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DOWN TO EARTH GARDENING DOWN SOUTH, Revised Edition (Paperback)
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DOWN TO EARTH GARDENING DOWN SOUTH, Revised Edition (Paperback)
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Loot Price R325
Discovery Miles 3 250
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A hands-on book to garden by, this update of a popular guide to
backyard vegetable gardening in the Southern Coastal Plain by a
former garden writer is especially valuable for newcomers to the
area who find the concept of all-season gardening confusing.
Experienced gardeners also can learn and enjoy. The clear, easy to
read style helps even the novice gardener understand how to work
with nature to grow vegetables; locate the garden site, choose
tools, select varieties and plant or transplant and take it through
to harvest. It is a guide to improving both plot and production
year after year through organic methods of soil building,
composting, and a selection of environmentally friendly but
effective pest control substances. .Chapters on selection of
vegetable varieties, seed starting, tools to buy, identification of
insect friends and enemies, small space and container gardening
cover the bases. The Planting Guide targets spacing, amount of seed
required, planting dates and varieties. A 12 month gardening
calendar lists chores, planting and harvesting tips; numerous NOTES
pages throughout encourage keeping adequate, helpful records and
make this a useful tool. The chapter on pest identification and
control "TAKE A TOAD TO LUNCH" begins, "For those of us who grew up
secure in the knowledge that all bugs are bad bugs and toads give
you warts, gardening organically takes some major psychological
adjustments. Some of the bugs and all of the garden toads turn out
to be on your side. "A toad, conveniently, looks like a toad.
Identifying beneficial members of the insect world takes more
study. It's worth the trouble though, because insects that prey on
pest insects are important biological or natural controls that help
us grow food without unnecessarily poisoning either ourselves or
our environment." Revised edition by Lacy F. Bullard, former Garden
Writer for the Tallahassee Democrat newspaper, who wrote the
original with the late C. Art Cheek, noted local gardening
personality. Illustrations by Sam Westbrook suit the light touch of
the chapter headings, and pepper the text with airy vignettes of
individual vegetables. They get detailed and seriously clear in
those meant for insect identification and demonstration of
gardening techniques like building a compost pile, staking and
tying plants, supporting climbers, or seed bed preparation.
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