Product Description

Perfectly natural, perfectly delicious and perfectly healthy! The Organic Home Garden leads newcomers and seasoned growers step-by-step from spring’s first salads and asparagus to June’s prized strawberries; from summer’s vine-ripened tomatoes and melons, sweet corn, new potatoes and red peppers to fall’s crisp carrots, vitamin-rich broccoli and colourful radicchio. Patrick Lima discusses each vegetable and fruit in detail from start to harvest. Topics include: - soil preparation - transplanting techniques - insect control - seed selection - using cold frames - growing organic food in small spaces - renewing the garden in midsummer for a fresh harvest into fall - how to make neat, odourless in-ground compost - mulches, manures, and natural fertilizers and insecticides - recipes Abundant colour photographs open a window on Larkwhistle, Patrick Lima and John Scanlan’s lovingly tended organic garden. Whether you tend a small city yard or a large country garden, you’ll find The Organic Home Garden full of valuable advice on an all facets of organic gardening at home. (February 2004)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #320984 in Books
• Published on: 2004-02-09
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

Customer Reviews

Inspiring and very practical...
I heard about this book recently on CBC radio and was hooked. I've never been interested in gardening but it seemed so approachable. I got this book last week and I read it in an evening.
The book is very introductory - no knowledge is assumed and some information is repeated a few times. The author's philosophy is towards simple, organic gardening to provide food for your household in whatever amount of space you have available. He is advice avoids expensive exuipment and harsh chemicals. Plus, the book opens with a story about stealing Yak dung from the Zoo.
The authors moved to the country to garden about 30 years ago - originally with no vehicle, electricity, or indoor plumbing so they've had to find ways to do things themselves. This practical focus comes through in gardening ideas (planting vegetables in beds rather than rows, making planters out of spare wood, making your soil more productive through composting).
Enjoy!