ORGANIC

New Revised Second Edition

by DON BURKE & Burke's Backyard

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New large hardcover book, 382 pages, published 2011. Measures 26 x 21cm. Includes fold-out wall chart showing organic planting calendar.

This greatly expanded and updated second edition of Organic is even more useful for home food growers and is in response to the overwhelming support received for the first edition.

Horticulturist, tree surgeon, life-long gardener and animal enthusiast Don Burke has been growing vegies and keeping chooks ever since he was a kid. Don brings together a lifetime of knowledge, practical advice, step-by-step instructions and real life stories in this must-have gardening book to help you raise healthy crops of your own home-grown produce.

Organic covers all that you need to know to start and cultivate your own vegetable garden including composting, pests and diseases, growing conditions, chickens, harvesting and scrumptious recipes. Why not start a grocery store in your own backyard? Find out the benefits of growing your own veggies, including cost-cutting, family fun, fresh produce and greater variety of species unavailable in stores. From terrace pots to acreage, grab your gardening gloves and seedlings, and your family will enjoy building the garden, no matter the size of your plot. Take advice from a city and a country-based family as they describe the highlights and tips from their growing experience. A practical guide with step-by-step instructions, case studies and photos to assist in growing your own successful organic vegetable garden!

Includes all-new sections on

• safer pest and disease treatments
• sustainable living
• organic gardening in small spaces, including balconies
• beautiful organic potager gardens
• espaliered (flat-screen!) fruit trees
• organic tea and how to grow your own
• new recipes from garden to table
• kids projects
• compost

.Contents include:

• Introduction
• What is organic?
• Building and planting an organic vegetable garden
• Staying organic
• Real people who've done it themselves
• What to grow
• Problem solving
• Index
• plus Lift-out wall chart

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Organic Guide to Growing Organic Food by Don Burke and Burke's Backyard