Organic Gardening The Whole Story
by Gear, Jackie; Gear, Alan; Prince of Wales, HRHFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2010-09-07
Publisher(s): Watkins
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Summary
What is organic gardening?
Author Biography
Alan and Jackie Gear Created the largest organic gardening organization in Europe at Ryton Gardens, including the Heritage Vegetable Seed Library, and were presenters of the first UK television series on organic gardening. They have been instrumental in making organic gardening popular, and theirs is a unique and passionate account of the whole history of the subject.
Table of Contents
| List of Plates | p. viii |
| Acknowledgements | p. x |
| Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales | p. xiii |
| Introduction | p. xv |
| Origins | p. 1 |
| Philosophy into Practice | p. 15 |
| New Roots | p. 29 |
| The Good Life | p. 45 |
| Fertility without Fertilizers | p. 58 |
| Poison-Free Pest Control | p. 73 |
| Branching Out | p. 88 |
| Seeing is Believing | p. 102 |
| All Muck and Magic? | p. 119 |
| Enter the Prince | p. 133 |
| Food Champions | p. 146 |
| Third World Growing | p. 163 |
| Vanishing Vegetables | p. 178 |
| Designed to be Green | p. 195 |
| Food You Can Trust | p. 209 |
| Blossoming Out | p. 220 |
| An Organic Future | p. 235 |
| List of Acronyms | p. 249 |
| Glossary | p. 250 |
| Select Bibliography | p. 252 |
| Useful Addresses | p. 258 |
| Index | p. 261 |
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