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The Wilderness Garden

Jackie French 2008

This will become one of your favourite gardening books! Jackie French, Australia’s leading organic garden writer has experimented with hundreds of new growing strategies and has developed many creative, natural ways of growing by letting the plants – and nature – do most of the work for her.  Presented in a practical, informative and easily read book, your garden will thank you. 192pp

BW115 $25.00


The Earth Gardener’s Companion 

Jackie French 2009

Earth Garden magazine - fully revised 3rd Edition

This month-by-month guide to organic gardening shows you how to get closer to food self-sufficiency. 80pp

BE100  $20.00  


Practical Australian Gardener     

Peter Cundall 2007

This is the complete garden guide from the famous ABC garden presenter. Whether you're planting vegetables, ornamentals, houseplants, home orchards, or landscaping a larger area you will find this book invaluable. It tells you how to have a pest-free garden without using dangerous chemicals and includes a week-by-week plan of action for the whole year. 224pp

BP125  $35.00 

 


Easy Organic Gardening and Moon Planting

Lyn Bagnall

New Edition 2009
This book is an essential reference on all aspects of organic gardening for both aspiring and experienced gardeners. It provides easy-to- follow guides to drought-proofing your garden, revitalising soil, green manures, composting, worm farming, growing food and decorative plants in beds or pots. There is a monthly planting diary for all Australian and New Zealand climate zones and an easy-to-follow moon-planting routine for all aspects of gardening, with a listing of the best planting, harvesting and pruning days from 2009 to 2013. 502pp

BE105  $50.00  

 

'Lyn Bagnall has produced a reference work of incredible proportions ... It should become a benchmark book among the many smaller and and not-so-thorough ones on the subject ... Aspiring and experienced gardeners of all kinds will find the wide range of this book extremely helpful.'  Pat Coleby, author of Natural Farming

 

'A detailed guide to organics ranging from seed germination and nutrition to practical pest and disease control ... The moon planting guide provided is simple enough to plan a year's production in advance (for all climate zones in Australia).'  Organic Gardener Magazine

'This book certainly has a good crack at covering all the basics of organic gardening plus much more ... A useful reference tool for novices and experienced gardeners alike.' Gardening Australia
 


Organic Gardening      

Peter Bennett 7th edition 2006

A new revised, edition of this Australian classic. A great book for the new gardener as it covers all the basics from soil preparation, compost, fertilisers, identifying pests and organic controls, vegetables and fruit trees. Very useful chapter on identifying beneficial insects and improving biological control. 212 pp, 177 colour photos.

BO107  $40.00 


Organic Gardening in Australia
Dorling Kindersley
Organic Gardening in Australia is an essential reference, now in paperback, for all gardeners committed to a natural, safe and healthy approach. The book sets out organic guidelines, together with advice on where to begin, whether you're a novice or experienced gardener.
As well as providing an excellent grounding in the basics of organic gardening, this practical guide covers everything from soil management and recycling to water conservation, natural pest control and propagation. From compost to cloches, there are step-by-step techniques and inspiring images to help you to create the perfect organic garden.
There is detailed coverage of a wide range of organic concerns, from information on sustainable landscaping materials, planting beds and learning about local wildlife, to helpful advice on which plants thrive in pots. You'll find organic best-practice tips on how to grow delicious fruit and vegetables, how to encourage biodiversity in your garden, and even on designing the organic garden.

BO108 $50.00


Organic Vegetable Gardening    

Annette McFarlane       

An ideal introduction for newcomers but with plenty of information to satisfy the experienced gardener, this book includes planning, basic layouts, composting techniques, crop rotation, saving seed, pest control, what and when to plant for your climate zone as well as heaps of information on individual vegetables. 118pp 
BO101 $28.00

 

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Organic Gardening for the 21st Century: A Complete Guide to Growing Vegetables, Fruits, Herbs and Flowers

John Fedor 2001 UK

This very comprehensive text focuses on the importance of what you grow in an organic garden as well as how you grow it. The author looks at the health benefits of a variety of vegetables then describes how to plan and grow the same for yourself. Moving from why we garden organically through soil and compost to dealing with pests and disease, many useful techniques and tips are given, including a section on grafting and pruning. As this is a UK book it would be more suitable applied to temperate climate gardens. Beautifully photographed with a useful vegetable, fruit and herb directory. Hardback 288pp

Special price - now reduced from $65.00 - Save $40.00

BO109 $25.00


Best of Jackie French: A practical guide to everything from aphids to zucchini chocolate cake
Jackie French
What a fantastic collection of information on the cultivation, growing, harvesting and uses of vegetables, flowers, herbs, fruit and trees. Specific growing facts are combined with over 400 recipes for ointments, teas, biscuits, gargles, and pest control…. you name it. This is by far Jackie’s most comprehensive organic gardening book. It is like a pest control, herb and vegetable book in one. 378 pp

BB101 $30.00


Natural Farming: A Practical Guide 

Pat Coleby 2004 

An essential handbook for any farmer or animal carer, with detailed information on:

  • Understanding a soil analysis

  • Establishing and managing pasture

  • Strategies for drought

  • Diagnosis of diseases and deficiencies in stock and natural remedies

  •  Alternatives to artificial fertilisers, herbicides and pesticides

It concentrates on the simple message that healthy soils make healthy plants, which in turn make healthy animals.261pp

BN108 $35.00


Queensland Planting Guide – A Basic Guide to Organic Gardening

published by Brisbane Organic Growers Inc. 

The Brisbane Organic Growers Inc. (BOGI) is a non-profit organisation based in Brisbane and dedicated to assisting gardeners develop organic gardening knowledge and skills. BOGI has now produced a revised edition of the Queensland Planting Guide. This booklet is a succinct yet comprehensive guide particularly useful for gardeners in the subtropics and tropics, though it also covers cool to frost areas. Includes detailed seed planting guides for each climate as well as instruction on maintaining fruit trees and bananas throughout the year. Simple, easy to follow instructions range in subject from raised garden beds, container growing, making compost, soil management, to pest control and more. The advice given has been sourced from BOGI members over many years of successful and productive gardening. This is a good, inexpensive booklet for novice gardeners. 34 pp

BQ101 $10.00


Backyard Self-sufficiency

Jackie French 1992

Self-sufficient gardens are beautiful: a ramble of productivity, a profusion of smells and colour. This book has been given rave reviews around the country. I would also call it permaculture in the city. 164pp

BB102 $19.00 

See also Vegetable Growing for additional books


 

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