Recommended reading
How to protect your garden from climate change, and save water.
Easy Organic Gardening and Moon Planting is an essential reference for all gardeners who care about their family’s health and the environment. Written for Australian gardeners to assist them in addressing the challenges of climate change and improve the health of their gardens, Easy Organic Gardening and Moon Planting is packed with information and easy to follow step-by-step guides on:
- how to drought-proof your whole garden
- getting the best results from water restrictions
- how to convert water-repellent dirt into healthy, productive garden loam
- how to make top-quality fertiliser from worm farms
- making excellent compost, quickly
- using green manures to maintain the health of your soil
- how and when to grow your favourite fruit, vegetables and culinary herbs
- how to garden in pots and boxes
- how to care for trees, shrubs and flowering annuals
- how and when to prune
- propagating from seeds and cuttings
- coping with frost, hail and bushfires
- how to treat garden pests and diseases without using poisons.
This practical handbook also includes a perpetual monthly gardening calendar advising you on what to do when in your garden for all Australian and New Zealand climate zones, plus space for you to add personal reminders. And, for those who follow the ancient gardening practice of moon planting, a listing of the best days for different gardening activities up to the end of 2013.
Scribe Publications 512 pp. PB – ISBN 9781921372605 $ 50.00
Easy Organic Gardening and Moon Planting is available from Dymocks and other good book stores.
It can also be ordered online from:
and many other on-line book stores.
The Big Book Club included Easy Organic Gardening and Moon Planting in their recommended reading promotion for December 2009 and January 2010. The Big Book Club Inc. is supported by the Australian Government’s arts funding and advisory body – The Australian Council for the Arts.
‘Easy Organic Gardening and Moon Planting is jam-packed with fascinating information … an easy and accessible book that will, for many, open a hidden door to a whole new world of gardening. For experienced readers it will become a welcome and constant companion.’ – (Australian Certified Organic magazine)
‘Lyn Bagnall has produced a reference work of incredible proportions … It should become a benchmark among the many smaller and not-so thorough ones on the subject … Aspiring and experienced gardeners of all kinds will find the wide range of this book extremely helpful.’ – Pat Coleby (author of ‘Natural Farming’)
‘This terrific book shows you how and why it can and should be done … It could answer all my queries – in a straightforward, practical sort of way.’ – Sally Madsen (Readings, Carlton)
…’ a very enjoyable read, written by an experienced, passionate organic farmer and gardener. This book is a useful reference tool for novices and experienced gardeners.” – Josh Byrne (Gardening Australia magazine)
‘This is organic gardening at its best.’ – Lorraine Parker (Hunter Organics)
‘If you had to reduce your organic gardening library to just one book, this would be a good choice as the 502 pages cover everything you need to know.’ – (Warm Earth magazine)
‘A detailed guide to organics ranging from seed germination and nutrition to practical pest and disease control … The moon planting guide provided is simple enough to plan a year’s production in advance (for all climate zones of Australia) … Get growing!’ – Dave Fawkner (Organic Gardener magazine)
‘This is the most comprehensive guide to complete organic gardening with the added bonus of a moon planting guide … a fabulous resource both for the beginner and the more experienced gardener.’ – (Earth Garden magazine)
‘This is really the only kitchen gardening book you’ll ever need.’ – (Habitat Australia )
‘An immensely readable primer on organic matters written in a friendly way … This organic lark is not tricky at all.’ – (Your Home & Garden NZ)
‘A fabulous resource for any gardener.’ – (Good Life book club)
‘I recommend this comprehensive text to the dedicated gardener … the fundamentals are well covered … a great guide to drought-proof plants … Bagnall makes a good case for adopting moon planting.’ – Anne Harrison (National Parks Journal)
‘Easy Organic Gardening and Moon Planting is a breath of fresh air in our brave new world … The book is packed with information about revitalising soil, using compost and worm farming techniques to improve it, growing fruit and vegetables, saving water and controlling pests without using poisons.’ – (Senior Life)
‘This book gathers all her knowledge and experience, providing an essential reference for all organic gardeners, and for those thinking about it.’ – (SA Life)
‘Bagnall has written a very user-friendly book … a fine acquisition for any gardener who wants to get back to nature.’ – Christopher Bantick (The Weekly Times)
A ‘practical and enlightening guide for Australian gardeners. Four stars.’ – Miranda Korzy (AAP)
