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

Every topic is incomplete according to natural and Organic gardening.

Fantastic book for any organic gardener, everything needed for successful healthy gardens! Illustrations lack a bit but makes up for the wealth of information.

This is a wonderful book to be used as a reference book. When I moved to Florida- everyone was using so many chemicals. Even fruit trees and vegetable gardens.The chemicals would spray into my yard when there was wind. It would burn and affect everything in my yard. So I decided I wanted to grow without chemicals. This book was a go-to when I was fighting insects and learning it all starts with healthy soil. Slugs and snails hate salt. Planting plants that were compatible with each other. The Rodale family has grown organically for many years. I learned a lot from this textbook. You will too!

Many years ago, when The Good Life was on TV, we moved into an ex quarryman's cottage in the depths of Northumberland, determined to do a bit of good living of our own. This included, of course, an organic garden. We ordered and planted the seeds, with high hopes and more than a bit of ignorance; and found that we were not the only ones who watched our plants with interest. First the rabbits, and then the insects, and more insects, and more insects.....and the fungi....arggh....we definitely needed help. I had known Rodale for their vitamins; so when I saw this book advertised, I sent for it in desperation - it was an American book, so I had no idea whether its advice would even be of any use here. However, I should not have doubted: it got us out of many a scrape while we had that garden. It didn't cover everything, but it covered enough to be very useful indeed. It's been a while since I had that garden; but I've just planted another, the first since that time; and the first book I knew I had to have was this one. It's been updated, of course, but I'm pleased to say it still keeps the sensible, informative attitude that made the original so good. Heartily recommended!

This book is everything I expected and more. Easy reference guide and great tips! I am thrilled and would recommend to anyone interested in organic gardening.

From my initial scanning and skipping through the book it seem excellent. On a par with the earlier addition (1992?), which I used to have in hard-copy!