep disease at bay. Expansive fungal networks bring resiliency to ecosystems. Soil aggregate formation addresses carbon flow. Yet for the longest time, we have ignored basic soil biology and instead disturbed ecosystems at our own peril. Time to change all that, and fast! Join with me to catch this mycelial wave and work towards a tomorrow for generations to come. Click "Buy the Book!" to order online (with PayPal) or you may send $ direct by check or money order -- shipping will be free! -- to Heartsong Farm, 859 Lost Nation Road, Groveton, NH 03582. Remember to tell us how you would like the book inscribed. | |
 Here we see arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi penetrating into the cells of a root. Look closer. Perhaps you see miniature trees. Flip that perspective and you see the feeder root system of most any plant. Then again, your view may be more anatomy-oriented, as these fungi also resemble the alveoli in our own lungs. Herbalists speak of the "doctrine of signatures" underlying a plant's healing gifts. Similarly, mycorrhizae make clear an essential connection to life itself. Courtesy of Larry Petersen, University of Guelph | |
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Fungal consciousness will help you become a better earth steward. Exploring the science of these symbiotic fungi in layman's terms sets the stage for practical applications across the landscape. The real impetus behind gardening with mulches, digging with broadforks, shallow cultivation, forest-edge orcharding, no-till farming, low-impact forestry, and "everything permaculture" is to disturb the soil as little as possible. This in turn allows the fungal dynamic to thrive. Virtue lies in doing less so as not to screw things up, a tenet that I suspect most of us can handle. "I mark as an important life pivot my experience of coming to see the deep web of natural relationships outside through your books and the June intensive. Once you grasp the paradigm and gain the tools to engage and observe, the practice is endlessly fascinating. Entry for me was the key and I have you to thank for that."
Pete Lankford, orchard intensive student |
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