Biodynamic Gardening: For Health and Taste - Hardcover

Wright, Hilary

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1840006226 ISBN 13: 9781840006223

Publisher: Mitchell Beazley, 2003

Synopsis

Want to get more from your garden? An increasing number of gardeners have found that the answer lies in biodynamic gardening, an approach that says that plant life benefits from soil that is fully alive and in tune with cosmic forces. Biodynamics works with the concept that the moon, sun, stars and planets influence plants in regular rhythms, creating ideal days to sow, weed and gather plants. This book also tells you which time of day is best to sow or harvest fruit and vegetables, as well as how you can use unique herbal remedies to boost your garden's health and abundance. Easy-to-follow step by step illustrations, explanatory diagrams and colour photographs show how biodynamic techniques can work for any gardener. A resource directory gives advice and information on brands, growers, books and websites for biodynamic food and garden plants.

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Review:

'This book is a marvellous find! I've been curious about biodynamics for years, but have felt overwhelmed by all the theory and thus have lacked the courage to pursue it. Ms. Wright's easy to understand explanations and step by step instructions have given me the kick in the pants I've needed to finally jump in and give biodynamic gardening a try!' -- Amazon.co.uk customer review 'Such a beautifully produced book, it is a visual delight and the text amply matched that standard. Biodynamics is a step further than organics and is the very antithesis of intensive chemical agriculture. Hilary Wright explains how pesticides have denuded our soil, seeds and plants and how we can all apply the tenets of biodynamics in our back gardens and reap the flavour, nutrition and sense of fulfillment for ourselves. Fascinating stuff that has me totally enthused!' -- Amazon.co.uk customer review 'Biodynamic gardening brings the relationship we have with the earth full circle. Even if you are a novice gardener this book will show you how to take the first steps in making your own garden biodynamic, for abundant, nutrient-packed fruit and vegetables with a taste so often missing in shop produce. An excellent, practical guide.' -- Lifescape magazine 'This book is as much a remedy for a world as for a garden. Hilary Wright's animated defence, a re-evaluation of human-world relations extending through elements, plants and animals, is a holistic, immersed view of nature ... Every other page carries images generously, prints, paintings, photographs and drawings all used for illustration, all seductively rich in colour, form and textures ... The book has a openness and attractiveness which will persuade many enquirers to try new organic practices. It is a very welcome defence of holistic, caring practice: it brings together primary sustenance, aesthetic life, ethical concern and a kind of close observation in which we find delight.' -- Allan Harkness, Border Life 'This is a very good and accessible introduction to biodynamic gardening ... the book is sensitively written as both an inner and outer journey where the reader is invited to quieten the mind and develop inner sense organs of perception for the practical gardening work ... this is definitely a book to recommend to biodynamic gardeners.' --Richard Swann, Star and Furrow (Journal of the Biodynamic Agricultural Association) 'A beautifully illustrated book outlining the principles and practice of biodynamic gardening ... There is much practical advice about composting, pest control, cooking and preparation of dynamised fertilisers involving the meditative activity of stirring for an hour.' --Science and Medical Network Review, Spring 2009 'This book includes history, theory and practical advice to guide you through creating and maintaining a biodynamic garden.' --Rhubard (Local Action on Food), Summer 2009

About the Author:

Hilary Wright is an award-winning author and broadcaster who has written on food and wine for publications such as the Guardian, the Independent on Sunday and Decanter, and has broadcast on BBC Radio 4's The Food Programme. Her previous books include Buying Wine in France (Mitchell Beazley), Water into Wine, and The Great Organic Wine Guide; she also contributed to the books Organic Living. She is an experienced biodynamic gardener, who feels passionately that biodynamic techniques have made a difference in her garden.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mitchell Beazley
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1840006226
• ISBN 13: 9781840006223
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144