Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades, 35th Anniversary Edition : The Complete Guide to Organic Gardening - Marina McShane

Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades, 35th Anniversary Edition

The Complete Guide to Organic Gardening

By: Marina McShane

Paperback | 1 December 2015 | Edition Number 1

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Now in its seventh edition, this complete guide to organic vegetable, herb, and flower gardening addresses issues of soil, seeds, compost, and watering. Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades has evolved from a self-published pamphlet into the master guide to organic gardening over the past thirty-five years. Steve Solomon, who founded the Territorial Seed Company, was one of the early proponents of organic gardening, and the first to codify and refine the best practices of small-plot vegetable gardening in the Pacific Northwest. The approaches to understanding and preparing soils, composting, chemical-free fertilizers, efficient uses of water, and garden planning are universal to any climate or region. Solomon gets specific in his extensive advice on growing specific crops--from tomatoes and beans to kale and turnips--in the gentle maritime Northwest climate.The book has been thoroughly updated in this new edition and includes a new formula for complete organic fertilizer and how to tweak it for a variety of different soil conditions, how-to sections for herbs and ornamental plants, new organization for better usability, updated sources for appropriate seed suppliers, and information about natural pest controls.
Industry Reviews
"Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades could easily be subtitled Vegetables 101. . .This is good, solid stuff for any gardener." -Fine Gardening

"Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades . . . is our best regional reference for growing organic vegetables. When-to-plant and how-to-grow advice is unsurpassed." -Sunset Magazine

"[A] new, completely rewritten-from-front-to-back edition of an indispensable classic." -Eugene Weekly

"For a great schedule of what to plant and when, Steve Solomon's Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades is a great resource-for this and all other topics related to vegetable gardening in the Pacific Northwest." -Actively Northwest

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