Further reading
The articles in Getting Dirty are based on many hours of reading and research, from textbooks to academic papers; and on innumerable hours of watching YouTube videos. This post, which I will try to keep up to date as I encounter new and interesting sources, provides a place to start your own journey of discovery, in the event that you want to dig deeper still than Getting Dirty.
In no particular order…
Books, pamphlets and newsletters
Adams, C.R., Early, M.P., Brook, J.E., and Bamford, K.M. 2015. Principles of Horticulture: Level 3. Routledge, Abingdon, UK
Anon. 2022. 2022 Garden Notes for Colorado Master Gardener and Colorado Gardener Certificate training. Colorado State University Extension, USA
Anon. 2001. A guide to better soil structure. National Soil Resource Institute, UK
Bayton, R. and Maughan, S. 2017. RHS Genealogy for Gardeners: Plant families explained and explored. Quarto Publishing, London, UK
Brickell, C. and Joyce, D. 2017. RHS Pruning and Training. Dorling Kindersley Limited, London, UK
Chalker-Scott, L. 2015. How Plants Work: The science behind the amazing things plants do. Timber Press, Portland, Oregon, USA
Greenwood, P. and Halstead, A. RHS Pests and Diseases. Dorling Kindersley Limited, London, UK
Guertin, P, Barnett, L., Denny, E.G. and Schaffer, S.N. 2015 USA National Phenology Network Botany Primer. USA-NPN Education and Engagement Series 2015-001. www.usanpn.org
Hoorman, J.J. 2016. Role of Soil Bacteria. Ohio State University Extension, USA
Ingham, E. et al. Date unknown. USDA Soil Biology Primer. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), USA
Lowenfels, J. and Lewis, W. 2010. Teaming with microbes: The organic gardener’s guide to the soil food web. Timber Press, Portland, Oregon, USA
Magdoff, F. and Van Es, H. 2021. Building soils for better crops: Ecological management for healthy soils (4th edition). Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE), USA
Mante, H. 2008. The Photograph: Composition and Color Design. Rocky Nook, Santa Barbara CA, USA
Maughan, S. (Ed). 2013. RHS Botany for Gardeners: The art and science of gardening explained and explored. Quarto Publishing, London, UK
Paul, E.A. (Ed). 2007. Soil microbiology, ecology and biochemistry (3rd edition). Academic Press, Oxford, UK
Pike, B. 2011. The Fruit Tree handbook. Green Books, Cambridge, UK
Taiz, L. and Zeiger, E. 2002. Plant Physiology (3rd edition). Sinauer Associates, Sunderland MA, USA
Toogood, A. (Ed). 2019. RHS Propagating Plants. Dorling Kindersley Limited, London, UK
Williams, P. 2002. Digging Deeper: Understanding how your garden works. Conran Octopus, London, UK
Academic articles
Freeman, B.C. and Beattie, G.A. 2008. An Overview of Plant Defenses against Pathogens and Herbivores. The Plant Health Instructor. DOI: 10.1094/PHI-I-2008-0226-01
Kramer, E.M. and Myers, D.R. 2013. Osmosis is not driven by water dilution. Trends Plant Sci. DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2012.12.001. Epub 2013 Jan 5. PMID: 23298880.
Websites
Dr Elaine’s Soil Food Web School, www.soilfoodweb.com/
The Biosphere Blog, jujubetrees.com.au/the-biosphere-blog/
YouTube channels
Dr Elaine’s Soil Food Web School, www.youtube.com/channel/UCSAU5ludwNyqMHBaR1ZfheQ
Epic Gardening, www.youtube.com/c/epicgardening
HortTube with Jim Putnam, www.youtube.com/c/HortTubewithJimPutnam
SciencexMedia at Global Development, https://www.youtube.com/@CornellTL (playlists BIOPL420 Plant Physiology and PLSCS2600 Intro to Soil Science)