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Fabulous
Food: From Every Small Garden
Mary Horsfall 2009
You can grow your own food at home in even
the smallest of spaces. Whether it’s a small
yard, balcony, rooftop garden, pots or just
your kitchen bench, here is a wealth of
practical ideas and advice to get the most
out of the space you have.
The author draws on first-hand experience
and over 20 years as editor of Grass Roots
magazine to show how to have a diverse,
healthy range of fruit, vegetables, herbs
and bush tucker plants in your small garden.
Garden structures such as raised beds,
no-dig beds and trellises are introduced as
well as innovative techniques such as
wicking beds and aquaponics. The author
uses a chemical-free approach to gardening:
soil improvement methods including
composting, worm farming, and Bokashi
buckets are explored. There is information
on sprouting, watering, pest control,
fertilizing, seed raising, harvesting,
storage and recipes. A comprehensive book
full of big ideas for small spaces. 222pp
BF112 $40.00
Garden
Talk
Colin Campbell 2009
“Gardening Australia” TV
presenter Colin Campbell has answered
gardeners’ questions on talkback radio since
1983. The useful and practical advice from
these programs has grown into this valuable
gardening book. Information is conveniently
categorized under “The Edible Garden”, “The
Orchard”, “Trees, Shrubs and Climbers”, “The
Lawn”, “Fertilisers”, “Soil Management”,
“Pests and Diseases” and “Odds, Sods and
Weeds”. Chances are, if you’ve got a
gardening question, you’ll find the answer
in this book.
BG133 $25.00
Harvest:
A Complete Australian Guide to the Edible
Garden
Meredith Kirton 2009
A beautifully illustrated book by this
bestselling gardening author and TV
presenter. It’s a great “all-rounder”
reference for growing, harvesting and
cooking a huge range of edibles in your
garden. Fruit, nuts, veges, herbs, root
crops, grains and flowers are covered in an
enjoyable, readable style, including rarer
edibles (supplied by Green Harvest) such as
Yacon, Japanese Raisin tree and Egyptian
Spinach . There is a chapter on common pests
and diseases and how to tackle them as well
as practical gardening tips throughout the
whole book. You’ll also find some
delicious-sounding recipes to help make the
best of your garden’s bounty. Excellent gift
for a new gardener as it is suitable for all
regions of Australia, only covers edibles,
introduces many general gardening ideas and
techniques and includes vegetables (2/3 of
book) and fruits (1/3 of book). This is the
best Australian combination fruit/vegetable
book available today. 440pp Hardcover, full
colour
BH117 $70.00
Successful Gardening in
Warm Climates
Especially recommended for new gardeners
by Annette
McFarlane 2008
This
detailed new edition of an Australian
gardening bestseller will show you how to
create an attractive and productive garden. It
is a comprehensive and essential reference to
help you take an organic approach to
establishing and maintaining your garden and
covers flower, herb, vegetable and fruit
growing, Australian natives and exotic
plants. All climate zones are catered for
with practical solutions to the problems that
arise in each area including special chapters
on green manures and cover crops, fertilisers
and bed preparation, mulching, pest, weed and
disease control. Full colour, 208
pages.
Nature’s
Weather Watch: A Guide to Forecasting the
Weather by Observing Animal & Plant Life
Glenda John
2007
There is much folklore about predicting the
weather by observing the behaviour of animals
and insects, the shape of the moon, the
appearance of clouds or the call of a storm
bird. This fascinating Australian book
describes and comments on many of these
observations. 82pp
BN109 $8.00
Now reduced from $16.00
Botanical Field Guide
Stefan Mager
2007
This Botanical
Field Guide offers, in symbols (280) and
keywords (400) a significant and substantial
overview for identifying plants whether as seed,
leaf, flower or fruit. With this in hand any
garden and bush observations and hard to
comprehend field guides will now have meaning
for you. Includes sections on distinctive
identification features of:
flower
anatomy; fruit and seed, vegetative spreading
plants - Monocots - Dicots - stem - roots -
grasses - sedges - leaf types You can learn more
at a glance in these 8 full colour A4 pages
which are protection coated for durability and
long life, than taking a course in Botany!
BB116 $12.00
The Green Gardener
Josh
Byrne 2006
“This is
without doubt the most unusual, informative and inspiring
garden book I’ve read.” Peter Cundall
This
very down-to-earth book by Gardening Australia
presenter Josh Byrne shows you how you can contribute to a
cleaner, greener world in your own backyard. 138 pp
BG114$35.00
Yates Roses
Roger Mann 2002
From the
fascinating history of the rose through to the
nitty-gritty of how to plant them and which ones
to choose for your garden. This practical guide to
over 300 roses for Australia and New Zealand
includes handy diagrams giving practical tips on
everything from planting to pruning. 464pp
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