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Rodale's Ultimate Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening: The Indispensable Green Resource for Every Gardener

by Fern Marshall Bradley and Ellen Phillips and Barbara Ellis

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This book is the ultimate resource for beginners and skilled gardeners alike, including topics especially helpful to a city-dweller — like community gardening and recycling. Rodale's also offers helpful instructions on how to apply organic principles to your pre-existing garden. Comprehensive and affordable, to boot!
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A newly revised edition of the perennial Rodale classic, this is the most complete, practical, and up-to-the-minute source of organic gardening information available.

Rodale's Ultimate Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening has been the go-to resource for gardeners for more than 50 years — and the best tool novices can buy to start applying organic methods to their fruit and vegetable crops, herbs, trees and shrubs, perennials, annuals, and lawns. This thoroughly revised and updated version highlights new organic pest controls, new fertilizer products, improved gardening techniques, the latest organic soil practices, and new trends in garden design.

In this indispensable work readers will find:

  • comprehensive coverage for the entire garden and landscape along with related entries such as Community Gardening, Edible Landscaping, Horticultural Therapy, Stonescaping, and more
  • the most in-depth information from the trusted Rodale Organic Gardening brand
  • a completely new section on earth-friendly techniques for gardening in a changing climate, covering wise water management, creating backyard habitats, managing invasive plants and insects, reducing energy use and recycling, and understanding biotechnology
  • entries all written by American gardeners for American gardeners, with answers for all the challenges presented by various conditions, from the humid Deep South and the mild maritime coasts to the cold far North and the dry Southwest

Rodale's Ultimate Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening has everything anyone needs to create gorgeous, non-toxic gardens in any part of the country.

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About the Author

Fern Marshall Bradley, Ellen Phillips, Barbara Ellis are all former managing editors of Rodale Garden Books. The three coauthored the 1992 edition of this title, in addition to having written numerous books and articles individually.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781594869174
Subtitle:
The Indispensable Green Resource for Every Gardener
Author:
Fern Marshall Bradley and Ellen Phillips and Barbara Ellis
Editor:
Bradley, Fern Marshall
Editor:
Ellis, Barbara
Editor:
Phillips, Ellen
Author:
Ellis, Barbara
Author:
Phillips, Ellen
Author:
Bradley, Fern Marshall
Publisher:
Rodale Press
Subject:
Reference
Subject:
Organic gardening
Subject:
Organic
Subject:
Techniques
Copyright:
2009
Edition Description:
Revised, Update
Publication Date:
February 2009
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
707
Dimensions:
9.13 x 7.50 in
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