Weeds And What They Tell Us [Paperback]

This wonderful little book covers everything you need to know about the types of plants known as weeds. Ehrenfried Pfeiffer discusses the different varieties of weeds, how they grow and what they can tell us about soil health. The process of combatting weeds is discussed in principle as well as in practice, so that it can be applied to any situation. First written in the 1950s, this is still one of the best overviews of the subject available.

ForewordIntroductionWeeds and What They Tell UsThe Battle Against WeedsThe Biological CombatWeedy WeedsMorning Glory and CoGoosefoot or ChenopodiaceaeParsleyPlantainPoisonous WeedsPleasant-looking WeedsMore Pleasant-looking WeedsSummer- and Fall-Flowering WeedsGood WeedsDynamic Plants

'The author was a pinoeer of biodynamic farming in the USA, and knows a thing or two about weeds... For gardeners, there is also some good advice on weeds in compost heaps.'
– Network Review

This wonderful little book covers everything you need to know about the types of plants known as weeds, how they grow and what they can tell us about soil health.Ehrenfried Pfeiffer (1899-1961) was born in Munich. He visited the USA several times in the 1930s, was awarded a doctorate for his groundbreaking Sensitive Crystallisation theory as a blood test for detecting cancer, and emigrated there in 1940. He pioneered biodynamic agriculture in the USA and helped found the Biodynamic Farming & Gardening Association. He died in Spring Valley, New York.