Charles Dowding: Organic Gardening

Cover: 9780857840899 | Organic Gardening | The Natural No-Dig Way | Charles Dowding | Buch

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Beschreibung

The UK's leading no-dig gardening expert, Charles Dowding, shares his organic approach to growing healthy, vibrant crops.

The no-dig approach to gardening - based on the key principle of leaving the ground as undisturbed as possible - has gained popularity in recent years as a more efficient, economical and sustainable way to grow healthy plants.

Packed with easy-to-follow advice, Organic Gardening reveals the art of the no-dig approach and the techniques required to grow organic crops while enhancing soil structure.

By employing the simplicity of the no-dig technique and using a system of permanent, slightly raised beds, Charles Dowding shows how to grow a delicious variety of fruit and vegetables sustainably and organically: what to choose; when to sow, plant and harvest; and how best to avoid pests and diseases.

From sowing seeds and making compost to harvesting summer salads and winter vegetables, this accessible guide is an essential resource for beginners and experienced gardeners.

Über den Autor

Charles Dowding has written many books on vegetable growing and contributes regularly to many magazines, including Permaculture, Gardeners' World, Gardens Illustrated & Grow It!. He gives regular talks, advising gardeners on best practice and runs courses on organic, no-dig gardening. He is a regular guest on radio and TV. A veteran organic grower, he has practised no-dig gardening for years, providing produce for local and London markets, running a small farm in France, then producing salad on surface-composted, undisturbed clay soil, which grew bountiful crops and few weeds. He has run experiments to compare differences in growth between vegetables on dug and undug soil, discovering different patterns of growth in most seasons, with slightly lower yields and more weeds and slugs on the dug beds.

Zusammenfassung

Foreword by Patrick Holden, CBE, Founder of the Sustainable Food Trust & ex-director of The Soil Association.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Patrick Holden, CBE, Founder of the Sustainable Food Trust & ex-director of The Soil Association
Introduction

Part 1: Letting Nature Nurture your Garden

The art of not digging
The basics
Deciding what to grow
What's in season?
Living with pests
Sowing seeds, raising plants
Making compost
The moon

Part 2: Healthy Harvests

Summer salads
Winter salads
Alliums
Choice of roots
Savouring summer
Brassicas
Tomatoes, greenhouse vegetables and unusual vegetables
Perennial vegetables
Herbs and edible flowers
Tree fruit and nuts
Soft fruit (berries)

Postscript
Appendix: Dig/no-dig experiment at Lower Farm
Resources
Bibliography
Main index
Index of recipes

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2013
Genre:	Importe
Produktart:	Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik:	Hobby & Freizeit
Thema:	Garten & Natur
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780857840899
ISBN-10:	0857840894
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Dowding, Charles
Auflage:	3. Auflage
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	233 x 164 x 25 mm
Von/Mit:	Charles Dowding
Erscheinungsdatum:	04.02.2013
Gewicht:	0,652 kg