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The classic guide for realists and dreamers. A beautiful new edition illustrated with the superb linocuts of Jeremey Sancha. The book now contains over 100 new pages on food from the garden. "Nothing should be wasted on the self-sufficient holding. The dustman should never have to call."
Dorling Kindersley Ltd., London, 2008. Hardback. 408 pages. NEW.
This classic guide gives you the knowledge and expertise to create your own self-sufficient garden. A beautiful new edition of a much loved book. "People benefit from the satisfying process of helping nature create beautiful, nourishing food out of what is apparently nothing."
Dorling Kindersley Ltd., London, 2008. Hardback. 256 pages. NEW.
A wealth of ideas for developing a more self sufficient lifestyle from window boxes to smallholdings. Food growing, cooking, crafts, livestock and foraging.
Watkins Publishing, London, 2010. Hardback with dust jacket. 312 pages. NEW
A guide to the wild foods available in New Zealand together with a selection of recipes and sections on making wine, medicines, cosmetics etc. 16 colour plates.
A.H. & A.W. Reed, Wellington, 1981. Softback. 144 pages. SECONDHAND
Over 190 trees, shrubs, herbs, ferns, mushrooms, lichens and seaweeds are described in detail together with information about which part is edible. Also details how these plants have been used by Maori and where and when they may be found. Poisonous plants in New Zealand are also described. First published 1981.
Penguin NZ, Auckland, 2011. Softback, with plastic cover. 192 pages. NEW
A rich conpendium of ideas by various authorities on how to make the most of New Zealand native plants in our personal and public environments and how to restore native plant habitats.
Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, 2009. Softback. 255 pages. NEW
Practical, detailed and clear advice on creating a garden free of chemicals. Find out how to grow tastier fruit and vegetables. Make your garden safe for children, pets and wildlife. Cultivate flowers, trees, shrubs and lawns the organic way.
Dorling Kindersley, London, 2004. Softback. 288 pages. NEW.
Based on his experience of a system of permanent slightly raised beds, the author takes you through a delicious variety of fruit and vegetables: what to choose, when to plant and harvest, and how best to avoid pests and diseases. The book includes recipes to inspire you to culinary heights with your fresh picked produce.
Green Books, Totnes, UK, 2007. Softback. 224 pages. NEW.
A Slice of Organic Life edited by Sheherazade Goldsmith. Bake Bread. Plant an Apple Tree. Shop Locally. Keep Chickens. Grow Salad on a Windowsill. Pick Berries. Collect Rainwater. Make Jam. Raise a Pig. Save Energy. Compost. Design a Herb Garden. Preserve your Harvest and a whole lot of other stuff.
Dorling Kindersley Ltd., London, 2007. Hardback. 352 pages. NEW.
H.R.H. Charles Prince of Wales has spent more than twenty six years transforming the gardens of Highgrove into one of the finest gardens in Britain. His strict adherance to organic principals has helped shape and define a garden which is both beautiful and environmentally sound. In this book he shows how to create an organic garden using ideas tried out at Highgrove and his other gardens at Clarence House and Birkhall.
Weidenfeld & Nicholson, London, 2007. Hardback with dustjacket. 176 pages. NEW.
This classic of biodynamic gardening introduces the reader/gardener to an obvious, often forgotten principle: gardening is about living things, life forces. Biodynamics is based on the interrelatedness (or dynamics) of life forces.
Anthroposophic Press, Gt. Barrington, USA, 1988. Softback. 109 pages. NEW
In 1924 a group of farmers and gardeners who were concerned about the depletion of soils, crops and livestock asked Rudolf Steiner for guidance. He responded by creating an agricultural course which consisted of eight lectures on “the spiritual foundations for a renewal of agriculture” Using this as a basis, generations of farmers, gardeners and viticulturists have developed biodynamics, a healing, ecological and spiritual approach to the sustainable care of the Earth. Introduction by Hugh Courtney. Steiner Books, Great Barrington, USA, 2005. Softback. 190 pages. NEW
A journey through the seasons discovering lots of new tips and suggestions for those gardeners seeking to manage nature responsibly and successfully.
Temple Lodge, Forest Row, UK, 2007. Harback, no dust jacket as issued. 120 pages. NEW
Looks at all aspects of using a polytunnel to grow your own fresh and affordable food all the year round, including developing healthy soil and the management of pests.
Green Books Ltd., Totnes, UK, 2008. Softback. 125 pages. NEW
How to profitably harvest fresh organic vegetables all year round in even the coldest climates using unheated or minimally heated portable plastic greenhouses.
Chelsea Green Publishing, Vermont, USA, 2009. Softback. 247 pages. NEW
Discover how the rythams of the moon, sun, stars and planets influence your garden, creating ideal periods in which to sow, weed and harvest plants. Through straightforward advice and illustrations, this practical guide shows how even the novice gardener can use biodynamic techniques to produce a healthy, abundant garden.
Floris Books, Edinburgh, UK, 2009. Softback. 144 pages. NEW
How to grow delicious vegetables and fruit, keep plants and flowers healthy, make compost, and attract wildlife to your garden. The practical guide to gardening the natural way, fully adapted for Australiasian conditions.
Dorling Kindersley, Melbourne, 2008. Hardback. 352 pages. NEW.
Describes a gardening system that combines the best features of wildlife habitat, edible landscapes and flower and vegetable gardens into a self-renewing landscape that allows nature to do most of the work.
Chelsea Green Publishing Co. Vermont, USA, 2000. Softback. 222 pages. NEW
An organic guide to growing, processing and using whole grains for gardeners and farmers. Covers all the basics from planting to harvesting and storing.
Chelsea Green Publishing, Vermont, USA, 2009. Softback. 308 pages. NEW
This valuable book covers all aspects of setting up an Olive grove of any size and written expressly for Southern Hemisphere conditions.
Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, 1999. Softback. 146 pages. SECONDHAND
An easy to use and practical guide to the care of woody plants for both amateurs and professionals detailing the best pruning methods for more than 450 genera of trees, shrubs, conifers and woody climbers.
Timber Press, Portland, USA. Hardback with dust jacket. 338 pages. NEW
Healthy soil is teeming with life, not just earthworms and insects, but a staggering multitude of bacteria, fungi and other micro organisms. Chemical fertilisers injure this life, organic gardeners strengthen this soil web for healthy soil and crops. An extremely interesting book. Revised edition.
Timber Press, Portland, USA, 2010. Hardback with dust jacket. 220 pages. NEW
A classic work, featured soil building techniques include; organic matter management, on site composting, cultivation and weed control, green manures and rotations, nutrient balances and soil testing.
Chelsea Green Publishing, Vermont, USA, 1999. Softback. 173 pages. NEW
Everything that you throw away that was ever alive can be recycled, and this celebration of compost shows you just how easy it is.
Dorling Kindersley, London, 2007. Hardback. 192 pages. NEW.
The comprehensive advice on conservation and land management given here is based on the bio-dynamic approach advocated by Rudolf Steiner. A counter argument to modern and environmentally damaging modern farming practices.
The Lanthorn Press, East Grinstead, UK, 1988. Softback. 138 pages. NEW.
An authoritative guide to selecting, growing and propogating over 350 genera of bulbs and perennials. Packed with useful information and illustrated with 400 colour photographs. A superb book.
Godwit Press Ltd., Auckland, 1991. Hardback with dust jacket. 299 pages. SECONDHAND
This is one of the books that blazed the trail for the development of soil fertility based on the bio-dynamic work of Rudolf Steiner. First published 1947.
The Lanthorn Press, Launceston, UK, 2004. Softback. 212 pages. NEW.
The quality of our water, especially our drinking water, is becoming an increasingly important issue. In this book, the author uses ground-breaking photographic process to make the quality of different types of water instantly visable. These pictures demonstrate that water from different locations, treated in different ways, has substantially different characteristics.
Floris Books, Edinburgh, 2005. Softback. 188 pages. NEW.
Offers a unique insight into the world of water based on the research and work of renowned Theodor Schwenk. The authors are scientists at the Institute of Flow Sciences in Herrischried, Germany.
Floris Books, Edinburgh, 2005. Softback. 107 pages. NEW
Working with his flowform invention Wilkes has uncovered the world of water and at the same time created art forms of great beauty. His lifetime of applied research into rhythms and water has implications for farming and irrigation, food production and water treatment and re-cycling.
Floris Books, Edinburgh, 2003. Softback. 239 pages. NEW
