Organic Farming of Vegetables, Culinary Herbs and Flowers: A Complete Home Garden Guide for Learners (In 3 Volumes)

This work is conveniently divided into three volumes i.e., preparation, protection and cultivation in organic garden, organic farming of vegetables and culinary herbs; practice guide for floriculture in domestic garden, each dealing with different stages and forms of growing vegetables, herbs and flowers. The publication begins with organic manures and balanced crop diet and details of soil preparation, sowing and planting before coming to the actual cultivation of vegetables. Best varieties of the garden vegetables and root, leaf and fruits, vegetables and their special needs are discussed along with starter's guide for various vegetable crops and herbs. Culinary herbs, spices and small fruits which are complimentary to a vegetable garden are also discussed at length along with cabbages and cauliflowers, since they form the main core of vegetables after the evergreen potatoes. Fighting pests, insects and diseases organically and in effective manner is very important, so remedies, precautions are also explained at length. Pruning, cutting and storage of vegetables is dealt within a separate chapter and then comes crop rotation, crop filling and a guideline to create annual calendar for hard core organic vegetable farming. Organic compost making and selective floriculture makes this work precious and collectible, not only for the students, teachers and academic professionals but also for the general reader interested in this branch of agriculture.