Basic Book of Organic Gardening

by Robert Rodale

Book by Rodale, Robert

Genres: Gardening

377 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published June 1, 1974

Reviews

[Shelby *trains flying monkeys* · Rating 3 out of 5]

Loved this book. I'm in a gardening slump and this really inspires me to get my bum back out there.

[Wes Martin · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good book, although somewhat dated, on organic gardening. The multiple contributors have written on such far-reaching topics as soil health, composting, mulching, plant care, plant growing, and pest management. While this version was a little dry at times, it was still very informative and worth reading as a primer on organic gardening.

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

You can ignore the word organic in the title if you wish. This is a basic vegetable gardening book covering 41 species. It was one of my first gardening books back in the early 70's when I went 'back to the land'. If you want to know when or how deep to plant, plant and row spacing, how much seed to buy, yield, watering, companion planting, soil, insecticides, harvesting, storage and, of course, the organic way, this handy size (377 pages) paperback book is for you.

[HeavyReader · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an organic gardening classic! It is definitely worth reading for anyone who wants to learn about organic gardening and put that learning into practice.

[Chris · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you're going into sustainable agriculture and know absolutely nothing about agriculture, this is your book! It helped me out tremendously.

[Bill · Rating 4 out of 5]

Given to me by Jim Leet. He searches for it everywhere and gives it to his friends and mentees.

[Dawn · Rating 2 out of 5]

Hopelessly out of date. I did learn a few things.

[Belle Meade School]

631.5