The Organic Gardeners Handbook

by Tozer, Frank

• ISBN13: 9780977348916
• ISBN10: 0977348911
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-07-15
• Publisher: Green Man Pub

Summary

The Organic Gardeners Handbooktells you everything you need to know to create a highly productive vegetable garden. Combining European tradition with American creativity it covers the art and science of organic gardening with a depth that is rarely seen in contemporary books. There are chapters on every aspect of organic vegetable gardening, soil dynamics, soil management, cultivation, composting, crop planning, raising seedlings, watering, harvesting, seed saving, greenhouses and much more. Whether you are a complete novice and need your hand holding through every step, or a veteran gardener with a permanent layer of soil under your fingernails, you will find this book both helpful and informative. A book that will soon be covered in dirty fingerprints.The Organic Gardeners Handbookis a companion toThe Vegetable Growers Handbook.

Table of Contents

Getting started	p. 11
Site selection	p. 13
Soil	p. 19
Soil pH adjustment	p. 27
Soil appraisal	p. 30
Plant nutrients	p. 33
Soil management	p. 45
Fertilizers	p. 52
Using fertilizers	p. 61
Bed preparation	p. 68
Compost	p. 79
Soil improving crops	p. 94
Mulch	p. 104
Crop planning	p. 109
Seeds	p. 121
Direct seed sowing	p. 130
Crop spacing	p. 139
Growing transplants	p. 143
Sowing mixes	p. 61
Transplanting	p. 165
Watering	p. 169
Weeds	p. 182
Garden pests	p. 191
Disease	p. 207
Harvesting	p. 211
Seed saving	p. 218
Season extension	p. 222
Greenhouses	p. 226
Tools	p. 233
Index	p. 241
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