Charles Dowding

Organic Gardening

The natural no-dig way

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Charles shares his organic, no-dig approach to soil and plants and the techniques that enable him to grow healthy, vibrant crops, with the sustainability in mind. His success is based on these key principles â No-dig â Spread organic matter on the soil surface â Clean & improve the soil in the first year â Weed every 10 days when weeds are small.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• 3 ed
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 164mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 632g
• ISBN-13: 9780857840899
• ISBN-10: 0857840894
• Artikelnr.: 35752245

Autorenporträt

Charles Dowding

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Patrick Holden, CBE, Founder of the Sustainable Food Trust &
ex-director of The Soil Association
Introduction
Part 1: Letting Nature Nurture your Garden
The art of not digging
The basics
Deciding what to grow
What's in season?
Living with pests
Sowing seeds, raising plants
Making compost
The moon
Part 2: Healthy Harvests
Summer salads
Winter salads
Alliums
Choice of roots
Savouring summer
Brassicas
Tomatoes, greenhouse vegetables and unusual vegetables
Perennial vegetables
Herbs and edible flowers
Tree fruit and nuts
Soft fruit (berries)
Postscript
Appendix: Dig/no-dig experiment at Lower Farm
Resources
Bibliography
Main index
Index of recipes