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Rodale's Ultimate Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening: The Indispensable Green Resource for Every Gardener

Rodale's Ultimate Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening: The Indispensable Green Resource for Every Gardener
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Rodale's Ultimate Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening has been the go-to resource for gardeners for more than 50 years—and the best tool novices can buy to start applying organic methods to their fruit and vegetable crops, herbs, trees and shrubs, perennials, annuals, and lawns. This thoroughly revised and updated version highlights new organic pest controls, new fertilizer products, improved gardening techniques, the latest organic soil practices, and new trends in garden design.
In this indispensable work readers will find:
- comprehensive coverage for the entire garden and landscape along with related entries such as Community Gardening, Edible Landscaping, Horticultural Therapy, Stonescaping, and more
- the most in-depth information from the trusted Rodale Organic Gardening brand
- a completely new section on earth-friendly techniques for gardening in a changing climate, covering wise water management, creating backyard habitats, managing invasive plants and insects, reducing energy use and recycling, and understanding biotechnology
- entries all written by American gardeners for American gardeners, with answers for all the challenges presented by various conditions, from the humid Deep South and the mild maritime coasts to the cold far North and the dry Southwest
Rodale's Ultimate Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening has everything anyone needs to create gorgeous, non-toxic gardens in any part of the country.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #11368 in Books
  • Published on: 2009-02-03
  • Released on: 2009-02-03
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 720 pages

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Editorial Reviews

About the Author

FERN MARSHALL BRADLEY, BARBARA W. ELLIS, and ELLEN PHILLIPS are all former managing editors of Rodale Garden Books. The three coauthored the 1992 edition of this title, in addition to having written numerous books and articles individually. Bradley lives in Cambridge, New York; Ellis in Chesterton, Maryland; and Phillips in Brienigsville, Pennsylvania.

Customer Reviews

Avoid Kindle Ed.3
A great reference. Avoid the Kindle Edition, however, which has navigation suitable for a page turning novel not a reference book.

Example:

TOC - no A-Z link on each page of the TOC to navigate quickly from the TOCs A's for Artichoke to the P's for Peat. The reader has to page through screen after screen after screen of TOC to get to the Ps.

TOC links seem to be tied to hard copy page numbers, not Kindle place markers. So links always land a screen or two before or after the entry you seek.

Appendix and additional material referenced in the text are not included in the Kindle Edition.

Many reference links inside the text or at foot/end notes for a chapter do not link to the information indicated or are not linked at all.

A lot of reference opportunities are lost because there are no links around in the text.

re the 9.99 Boycott - I think reference books fall into different category because it would take two or three times as long to set up this book properly with regards to navigation and the e-book conversion hack should be compensated for taking the time to do the job properly.

However, as it stands this book in Kindle Ed. is a waste of money due to poor navigation.

A standard for every organic gardener5
This is an excellent reference book that I find myself constantly using. Sometimes it is in reference to a specific problem, other times, I just find it interesting to read. Most often, I will pick it up to look something specific up and then realize that 30 minutes has gone by because I have found other interesting things to read. Great, reliable, organized well, and lots of great ideas.

Very helpful book5
I am new to the organic lifestyle and am growing our first organic garden. I think this book is very useful and full of good information. I recommend it for beginners.