When we come across an exceptional book we like to make it available to you as is the case with The New Northern Gardener. A treasure trove of organic gardening know how. Not only is it helpful to gardeners in more challenging climates, it is a great reference book for you no matter where you garden! This book really covers it all:
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Garden plans: vegetable and flower
Zonemap, horticultural glossary
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A chapter on soil amendment: fertilizers, compost, greenmanures, earthworms etc.
Organic fertilizer and fresh manure analysis
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Extensive seed starting section covering soil mixes, germination, sowing, greenhouse and more!
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Plant sections are not just everyday varieties!
Vegetables including: Jerusalem Artichoke, Malabar spinach, Mushrooms, Tampala, Garden Huckleberry
Flowers including: Amaranth, Clematis, Fuschia, Lavatera, Summer bulbs, Tadescantia
Herbs: Angelica, Catnip, Horseradish, Sweet Cicely
Each plant entry has specific info like: culture, harvest, pests and disease.
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Watering, mulching, weeding, insects, disease
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Plant propagation: Layering, cutting, division
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What to do in the fall: Clean up, vegetable, root and flower bulb storage. 
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Extending the growing season: Building coldframes, cloches, mulches
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An Organic Gardening
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Paperbound- 256 pages
Full color photos, Black & white line drawings
Publisher: Firefly
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