ORGANIC FRUIT GROWING

by ANNETTE McFARLANE

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New softcover book, 224 pages, published 2011. An ABC Gardening Australia title.

Best-selling author Annette McFarlane takes on organic fruit growing in a companion book to her enduring classic Organic Vegetable Gardening book.

Complete with profiles of 60 shrubs, vines and trees; including unusual fruits such as carambola, grumichama and granadilla, and specific advice on how to best manage their requirements, Organic Fruit Gardening will show you - whether a novice or experienced gardener - how to supply your families, friends and neighbours with fruit all year round.

In this practical, no-fail guide, Annette makes fruit growing easy with advice on:

• soil preparation and drainage
• waterwise design
• nutrition
• coping with climatic variations (including drought tolerance)
• propagation
• purchasing and planting
• pruning and training
• pollination
• how to cook with various fruit - recpies provided
• pest and diseases and how to control them organically

About the author

Annette McFarlane lectures in horticulture and is a regular contributor to a range of gardening publications including the ABC's Organic Gardener magazine. She presents 'Gardening Talkback' on ABC Radio in Brisbane and is the author of several other books on gardening.

Annette's book Organic Vegetable Gardening is also available click here

Organic Fruit Growing - Annette McFarlane