Organic gardening techniques : expert advice on planting, growing, and caring for your fruits, vegetables, and herbs / by Nick Hamilton.
""The popularity of organic gardening just keeps growing, as more and more people worry about our earth's delicate ecosystems and choose to forgo chemicals. Plus, these lucky gardeners get to enjoy delicious fresh produce from their own backyards! Going the natural route is easy with [this book], which provides eco-conscious gardeners with practical advice on cultivating fruit, vegetables, herbs, and other plants. It covers all the essentials: selecting the right tools, propagation, crop rotation, training greenhouse crops, watering, weed and pest control, even attracting wildlife. Packed with information, this is a thorough reference for every organic gardener."--Back cover.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781620082737
- ISBN: 162008273X
- Physical Description: 214 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Mount Joy, PA : Fox Chapel Publishing, [2018]
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Planning and preparing for your garden -- Preparing the soil and planting -- Organic growing methods -- Caring for your crops -- Produce storage and off-season maintenance -- DIY projects for your garden -- A look at Barnsdale Gardens. |
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Subject: | Organic gardening. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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Organic Gardening Techniques : Expert Advice on Planting, Growing, and Caring for Your Fruits, Vegetables, and Herbs
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Organic Gardening Techniques : Expert Advice on Planting, Growing, and Caring for Your Fruits, Vegetables, and Herbs
The popularity of organic gardening continues to rise as people seek to control the quality and freshness of the food they eat. And organic gardening isn't just about creating delicious healthy food for the table: it's also about supporting delicate ecosystems and working without the use of chemicals. This comprehensive handbook of organic gardening techniques is full of practical information on sowing and growing fruit, vegetables, herbs, and other plants. From selecting the right tools to propagation, crop rotation, growing on supports, training greenhouse crops, watering, weed control'all of the essentials are here. Protecting crops from pests and diseases is dealt with comprehensively, along with extensive advice on storing and preserving your produce after the harvest. Packed full of information, with useful tips throughout, Organic Gardening Techniques is a thorough reference guide for every organic gardener.Inside Organic Gardening TechniquesComprehensive guide to gardening the organic way, from preparing the soil to caring for your crops.Easy-to-use format, with information on getting started, sowing from seed, propagating, watering, crop protection, and much more.Essential gardening techniques are explained and illustrated with clear diagrams, helping you get the most from your productive garden.Includes practical projects that anyone who is able to wield a hammer and saw can easily construct, from building a compost bin and potting bench to making cloches and cold frames.