The Organic Home Garden: How to Grow Fruits and Vegetables Naturally

Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 1552979245
Manufacturer: Firefly Books
Average Customer Review: (From 3 total reviews)
List Price: $19.95

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Editorial Reviews

Book Description:

A cornucopia of information.

Once available only at farmers’ markets, organic produce is now basic stock at the supermarket. With mounting concerns about pesticides, climate change and consumption levels of fossil fuels, consumers are more careful about how, and where, fruits and vegetables are grown — and how far they have traveled to get to their table. More than ever, people are deciding not only to purchase organic and local produce, but also to grow their own.

The Organic Home Garden shows in detail how to plant, grow and harvest delicious vegetables and fruits from spring to fall and from seed to harvest.

Since most consumers live in urban and suburban settings with limited space, Patrick Lima explains how to create an organic garden that is both compact and productive. Through step-by-step examples, he shows how to prepare odorless in-ground compost; transform fallen leaves into a valuable soil conditioner; and design, build and plant permanent raised beds. Among the important topics covered are:

Soil preparation
Using cold frames
Selecting seeds
Transplanting techniques
Natural pest and disease control
Multiple harvests fromasingle garden
Frost protection.

Extensive line drawings and charts plus 50 stunning color photographs illustrate the different gardening steps. For making the most of home-grown fruits and vegetables, 30 outstanding recipes are also included.

Customer Reviews

K. Wilson by Kristin D. Wilson
Decent overview of general gardening. Not much info on zone specific gardening techniques or when is best to start different crops. A good book for beginners.

life renewing spirit by Folk Gardens
The Organic Home Garden is a navigator to both growing an organic home garden and creating a sustainable lifestyle through hope and love. It resonates with life and will bring both inspiration and practical bounties to the reader. The photos are beautiful and the writing smooth and human. Its extensive organic techniques along with practical applications put this book above many of its kind. An inspirational and knowledgeable book that is first rate amongst my garden books.

Covers fresh and healthy foods and how to grow them by Midwest Book Review
Newcomers to organic gardening will find Patrick Lima’s Organic Home Garden an excellent, basic introduction which covers fresh and healthy foods and how to grow them with a minimum of additives. From selecting hardy varieties of seeds and seedlings to choosing appropriate compost and controlling pests and diseases through non-chemical means, Organic Home Garden is packed with charts, drawings, and even recipes.