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The Alternative Kitchen Garden podcast, produced and presented by Emma Cooper, is all about growing edible and useful plants in an environmentally-friendly way. It is completely free to download and listen to.

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This episode of the Alternative Kitchen Garden is on the basics of soil science. Learn about ‘sandy’, ‘silty’ and ‘heavy’ soils and how to find out what your soil is. (Check out the graph of soil texture mentioned in the show.)

Further reading:

How Does Your Garden Grow, by Chris Beardshaw. A gentle introduction to garden science.

Principles of Horticulture, a hard-core science book aimed at horticulture students.

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