Table of Contents

Intro Introduction

I Understanding the Basics of Organic Gardening

1 Gardening Organically: The Basic Techniques

2 Benefitting You and the World: Great Reasons to Go Organic

3 Understanding and Planning Your Site

II Getting Stuck into Soil, Compost and Fertilisers

4 Digging Beneath the Surface: Soils

5 Building Healthy Soil

6 Composing Great Compost: Let the Rotting Begin!

7 Enriching the Earth with Organic Fertilisers

III Growing Organically in Your Garden

8 Settling in Plants and Keeping Them Happy

9 Enjoying Home-Grown Feasts

10 Raising Organic Vegetables

11 Growing Herbs for the Home and Garden

12 Picking from the Berry Patch

13 Cultivating Fruits and Nuts for Your Organic Orchard

14 Saying It with Flowers

15 Managing Garden Trees and Shrubs

16 Creating and Caring for Your Organic Lawn

IV Managing Problems

17 Creating a Natural Balance: Preventing Pests and Diseases Organically

18 Managing and Controlling Insect Pests

19 Battling Plant Diseases

20 Outwitting Invading Creatures

21 Weed It and Reap!

V The Part of Tens

22 Ten Best Organic Gardening Practices

23 Ten Ways to Be Eco-friendly

Index

About the Author

Sue Fisher is a horticulturalist and gardening writer who has written for many publications over 20 years, including BBC Gardener's World magazine. She is the author of ten other popular gardening books, including Gardening For Dummies. Ann Whitman is the author of Trees & Shrubs For Dummies and the first edition of Organic Gardening For Dummies. Suzanne DeJohn is an editor with the National Gardening Association – the leading garden-based educational non-profit organisation in the USA.

Reviews

"Covering everything the beginner gardener needs to know, from composting to managing pests, but also going deep enough to satisfy more advanced GYO-ers." (Grow Your Own, March 2012)