The Gardener's A-Z Guide to Growing Organic Food: 765 Varities of Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits, and Nuts by Tanya L. K. Denckla
	List Price:   $22.95 Unit Price:   $18.36 You Save:   $4.59 (20%) ISBN-10:   1580173705 ISBN-13:   9781580173704 Publisher:   Storey Publishing, LLC Edition:   2, illustrated Category:   Health/Nutrition Pub. Date:   February 2004 Pages:   486 Format:   Trade Paper
Awards
2003  Gourmand World Cookbook Awards  Winner!
Subjects
FRUIT-CULTURE HERB GARDENING NUTS ORGANIC GARDENING VEGETABLE GARDENING
Description/Notes
This reference book, written by Tanya L.K. Denckla, supplies all the information necessary to plant a successful organic food garden. Before it was a book, The Gardener's A-Z Guide to Growing Organic Food was organic gardener Tanya L. K. Denckla's highly prized personal database, the distillation of years of careful research and hands-on, real-life, dirt-under-the-fingernails experience in growing her own vegetables, herbs, fruits, and nuts. Now available to all, this easy-to-read sourcebook offers much to gardeners of all skill levels, answering questions quickly and authoritatively so more time can be spent enjoying the garden. Six comprehensive chapters cover vegetables, fruits and nuts, herbs, organic remedies, and allies and companions. Within each chapter plants are arranged alphabetically, making needed information eminently accessible. Individual plant entries provide specific information on planting; temperature; soil and water needs; measurements; seed-starting dates; pests, diseases, allies, companions, and incompatibles, as applicable; when to harvest; how to store produce; and overviews of selected varieties. Fully half of the book is dedicated to organic remedies that can prevent or combat plant diseases and garden pests. Hundreds of common diseases and pests are discussed, as well as which plants are likely to be affected, how to recognize the problem, and tried-and-true natural remedies. The Gardener's A-Z Guide to Growing Organic Food demystifies how to work collaboratively with the complex natural systems of the environment, making gardening a little easier and definitely more fun. The distillation of Denckla's years of hands-on experience, this book answers the questions that sprout up among novice, intermediate, and experienced organic gardeners. More than 750 plants are arranged in an A-to-Z format, with information on care, harvesting, and more. Two-color illustrations.