This authoritative book provides detailed, practical guidance for those who wish to make the most of their time and whatever area of ground is available to grow vegetables the organic way. It looks forward to productive gardening becoming increasingly relevant and necessary as we are obliged to adapt to global trends, including climate change and diminishing oil resources that will adversely affect food production. The techniques described are applicable to any scale of gardening and are based on the author's thirty years of organic gardening experience, including twenty years of self-sufficiency and eight as a professional gardener growing vegetables and fruit in walled gardens. Contents: Introduction; 1. Tools and Back Care; 2. Clearing the Ground; 3. Planning the Garden; 4. Digging; 5. Maintaining Soil Fertility; 6. Preparing Beds and Sowing Seeds; 7. Vegetables One by One; 8. Weeds; 9. Bonfires; 10. Cover Crops and Green Manure; 11. Cooking Vegetables; Appendix I: Maintenance and Modification of Tools; Appendix II: Transplanting from Pots; Appendix III: Useful Knots; Appendix IV: Wildlife Gardening is Bad for Wildlife!; Glossary; References; Recommended Reading; Index.