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The Resilient Garden and Allotment Handbook Sally Morgan

The Resilient Garden and Allotment Handbook By Sally Morgan

The Resilient Garden and Allotment Handbook by Sally Morgan


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The Resilient Garden and Allotment Handbook Summary

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

Create a thriving garden or allotment that works in harmony with nature and will flourish in the face of ever-changing environmental conditions.

InThe 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 gardens biodiversity and enrich your soil. This must-have guide will help you:

  • Build your soil so its 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 toattract pollinatorsand plant defenders
  • Combat disease and keep pests at bayusing 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
  • ustainably manage water in your garden, especially in times of drought or excessive rainfall

Whether youre a passionate gardener, allotment holder or grower,The Resilient Garden and Allotment Handbookwill help you future-proof your garden by giving it everything it needs to adapt and succeed, whatever the climate challenge.

(Previously published asThe Healthy Vegetable Garden, now updated and revised)

'A must-read for anyone who wants to know how to grow their own zero-food miles, pesticide-free veg, while treading gently upon our planet.'Dave Goulson, author ofThe Garden JungleandSilent Earth

'This book could not be better timed, and given Sallys lifetime experience of organic gardening, its bound to inspire all those who want to grow back better.'Helen Browning, Chief Executive, Soil Association

About Sally Morgan

Sally Morgan is the editor of Soil Associations Organic Farming magazine, writes regularly for gardening and smallholding magazines and is a member of the Garden Media Guild. Sallys blog was a finalist in the Garden Media Guild Award 2019, and she also runs smallholder courses on her organic farm in Somerset.

Her previous books include The Climate Change Garden with Kim Stoddart and Living on One Acre or Less. Sally speaks at many events including RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, London Permaculture Conference, Toby Bucklands Garden Festival, Edible Garden Show, the Welsh Spring Festival, River Cottage Festival and the Water Resilience Summit in Totnes as well as to gardening clubs and WI groups. In 2023 she was invited to speak at the prestigious NW Flower and Garden Festival in Seattle.

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NGR9781915294562
9781915294562
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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
New
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Chelsea Green Publishing UK
2024-03-21
192
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