Book & Product Reviews
Here you will find reviews of books, products, and services of interest to organic gardeners. Some typical products are garden tools, composters, garden gloves, lawn mowers, and pest control devices.
Review of Deardorff and Wadsworth's "What's Wrong With My Plant? (And How Do I Fix It?): A Visual Guide to Easy Diagnosis and Organic Remedies.
A review of SCD's Happy Farmer Composting Kit, which uses Bokashi to ferment organic waste.
A review of Flowerfield Enterprises' Worm-A-Way 7002 vermicomposting system.
Review of Stu Campbell's classic book about composting, "Let It Rot!"
A review of TerraCycle All Purpose Plant Food
It is so easy to go overboard when purchasing tools for your garden. There are so many types of pruners, shovels, hoes and other gadgets out there, and each of them promises ease of use and less time doing hard labor in the garden. Buying these specialized tools can be fun (not to mention expensive) but there are really only a few tools you need to have in your garden shed.
Jeff Gillman's latest book, [i]The Truth About Organic Gardening[/i], strives to expose many of the misconceptions we have about gardening in general, and about organic gardening in particular. Not every "natural" solution is a safe one, and Gillman attempts to guide us through the confusion and give us the facts about organic gardening.
Understanding the soil beneath our feet is the first step in becoming better organic gardeners. James Nardi's "Life in the Soil: A Guide for Naturalists and Gardeners" gives us a crash course in soil science.
Heirloom tomatoes have their fair share of fanatics among gardeners. If you're looking for a book to feed your passion, check out this review of Dr. Carolyn Male's
100 Heirloom Tomatoes for the American Garden.This article from
Organic Gardening Magazine lays out the pros and cons of several common weeding tools.
