organic gardening

How to grow flowers organically.

Advice for small scale, commercial farming and gardening without using harmful pesticides.

Contains advice and instructions on how to plan, create, and tend an organic food garden in a small space, offering tips on how to determine a personal garden style, find and assess garden space, plan and build a garden, prepare soil, sow and grow seeds, keep plants healthy, harvest crops, and prepare for the next year, and including an annotated list of edible plants.

Discusses the benefits of organic food and products for people and the environment, covering farming practices, fibers and clothing, the Fallen Fruit Project, cleaning products, environmentally friendly furniture, vermicompost, and other related topics, with illustrations.

Presents a comprehensive manual to growing organic vegetables and provides practical advice on equipment and tools, home-garden greenhouses, pest removal, and planting and harvesting.

Explains how community gardens work, the advantages of gardening, including supplying food, rest and recreation, learning, sensory gardens, and sharing responsibilities, and takes a look at community gardens in the future.

Describes how to make an organic garden.

Discusses planning maintaining, and harvesting an organic garden and choosing suitable crops such as artichokes and watermelons.

Teaches kids about the purposes, tools, science, and basic steps of garden growing, and also provides several recipes and lists of mail-order, print, and Internet resources, as well as gardens to visit.