The New Natural Food Garden (create a bountiful harvest)
The New Natural Food Garden is a wonderful guide to grow a bountiful harvest of vegetables, in harmony with your environment and suited to your region. From starting seeds, to harvesting and storing produce.
The authors (who have taught thousands of people to grow their own organic food) share decades of experience, using gardening techniques and practices rooted in permaculture and no-dig gardening.
If you share your home with animal friends, learn about pet-friendly gardens (many plants and mulches are unsafe near animal friends). And use nontoxic humane slug and snail deterrents.
Avoid netting and read tips for wildlife-friendly gardens. Also how to create safe havens for garden birds and stop birds flying into windows.
Bin allium scraps (onion, leeks, garlic, shallots, chives) and citrus/tomato/rhubarb scraps, as acids could harm compost creatures. It’s okay to put them in food waste bins (made into biogas).
They’ll teach you how to create a garden that suits your growing conditions, and empower you to make your own choices:
- Turn unused lawn areas into food-growing spaces
- Decide how much to plant, and where
- Create rich topsoil in just six months
- How to transplant baby plants!
- Select and make the best fertilisers
- Use the most efficient harvesting methods
- Plant, grow and harvest 36 common vegetables
