Free Download The Resilient Garden and Allotment Handbook: Enrich Your Soil, Manage Pests and Diseases and Boost Biodiversity Without Toxic Chemicals and Synthetic Fertilisers by Sally Morgan
English | March 21st, 2024 | ISBN: 1915294568 | 224 pages | True EPUB | 2.92 MB
Create a thriving garden or allotment that works in harmony with nature and will flourish in the face of ever-changing environmental conditions.
In The Resilient Garden and Allotment Handbook, expert organic gardener Sally Morgan shares a wide range of ecological concepts from permaculture, regenerative gardening, agroecology and more to boost your garden’s biodiversity and enrich your soil.
This must-have guide will help you:
* Build your soil so it’s full of healthy organic matter and protect it through no-dig practices, composting, cover crops and mulching
* Increase resilience through productive plant combinations and polyculture
* Create wildlife-friendly habitats utilising walls and fences, log piles, water features and wild corners
* Choose the right plants to attract pollinators and plant defenders
* Combat disease and keep pests at bay using natural predators, companion planting and trap and barrier crops
PLUS
* The importance of collecting genetically diverse seeds from plants that have adapted to local conditions
* Sustainably manage water in your garden, especially in times of drought or excessive rainfall
Whether you’re a passionate gardener, allotment holder or grower, The Resilient Garden and Allotment Handbook will help you future-proof your garden by giving it everything it needs to adapt and succeed, whatever the climate challenge.
(Previously published as The Healthy Vegetable Garden, now updated and revised)