Best-selling author Annette McFarlane takes on organic fruit growing in a companion book to her enduring classic ORGANIC VEGETABLE GARDENING. In this practical, no-fail guide, Annette makes fruit growing easy with advice on: soil preparation, drainage, waterwise design, nutrition, coping with climatic variations (including drought tolerance), propagation, purchasing and planting, pruning and training, pollination, pest and diseases and how to control them organically.
Complete with profiles of 60 shrubs, vines and trees; including unusual fruits such as carambola, grumichama and granadilla, and specific advice on how to best manage their requirements, ORGANIC FRUIT GROWING will show you - whether a novice or experienced gardener - how to supply your families, friends and neighbours with fruit all year round.
Soft Cover. Australian author. 1 Book $34.95
by Sara Pitzer. Grow, harvest & cook wheat, barley, oats, rice, corn, millet & more including the heirloom grains amaranth, quinoa, spelt, emmer farro, einkorn etc. Covers planting, growing, harvesting, milling & baking for each type. Written for the backyard home gardener, or those wishing to grow & use their own grains on a small scale.
Soft cover. 167 pages. 1 Book $24.95
by Jackie French. Written for Australian & NZ gardeners, this book tells in a clear, non-technical way, the secret of simple, natural, no-cost plant propagation including striking cuttings, layering, grafting, budding, dividing, cross-pollinating, hybridising, seed collecting & germinating.
Soft cover. 116 pages. Australian author. 1 Book $19.95
by Phil Dudman. In this book 'Down to Earth Garden Design: How to Design & Build Your Dream Garden' the design process has been broken down into a series of simple steps that you can follow at your own pace in your own time. It teaches you how to take a good close look at your property and gives you the skills and confidence needed to develop a truly personalised plan to suit your lifestyle. You will also learn how to build many garden features yourself using materials and techniques that are affordable and achievable.
Fully illustrated with easy to follow step-by-step diagrams and photographs.
Phil Dudman, a horticulturist, designer and landscaper was the presenter and producer of the award-winning ABC Local Radio network 'Garden Guru Files' and currently presents the weekly 'Good Gardening' show on ABC Local Radio, North Coast.
Australian author. 2010. Soft cover. 200 pages. 1 Book $35.00 NOW ONLY $24.95
by Annette McFarlane (revised edition). Offers gardeners an authoritative and comprehensive guide to growing an extensive range of organic vegetables. As well as outlining the basics of how to to plan your garden & prepare soil, make compost, develop a planting guide, propagate, sow and germinate seed, information is also provided on growing different types of mushrooms, edible flowers & weeds.
Advice is also given on growing heirloom vegetables, collecting & storing seeds, plus extensive instructions on how to grow over 115 vegetables from 'A' for Amaranth to 'Z' for Zucchini.
Annette McFarlane leactures in horticulture and is a regular contributor to a range of gardening publications, including the ABC's Organic Gardener magazine.
Australian author. 2010. Soft cover. 256 pages. 1 Book $34.95
by Jackie French. A simple guide to building in stone with formwork including garden walls, pathways, ponds, stone floors or perhaps...... a whole house!
Australian Author. 2001. Paperback. 79 pages. 1 book $16.95
by W. J. Lewis & D. McE. Alexander. A Practical Guide for Fruit & Nut Plants & Ornamentals. A comprehensive guide to all types of grafting & budding techniques. This book covers the basics of budding, grafting & multi-grafting including step-by-step & pictorial instructions. Advice is also given on the selection of scion wood, the preparation of rootstocks & the after-care of grafted plants.
Budding Techniques: T-Budding, Chip Budding, Patch Budding, V-Budding
Grafting Techniques: Splice or Whip Graft, Wedge or Cleft Graft, Whip & Tongue Graft, Bark Graft, Side Graft, Approach Graft
Species Covered: Australian Natives, Custard Apples, Avocado, Cacti, Cashew, Citrus, Conifers, Deciduous Ornamentals, Grape, Macadamia, Mango, Passionfruit, Pistachio, Pome Fruit (Apples & Pears), Roses, Sapodilla, Stone Fruits, Tomatoes, Walnut, Ziziphus.
Australian Author. 2010. Paperback. 96 pages. 1 Book $34.95
by Stefan Mager. Seeds from your own crops are accustomed to your climate and soil and likely to be more resilient to pests in your areas. Collecting and saving your own seed is easy with this A4, fold-out, full-colour, laminated chart.
Australian. Paperback. 1 Foldout Chart $12.00
by Jackie French. There is no need to water your garden, or weed, prune, spray or dig if you follow Jackie's approach to wilderness gardening by letting the plants, and nature do most of the work for you. This book is about ideas & how to set up a garden that will look after itself, and yet keeps fruiting, flowering & growing all year round. Includes ideas for dealing with drought & bushfire, pests & disease as well as weeds, and has chapters fully devoted to the vegetable, fruit & flower garden. 2007. Soft cover. 225 pages. Australian author
by Jackie French. In this book Jackie shares her passion for pumpkins detailing everything you need to know about this vegetable including pumpkin varieties, growing & harvesting them. Includes method for growing giant pumpkins as well as many interesting & traditional recipes. Also includes instructions on how to make your own pumpkin flour. 1996. Soft cover. 116 pages. Australian author.
by Jackie French. Includes vital information on the many & varied ways of adding fertility to your soil including natural fertilisers, green manure, animal manure, compost, & mulch. More than just your average composting book, specific needs of each vegetable & fruit tree are discussed & focus is made on 10 different plots of land & how to improve them including new & established gardens, gardens on steep slopes, a barren paddock, a hill of trees, the tropical garden, dry gardens, burnt & eroded land, a dead garden etc. An easy to read, highly practical book. 1995 - reprinted 1999. Soft cover. 184 pages. Australian author. 1 book $18.95
by Michel & Jude Fanton. The founders of Australia's Seed Saver's Network show how gardeners can protect our global food heritage - and eat it too. The seeds and growth cycles of 117 vegetables, culinary herbs & edible flowers described in detail including practical information on how to save seed & guidelines to keeping it pure. Highly recommended for anyone wishing to save their own seed. Soft cover. 178 pages. Australian authors.
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by Jackie French. This book takes a very natural & practical approach to controlling weeds. Jackie shows how weeds may be controlled using simple, home-grown, natural herbicides in addition to mulching, solarisation and applications of urine, steam or boiling water, as well as a multitude of other cheap, environmentally safe and gentle techniques. Also includes a chapter on using weeds as edibles, medicinally, & in the garden as pesticides, fertiliser, mulch & compost. An easy to read, highly recommended book. 1997 - reprinted 2006. Soft cover. 156 pages. Australian author
by Jackie French. In her balanced & practical approach to controlling garden pests, Jackie suggests that in growing crops well you will receive the benefit of having very few pests & diseases to worry about. Those pests that persist can then be controlled with the multitude of natural & organic pesticides and fungicides that Jackie has developed & tested. This book contains workable natural gardening and farming methods, along with techniques for natural pest control in flower and vegetable gardens, orchards & small farms. Includes info on bird-attracting plants, companion planting, organic pest remedies & a natural pest control calendar. 2002 - reprinted 2007. Soft cover. 186 pages. Australian author
by Jackie French. A light-hearted approach to all things to do with chooks. Great for the novice chook farmer including suggestions on which chooks to choose & how to keep chooks laying over winter & summer, as well as all the practicalities & heaps of chook & egg recipes. 1993. Soft cover. 120 pages. Australian author
by Jackie French. A small book with heaps of information. Jackie's guide is packed full of easy to read advice on which plants to grow together to achieve the best results with vegetables, fruit & flowers as well as ways of using companion planting to improve soil fertility. Also discusses many common weeds & their use as companion plants. 1991 - reprinted 2007. Soft cover. 125 pages. Australian author.
by Jackie French. A very timely book with very practical information on creating a self-sufficient garden & home. Includes tips on planning, growing, harvesting & storage of not just vegetables & fruit, but also the staples including grains, beans & lentils, sugars & oils, as well as suggestions on growing in adversity. 1992 - reprinted 2005. Soft cover. 164 pages. Australian author. 1 book $19.95
