books: organic gardener
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Organic gardener
Burpee : The Complete Vegetable & Herb Gardener : A Guide to Growing Your Garden Organically
Karan Davis Cutler
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Cavagnarok David
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Wiley
, 1997
Great overview book
This book is great if you're a beginner gardener, and want just one book to sit down and read that covers all aspects of gardening. You'll want to go on an buy other books that go into more detail on specific topics, but this is a great place to start, and one to keep ...
Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners
Suzanne Ashworth
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Kent Whealy
Seed Savers Exchange
, 2002
Seed to Seed
This is perhaps the best book on the subject of raising heirloom plants and then harvesting the seed. It explains in detail procedures for timing, protecting from undesirable cross pollination, and harvesting seed. I would recommend to the author that at the end of ...
The New Self-Sufficient Gardener
John Seymour
DK ADULT
, 2008
A Gardening CLASSIC, updated
Do yourself a major favor and disregard the shameful "Redundant" review. Instead, look up, "The Self-Sufficient Gardener" ( not this New one) here and see that this is HIGHLY regarded. I've had the old one for years, will buy this new updated one as well since I've ...
The Vegetable Gardener's Bible: Discover Ed's High-Yield W-O-R-D System for All North American Gardening ...
Edward C. Smith
Storey Publishing, LLC
, 2000
I feel like an expert gardener!
I LOVE this book! It's enjoyable to read and incredibly useful. A great book to begin reading before you plant because it gives you guidance on laying out your garden. The only people I think it wouldn't be helpful for are those who live in apartments and are ...
Preserving Food without Freezing or Canning: Traditional Techniques Using Salt, Oil, Sugar, Alcohol, Vinegar, ...
The Gardeners and Farmers of Centre Terre Vivante
Chelsea Green Publishing
, 2007
An excellent book for those who wish to eat healthy all year long.
I read the previous edition of this book ("Keeping Food Fresh"), then bought this edition for my daughter. All of the methods I have tried from this book have been very good. I appreciate knowing how to preserve food the way people used to (and obviously some still ...
The New Organic Grower: A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener (A ...
Eliot Coleman
Chelsea Green Publishing Company
, 1995
simply down to earth - literally
This is absolutely the best, straightforward, down to earth, organic gardening book I have ever read. No hype, no buzzwords, no new age crap, no agenda. Simply down to earth - literally.
Teaming with Microbes: A Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web
Jeff Lowenfels
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Wayne Lewis
Timber Press, Incorporated
, 2006
Excellent resource
Despite the short length of this book, it was packed with lots of good information and was easy to read. It brought to my attention aspects of fungi versus microbial activity that I was never aware of and how these affect soil quality for gardens versus shrubs. The ...
Rodale's All-New Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening: The Indispensable Resource for Every Gardener
Rodale Books
, 1993
organic gardening
ALL NEW ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ORGANIC GARDENING- It is precise and detailed in its illustration of soil preparation,tree prunning and prevention of disease. It is a book that provide the method of preparing fertilizer and pesticide in an organic way. It is comprehensive ...
The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control: A Complete Problem-Solving Guide to ...
Rodale Books
, 1996
Excellent reference for "natural" pest control!
Living in the tropics, I have had frequent failures starting up my organic garden due to pests taking it over. This year I have used some tips and "natural pesticide" recipies from this book with great success. It has also helped me identify "good" versus "bad" ...
Growing Great Garlic: The Definitive Guide for Organic Gardeners and Small Farmers
Ron L. Engeland
Filaree
, 1991
I love this book!
I'm a gardener who loves to cook, and I love my kitchen herb garden best of all. When I decided to try growing garlic this book was recommended by the seed (bulb) supplier as a great place to start, and they were right! It's well-written, complete, and a great ...
Saving Seeds: The Gardener's Guide to Growing and Storing Vegetable and Flower Seeds (A Down-to-Earth ...
Marc Rogers
Storey Publishing, LLC
, 1991
Saving Money
It is hard to justify spending money on anything when you live in poverty, but I thought that this book may pay for itself. I was right. I have only had it for a few months, and already it has helped me to grow enough food to pay for itself. My plan is to completely ...
The Veggie Gardener's Answer Book: Solutions to Every Problem You'll Ever Face Answers to Every Question ...
Barbara W. Ellis
Storey Publishing, LLC
, 2008
Takes the Intimidation out of Planting Veggies
I love this book! I saw it at Barnes + Noble yesterday, looked at it for five minutes and had to have it! I've been reading it since and am very pleased. For years I've been wanting to plant a vegetable garden, but have been intimidated. Barbara Ellis has written ...
The Rodale Book of Composting: Easy Methods for Every Gardener
Rodale Books
, 1992
Awesome book for any serious gardener
As a serious gardener I appreciate well written books that I can own and have in my book shelf for yearly reading. And Rodale is a well respected publisher of gardening books.The subtitle says it all 'Easy methods for every gardener'. This means even apartment ...
Gardener's Guide to Plant Diseases, The
Barbara Pleasant
Storey Publishing, LLC
, 1995
The antidote for the 50 most common plant diseases: what they look like, where they are found, what to do about them, and what they will do to the plant. The only organic plant disease reference guidebook available.
The Biodynamic Year: Increasing Yield, Quality and Flavour: 100 Helpful Tips for the Gardener of Smallholder
Maria Thun
Temple Lodge Publishing
, 2007
Very very wise and useful knowledge
My grandpa used these knowledge...and i was not pay attention to it...so, it was gone with my grandpa. i am very happy i can get it right now.
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