Organic Vegetable Gardening

Annette McFarlane

Go organic with this classic book from expert Annette McFarlane

This bestselling guide to growing a wide range of vegetables organically includes:

the basics – how to plan your garden and prepare the soil, make
compost, develop a planting guide, propagate, and sow and
germinate seeds

a comprehensive guide to growing over 115 vegetables
including Asian greens and unusual varieties

growing Australian bush food, as well as a wide range of exotic
herbs and spices

growing your own mushrooms

edible flowers and weeds

seed saving and heirloom vegetables.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For gardeners with not much room to move, there is a chapter on growing a large range of vegetables in containers. And for those interested in heirloom vegetables, advice on collecting and storing seeds. All this plus extensvie instructions on how to grow everything from ‘A for Amaranth Spinach to Z for Zucchini’, ensures that Organic Vegetable Gardening remains the organic grower’s bible.

 

 

About the Author

Annette McFarlane is a former senior lecturer in horticulture. She is a regular contributor to a range of gardening publications and is the author of Successful Gardening in Warm Climates and Organic Fruit Growing. She is also the editor of the Gardening Australia book Love Your Garden and presents ‘Gardening Talkback’ on 612 ABC Brisbane each Saturday morning.

About the Photographer

Grant McFarlane is the principal photographer of Seeing Green. He specializes in supplying images of tropical and sub-tropical plants to the horticultural industry, gardening media and book publishers. He has been a finalist in Horticultural Media Association Australia Joy Harland Award for photography and his images are popular as art pieces. He is the co-author of a book on keeping rare breed pigs and acts as a proof reader and editor for horticultural authors.