Ref GC067: Organic Gardening by Christine and Michael Lavelle (2005)
An essential guide to natural gardening, showing how to apply organic principles to all aspects of garden planning, design and maintenance.
Ref GC0045: Organic Gardening - The natural no-dig way by Charles Dowding (2008)
In Organic Gardening, Charles Dowding share the philosophy, tips and technique which have enabled him to run a successful organic garden supplying local restaurants and shops for over 25 years.
Forget the rules: "received wisdom" about gardening is surprisingly inaccurate. understand better what is going on in the soil and with your plants, in your own garden and climate, and work out your own methods instead.
Respect and encourage life as much as you can, chiefly by spreading good compost or manure.
There is no need to dig in compost and manure - just spread it on top and let works take it in. Digging can harm soil structure, and is not helpful to plants.
You can reduce weeding to a little hand-weeding or hoeing every ten days.
Forget the rules: "received wisdom" about gardening is surprisingly inaccurate. understand better what is going on in the soil and with your plants, in your own garden and climate, and work out your own methods instead.
Respect and encourage life as much as you can, chiefly by spreading good compost or manure.
There is no need to dig in compost and manure - just spread it on top and let works take it in. Digging can harm soil structure, and is not helpful to plants.
You can reduce weeding to a little hand-weeding or hoeing every ten days.
Ref GC0044: Carrots love Tomatoes & Roses love Garlic (2004)
For centuries, smart gardeners have practiced "companion planting" - an amazingly simple technique that matches up mutually beneficial plants to produce miracles in your garden. The only trick is to the technique is knowing which plants like each other and which ones don't! Once you've got that down, there's no holding back from your best garden ever!
Ref GC0046: How to make a forest garden (2002)
A forest garden is a food-producing garden, based on the model of a natural woodland or forest. It is made up of fruit and nut trees, fruit bushes, perennial vegetables and herbs. It can be tailored to fit any space, from a tiny urban back yard to a large rural garden.
Ref GC0043: Getting Started In Permaculture by Ross and Jenny Mars (2007)
Over 50 DIY projects for the house and garden using recycled materials.