Organic Fruit and Vegetable Gardener’s Year

The Organic Gardener’s Year is an indispensable guide to everything, you, the aspiring organic gardener needs to know - season by season. Whether you’re planting on a narrow windowsill, in a small patio, an allotment or a large garden, you can dip in to this easy-to-navigate reference and discover facts, tips and inspiration to help you grow the most popular produce - the organic way. Whether you are a novice or experienced gardener, Graham Clarke, a respected expert and writer in the field, has the answer to your questions. By simply following the clear symbols and colour codes, you’ll easily find the solutions tailor-made to your needs. Key sections give invaluable up-to-date advice on how best to manage pests and disease without using abrasive or toxic substances; while step-by-step instructions take you through the basics of sowing and growing through to harvesting your own succulent organic crops, as well as the organic way to care for trees, shrubs and garden plants too. AUTHOR: Graham Clarke trained in horticulture at the Royal Horticultural Society Garden, Wisley, and then spent a year working in the gardens at Buckingham Palace. He has been a gardening writer for over 25 years and is author of many popular GMC titles, including Success with Water-saving Gardens (2007) and a range other titles. He is a former editor of Horticulture Week, to which he still contributes as well as to Organic Life, Amateur Gardening and The Garden.