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Maria Rodale's Organic Gardening (Your Seasonal Companion to Creating a Beautiful and Delicious Organic Garden)by Maria Rodale Hardcover - 352 pages (November 1998) Rodale Press ISBN: 087596799X Check price @ amazon.com , amazon.ca , amazon.co.uk Amazon.com Maria Rodale, who comes to organic gardening naturally--her father and grandfather, who founded Rodale Press, were famously passionate organic gardeners--felt for many years that while there was plenty of good information about organic gardening, there was neither an existing primer that taught all the very basics nor a book that showed that organic gardening can be a beautiful, sophisticated way to plant. ("Admit it, you thought that if you were an organic gardener, you needed to have black plastic mulches and aluminum pie plates to scare the birds and rabbits, didn't you?") So she wrote this one, which, from the discussion of planning your garden on graph paper and the tips on digging up grass to the recipes for using the fall harvest, is utterly, seductively beautiful. The seasonal organization of the book does sometimes seem almost incidental, save for the calendar pages that show what to plant and what tasks to do during each month. But the discussion of seeds--the various types, where to get them, how to start them indoors--plus Nana's kugel recipe will keep new organic gardeners from chafing at the bit during the winter, and the interviews with numerous long-time organic gardeners make great reading throughout the year. Rodale shows great sense in deciding what's important to new gardeners and those just deciding to go organic. Pests, both animal and plant, are the great fear of potential organic gardeners, and many pages in the book are devoted to weeding effectively, beating the bugs, and gently monitoring the animal population (getting a dog or cat is one good, low-effort solution to keeping a number of destructive small mammals out of the root systems). Rodale's excellent photographs--of her children, her garden, the Rodale Institute farm--appear on almost every page of this artfully designed book. It's a joy to read, and will inspire many a fresh organic tomato. --Barrie Trinkle The Origins of Fruit & Vegetables by Jonathan Roberts Hardcover - 192 pages (January 2002) Universe Pub ISBN: 0789306565 The Organic Manual: Natural Gardening for the 21st Century by Howard Garrett, Malcolm Beck Paperback - 208 pages (February 2002) Tapestry Press ISBN: 1930819161 Organic Gardening for Dummies (For Dummies) by Ann Whitman Paperback - 360 pages (February 2001) Hungry Minds, Inc ISBN: 0764553208 Rodale Organic Gardening Solutions : Over 500 Answers to Real Life Questions from Backyard Gardeners by Cheryl Long, Organic Gardening Magazine (Editor) Paperback - 256 pages (July 2000) Rodale Press ISBN: 087596852X Ann Lovejoy's Organic Garden Design School : A Guide to Creating Your Own Beautiful, Easy-Care Garden (Rodale Organic Gardening Book) by Ann Lovejoy Hardcover - 288 pages (March 2001) Rodale Press ISBN: 0875968368 Burpee : The Complete Vegetable & Herb Gardener : A Guide to Growing Your Garden Organically by Karan Davis Cutler (Editor), Cavagnarok David (Photographer), Barbara W. Ellis (Editor), David Cavagnaro (Photographer) Hardcover - 416 pages (November 10, 1997) Hungry Minds, Inc ISBN: 0028620054 Extreme Gardening : How to Grow Organic in the Hostile Deserts by David Owens Paperback - 256 pages 1st edition (November 1, 2000) Poco Verde Landscape ISBN: 0970501609 Four-Season Harvest : Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long by Eliot Coleman, Kathy Bray (Illustrator), Barbara Damrosch Paperback - 212 pages (October 1999) Chelsea Green Pub Co ISBN: 1890132276 Maria Rodale's Organic Gardening (Your Seasonal Companion to Creating a Beautiful and Delicious Organic Garden) by Maria Rodale Hardcover - 352 pages (November 1998) Rodale Press ISBN: 087596799X The Flower Farmer : An Organic Grower's Guide to Raising and Selling Cut Flowers (Gardener's Supply Books) by Lynn Byczynski, Robin Wimbiscus (Illustrator), Lynn Bycznski Paperback - 208 pages (June 1997) Chelsea Green Pub Co ISBN: 0930031946 This Organic Life : Confessions of a Suburban Homesteader by Joan Dye Gussow Hardcover - 240 pages (June 2001) Chelsea Green Pub Co ISBN: 1890132942 |
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