Organic Gardening for Dummies UK Edition
Samenvatting
Reduce a garden′s impact on both the environment and the wallet
Organic Gardening For Dummies shows readers the way to ensure a healthy harvest from an environmentally friendly garden. It covers information on the newest and safest natural fertilizers and pest control methods, composting, cultivation without chemicals, and how to battle plant diseases. It also has information on updated equipment and resources. It helps the reader to plant organically year–round, using herbs, fruits, vegetables, lawn care, trees and shrubs, and flowers.
Organic Gardening For Dummies show readers how to:
Plan out the perfect organic garden
Protect wildlife and help pollinators in a garden
Grow a range of organic vegetables, fruits and flowers
Manage pests in an eco–friendly way
Specificaties
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<p>I Understanding the Basics of Organic Gardening</p>
<p>1 Gardening Organically: The Basic Techniques</p>
<p>2 Benefitting You and the World: Great Reasons to Go Organic</p>
<p>3 Understanding and Planning Your Site</p>
<p>II Getting Stuck into Soil, Compost and Fertilisers</p>
<p>4 Digging Beneath the Surface: Soils</p>
<p>5 Building Healthy Soil</p>
<p>6 Composing Great Compost: Let the Rotting Begin!</p>
<p>7 Enriching the Earth with Organic Fertilisers</p>
<p>III Growing Organically in Your Garden</p>
<p>8 Settling in Plants and Keeping Them Happy</p>
<p>9 Enjoying Home–Grown Feasts</p>
<p>10 Raising Organic Vegetables</p>
<p>11 Growing Herbs for the Home and Garden</p>
<p>12 Picking from the Berry Patch</p>
<p>13 Cultivating Fruits and Nuts for Your Organic Orchard</p>
<p>14 Saying It with Flowers</p>
<p>15 Managing Garden Trees and Shrubs</p>
<p>16 Creating and Caring for Your Organic Lawn</p>
<p>IV Managing Problems</p>
<p>17 Creating a Natural Balance: Preventing Pests and Diseases Organically</p>
<p>18 Managing and Controlling Insect Pests</p>
<p>19 Battling Plant Diseases</p>
<p>20 Outwitting Invading Creatures</p>
<p>21 Weed It and Reap!</p>
<p>V The Part of Tens</p>
<p>22 Ten Best Organic Gardening Practices</p>
<p>23 Ten Ways to Be Eco–friendly</p>
<p>Index</p>