The New Organic Grower A Masters Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener A gardeners supply book
Coleman’s personable work draws together the experience and wisdom of his 25 years as a vegetable gardener in Maine. It includes nearly all the material in the previous edition (LJ 11/1/89), communicating a respect and feeling for “the land” and its processes. Every page is imbued with the wisdom and careful observations he and his associates have gathered; from soil structure to “mobile greenhouses” that expand the growing season, each method is thought through to its ultimate impact on the earth and on economic survival. Well-presented graphics illustrate methods and techniques. This new edition includes sidebar references and notes, new chapters on creating fertile soil (without importing items such as manure from sources that may not use organic methods), and use of existing information channels to learn of new information. Of interest for even the smallest veggie patch grower. The Dirt Doctor’s Guide to Organic Gardening presents many of the same sustainable concepts with the vehemence of its radio talk show host and news columnist author. Garrett gives tips on a broader range of home gardening, including landscaping and wildlife, and spends much effort on the abuses of past and current practice. Basics are presented briefly, with many eco-asides that help break up the dense, information-rich text. Lack of visuals makes the material harder to absorb, yet one is constantly copying out directions as they appear. These tidbits and the coverage of issues concerning Southern gardens make the title of value, though gathering the tips in an appendix or special section would have provided better access. For general collections.
Sue Gardner, Albert Wisner Lib., Warwick, N.Y.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars New Organic Gardener
Some really good ideas for the mini-farmer, someone who wants to grow all their own veggies, and maybe even sell some to make extra money. You can even grow stuff year round!
5 Stars Great Purchase!
This is a fantastic book with accessible information and easy to follow diagrams. It is a book about farming written by a farmer, not by a writer or a scientist. All the terms and concepts are laid out in understandable ways. This is the bible of organic gardening.
5 Stars Great Book, this should be the primer on gardening, and even for those beyond who just eat!
Great Book, this should be the primer on gardening, and even for those beyond who just eat!
4 Stars lots of info
This book has a lot of useful information. If you are wanting to start growing organic produce for profit this is a good book for you. This book offers much how-to advice. It even covers hiring and firing of seasonal employees if necessary. Coleman recommends tools and devices that have worked well for him. Many gardening and farming books offer many should-dos but few how-tos. This book is full of how-to.
5 Stars Happy Customer
The books arrived in great condition on time and quickly.
It was seperated into three shipments… that was a little odd…. I am sure there is some kind of a reason.
Oh Well….
Happy Customer
The Complete Illustrated Guide to Everything Sold in Garden Centers Except Plants
The Complete Illustrated Guide to Everything Sold in Garden Centers Except Plants
Just as the title says, it’s all here in this volume, a valuable addition to the gardener’s bookshelf. Part I covers garden supplies; Part II tools, equipment and accessories. Soil mixes, gardening tools, pesticides, ornamental plaster statues of saints–each receives the same reasoned consideration in frank, easily understandable terms. Every item inspires entries detailing how to recognize and use it and how much to pay for it. Yet what can be most confusing for gardeners, particularly novices, is the welter of brand and common names often employed for gardening merchandise–and Ettlinger ( The Complete Illustrated Guide to Everything Sold in Hardware Stores ) helps clear it up by listing synonymous terms wherever applicable. And when it’s cheaper to concoct, say, a soilless mix than to buy it, the author isn’t bashful about telling how. Although the title makes an exception of plants, an appendix contains a simplified yet user-friendly buying guide to the “greengoods” sold at garden centers. Other appendixes list items for gardeners “who have difficulty gripping, bending, kneeling, reaching, or are confined to wheelchairs”; information sources; and mail-order catalogues. Illustrations not seen by PW.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Home Vegetable Gardening
Finally you can Grow your own Healthy Fruits and Vegetables… This Book will Teach you How! If you are like me then you are concious of your health. You only want to eat what is best for you. Scientific research has shown that we as a society do not eat enough fruit and vegetables. The scary thing is that when we do it has the potential to be contaminated with deadly pesticides and chemicals which are slowly killing and poisoning us. But there is good news… The best and most satisfying way to get your nutritional requirements is to grow your own, that way you know exactly what is going on. So you get the peace of mind knowing that you are not poisoning yourself and the joy and satisfaction of knowing you grew these fruits and vegetables yourself. No patch of land is too tiny to create a superb home vegetable garden. And Home Vegetable Gardening is the perfect book to help you get started on the right foot. If you have always wanted to grow your own delicious, mouthwatering vegetables, fruits and berries now you can do it with a little planning and care and the excellent advice you will find inside this book!. After you have tasted how delicious homegrown vegetables are, you will never settle for that ordinary store-bought produce again! For some, the home vegetable garden is a hobby, for others especially in these days of high prices, a great help. There are many in both cases whose experience in gardening has been restricted within very narrow bounds, and whose present spare time for gardening is limited. It is as a “first aid” to such persons, who want to do practical, efficient gardening, and do it with the least possible fuss and loss of time, that this book is written.
Green Thumb Guide to Garden Design
Green Thumb Guide to Garden Design
This informative DVD is jam packed with easy to follow tips & expert advice for gardeners of every level. Hosts Peter Seabrook & Anne Swithinbank demonstrate how to turn a bare earth plot into a lush, beautiful garden! Peter & Anne include everything from planning & selecting the right tools to soil preparation, laying a new lawn, planting & more! 6 Exciting Chapters!
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