- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC (Jan 4 1994)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0882668390
- ISBN-13: 978-0882668390
- Product Dimensions: 27.7 x 21.6 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 789 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,673,154 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This is truly a one-stop comprehensive guide to organic gardening: it is a big book filled with techniques, definitions, solutions to gardening problems, and a huge listing of organic gardening resources. It's one of the most thorough guides I have seen for organic gardeners--it is well indexed and annotated, and covers all climate zones and growing conditions. If this book doesn't get your motor running about the garden, well, maybe you'll want to try a different hobby. I think it should be a part of any true gardener's library, covered with notes, muddy fingerprints, and with the well-worn pages.
Bob Thomson, author, and former host of the PBS Victory Garden show
"This book is a masterpiece of detailed gardening information. You may never have to ask another question."
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Organic Gardener's Home Helper,
By A Customer
This review is from: Organic Gardener's Home Ref (Paperback)
I have found this book to be loaded with helpful information. Some basic info, which we can forget, to detailed info to help with particular problems is wonderful. The best thing is, if the book gives you options to fix a problem, it tells you why it works and whether the method is a certain or uncertain fix. It covers everything from planting by variety to pests vs beneficial insests, fungus, soil, and a large index/appendices to lead you elsewhere if needed. It covers companions/ally planting quite well. The only thing I have noted which appears not to be covered is crop rotation. Great Reference book.
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4.7 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews) 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Organic Gardener's Home Helper,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Organic Gardener's Home Ref (Paperback)
I have found this book to be loaded with helpful information. Some basic info, a good reminder for us all, through detailed info to help with specific problems is wonderful. The best thing is, if the book gives you options to fix a problem, it tells you why it works and whether the method is a certain or uncertain fix. It covers everything from planting by variety to pests vs beneficial insects, fungus, soil, and a large index/appendices to lead you elsewhere if needed. It covers companions/ally planting quite well. The only thing I have noted which appears not to be covered is crop rotation. I've used this for about 5 years now and wouldn't be without if for my Organic garden! Great Organic Reference book.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Comprehensive,
By Lynn Harnett - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Organic Gardener's Home Reference: A Plant-By-Plant Guide to Growing Fresh, Healthy Food (Hardcover)
The Organic Gardener's Home Reference is a chart book, plant by plant, in alphabetical order, for vegetables, fruits and nuts, and herbs. The final two sections offer charts for controlling diseases and pests and suggestions for companion plants.
Each chart includes growth conditions, from when and how to plant to what to expect from the mature plant. Following this at-a-glance information is harvest advice, storage requirements and growing tips. Pests, diseases, companion plants and incompatible plants are also listed and the opposing page offers selected varieties (not localized enough to be really useful), special notes, and space for the gardener's notes. A useful quick-reference guide with concise, sometimes unusual advice. For example, the tomato entry suggests solarizing the soil during the growing season to control disease.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great gardening guide,
By L. Vasquez - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Organic Gardener's Home Ref (Paperback)
I have used this book for many years to help me plan my garden. This year I purchased a replacement copy as I seem to have loaned out my old one and cannot locate it. This is a great reference for common vegetables, fruiting plants, nut trees, and herbs. I particularly like the lists of companion plants and incompatibles in planning my garden, as I plant fairly close together and garden intensively in a small space. The resource list has also been very helpful.
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