From: london@sunSITE.unc.edu (Larry London)
Subject: Organic Gardening
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Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 04:35:34 GMT



AGRI-TOPICS Series, National Agricultural Library
Public Services Division, Beltsville, Maryland  20705
October 1989
                              ORGANIC GARDENING
     The term "organic gardening" is of fairly recent origin.  Robert
     Rodale, son of J. I. Rodale, credits his father with first using
     the word "organic" to describe the "natural method of gardening and
     farming".  The senior Rodale used it in founding his publication,
     "Organic Gardening and Farming", in 1942.  The term "organic
     farming" was first used in a 1940 publication, "Look to the Land",
     by Lord Northbourne (London:  Dent). Not just a technique, but a
     philosophy as well, the components of what we now call organic
     gardening and farming have been practiced for centuries.
     Practice of good husbandry of the land was of significant
     importance to ancient writers such as Cato, Virgil, Pliny and
     Columella ("The Husbandry of the Ancients", by Adam Dickson.
     Edinburgh, Scotland:  Dickson & Creeca, 1788).  The rotation of
     crops was recommended by Thomas Tusser in his classic and often
     reprinted work of 1580, "Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry"
     (Great Britain:  n.p.). In this country "green manuring and
     manures" was discussed in depth by John Wolfinger in the "1864
     Report of the U.S. Commissioner of Agriculture" (Washington DC:
     Government Printing Office, 1865, pp. 299-328) two years after
     President Abraham Lincoln established the Department of
     Agriculture.
     Pioneers of organic practices in the United States have
     acknowledged their debt to these men and to those others whose
     written works continue to influence us.  J. I. Rodale, believed by
     many to be the father of organic practices in the U.S., called Sir
     Albert Howard of England the "father of the movement".  Howard's
     classic study on soil fertility, "An Agricultural Testament"
     (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1940) includes a chapter on the
     "Agriculture of the Nations Which Have Passed Away" as well as
     observations of agricultural techniques practiced in both the Orient
     and the Occident.
     There has always been a wide range of variation in organic
     gardening practices.  From the purist view of followers of Masanobu
     Fukuoka of Japan, who advocates "no tillage, no fertilizer, no
     pesticides, no weeding, and no pruning" ("The Natural Way of
     Farming: the Theory and Practice of Green Philosophy", Tokyo, Japan
     Publications, 1985) to the perspective of those gardeners who seek
     to combine conventional and organic procedures, the field of
     opportunity for choice in organic gardening practice is fertile
     indeed.
     We hope that this Agri-Topic will assist you in making the choices
     appropriate to your situation and philosophy.  Whether you are
     landscaping a small city backyard, planning a community garden,
     protecting the environment and/or your pocketbook, or just
     endeavoring to grow tastier fruits and vegetables for home or
     market, we wish you each, "Good Gardening!"
     Prepared by:
     Jane Potter Gates
     Alternative Farming Systems Information Center
     National Agricultural Library
     10301 Baltimore Blvd.
     Beltsville, MD  20705
     Telephone (30l) 344-3704
     September, 1989
     
     BOOKS:
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     Abraham, George; Abraham, Katy
     "Organic gardening under glass:  fruits, vegetables, and
     ornamentals in the greenhouse."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, 1975. viii, 308 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB415.A27

     Alth, Max
     "How to farm your backyard the mulch-organic way."
     New York:  McGraw-Hill, [1977], x, 272 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB324.3.A47

     Ball, Jeff; Cresson, Charles O.
     "The 60-minute flower garden:  have a yard full of dazzling flowers
     in one hour a week."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, c1987. xii, 276 pp. : ill. (some col.)
     NAL SB405.B2

     Basham, Charles W.
     "Organic gardening."
     Fort Collins, CO:  Colorado State University.  Cooperative
     Extension Service, 1975.  Bulletin no. 486A, 15 pp.
     NAL 275.29 C71e No.486A

     Berg, Donald J.
     "The kitchen gardeners' guide."
     Berkeley, CA:  Ten Speed Press, c1987. 160 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB324.3.K58

     Blakely, E.; Adams, C.E.; Kroger, M.; Kuhn, G.D.; Molonon, B.R.
     "The issues of organic foods and organic gardening."
     Farm-Econ. University Park, PA: The Service. Oct 1979. 4 pp. : ill.
     NAL 275.28-P38

     Bowers, Warner Fremont; Bowers, Lucile
     "Common sense organic gardening."
     [Harrisburg, PA]:  Stackpole Books, [1974], 224 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB453.5.B68

     Bubel, Nancy
     "The seed-starter's handbook." ill. by Robert Shetterly; photos. by
     Mike Bubel.
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, c1978. xviii, 363 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB321.B9

     Bucaro, Frank; Wallechinsky, David
     "Chico's organic gardening and natural living."
     Philadelphia, PA:  J. B. Lippincott, [1972], 154 pp. : ill.
     NAL S605.5.B8

     Carr, Anna
     "Advanced organic gardening."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, c1982. v, 138 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB324.3.C37

     Carr, Anna
     "Rodale's color handbook of garden insects."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, c1979. xii, 241 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB931.C34

     Cocannouer, Joseph A.
     "Organic gardening & farming."
     New York:  Arco, [1971, C1954], 147 pp.
     NAL S591.C62

     Coleman, Eliot
     "The new organic grower."
     Chelsea, VT:  Chelsea Green, 1989.
     NAL SB324.3.C65

     Cox, Jeff
     "How to grow vegetables organically."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, c1988. vii, 312 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB324.3.C69

     Creasy, Rosalind
     "The complete book of edible landscaping."
     San Francisco:  Sierra Club Books, c1982. xiv, 379 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB473.C73

     Cuthbertson, Tom
     "Alan Chadwick's enchanted garden." 1st ed.
     New York:  Dutton, c1978. xv, 208 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB453.5.C87

     Doscher, Paul; Fisher, Timothy; Kolb, Kathleen
     "Intensive gardening round the year."
     Brattleboro, VT:  S. Greene Press, c1981. xvi, 144 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB324.3.D67

     Easey, Ben; Furner, Brian George, ed.
     "Practical organic gardening."  Rev. ed.
     London:  Faber and Faber, 1976. 151 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB453.5.E3

     "Encyclopedia of organic gardening, The."  New rev. ed.
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, c1978. x, 1236 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB45.07-1978

     Engelken, Ralph; Engelken, Rita; Slattery, Pat
     "The art of natural farming & gardening."
     Greeley, IA:  Barrington Hall Press, 1981. vi, 225 pp. : ill., map,
     ports.
     NAL S605.5.E53

     Fenten, D. X.
     "Gardening. . naturally."  Line drawings by Howard Berelson.
     New York:  F. Watts, 1973. 87 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB453.5.F45

     Evans, Burton R.; Gay, Johnny Dan; Bullock, Fitzroy
     "Organic gardening and Pest Control."
     Athens, GA:  University of Georgia, 1989. Bulletin 1007. 20 pp.
     NAL 255.29.G29B

     Fogg, Harry George Witham
     "Vegetables naturally:  an organic-gardening guide.
     "Edinburgh:  J. Bartholomew, c1976. 168 pp. : ill. (some col.)
     NAL SB324.3.F63"

     Foster, Lee
     "Backyard farming:  growing your own fresh vegetables, fruits, and
     herbs in a small space."
     San Francisco:  Chronicle Books, c1982. 87 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB324.3.F67

     Franck, Gertrude
     "Companion planting:  successful gardening the organic way."
     Wellingborough, Northamptonshire;  New York:  Thorsons; Distributed
     by Sterling Publishing Co., 1983. 128 pp., [16] pp. of plates : ill.
     (some col.)
     NAL SB318.F69

     Freeman, John A.
     "Survival gardening." Expanded 2nd ed.
     Rock Hill, SC:  John's Press, 1983. 102, [2] pp. : ill.
     NAL SB324.3.F7-1983

     Fryer, Lee; Gresser, Sy
     "The bio-gardener's bible."
     Radnor, PA:  Chilton Book Co., c1982. x, 240 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB324.3.F79

     Grounds, Roger
     "The natural garden."
     London:  Davis-Poynter, 1976. 168 pp.
     NAL SB453.5.G7

     Halpin, Anne Moyer
     "Rodale's encyclopedia of indoor gardening."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, c1980. vii, 902 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB419.R74

     Hamilton, Geoff
     "The organic garden book."
     New York:  Crown Publishers, 1987. 288 pp. : ill. (some col.)
     NAL SB453.5.H36

     Hart, Harold
     "Growing food for health and pleasure:  a comprehensive guide to
     practical organic gardening."
     Croydon, Surrey:  Gateway Book Co. [1971], 159 pp.
     NAL SB322.H32

     Harter, Walter
     "Organic gardening for city dwellers."
     [New York]:  Warner Paperback Library, [1973], 191 pp.
     NAL SB453.5.H37

     Hills, Lawrence Donegan
     "Organic gardening."
     New York:  Penguin Books, 1977. 240 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB453.5.H5

     "How to grow vegetables and fruits by the organic method."
     By the staff of Organic Gardening and Farming Magazine.
     Compilation supervised
     by Dorothy Franz and Jerome Olds.
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Books, c1961. 926 pp. : ill.
     NAL S605.5.O68

     Hunt, Marjorie.
     "Basic organic gardening."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, c1982. v, 161 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB324.3.H86

     Hunt, Marjorie; Bortz, Brenda.
     "High-yield gardening:  how to get more from your garden space and
     more from your gardening season."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, c1986. xi, 403 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB324.3.H863

     Hylton, William H.; Coon, Nelson
     "The Rodale herb book:  how to use, grow, and buy nature's miracle
     plants."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press Book Division, 1974, 653 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB351.H5H94

     Jackson, Wes; Berry, Wendell; Colman, Bruce, eds.
     "Meeting the expectations of the land:  essays in sustainable
     agriculture and stewardship."
     San Francisco, CA:  North Point Press, c1984. xvi, 250 pp.
     NAL S442.M38

     Jeavons, John
     "How to grow more vegetables than you ever thought possible on less
     land than you can imagine, a primer on the life-giving
     biodynamic/French intensive method of organic horticulture." [Rev.]
     Berkeley, CA:  Ten Speed Press, c1982. xv, 159 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB320.6.J43-1982

     Johns, Glenn F.
     "Best ideas for organic vegetable growing."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Books, [C1969], 197 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB321.J6

     Johns, Glenn F.
     "Lawn beauty the organic way."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Books, [C1970], 411 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB433.L35

     Kourik, Robert; Kane, Mark
     "Designing and maintaining your edible landscape naturally."
     Santa Rosa, CA:  Metamorphic Press;  Emmaus, PA:  Distribution,
     Rodale Press, c1986. xxi, 370 pp., 8 pp. of plates : ill. (some
     col.)
     NAL SB473.K64

     Kreuter, Marie-Luise
     "The Macmillan book of organic gardening."
     New York:  Macmillan, 1985, 128 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB453.5.K74

     Lacey, Roy
     "Organic gardening."
     London:  David & Charles, 1988, 184 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB453.5.L3

     "Let's take a look at organic gardening; health foods, composting,
     pest management, research, food additives, plant nutrition."
     Minn Univ Ext Bull, 1973. #377-1973. 20 pp.
     NAL 275.29-M66S

     Logsdon, Gene
     "The gardener's guide to better soil.  By Gene Logsdon and the
     editors of Organic gardening and farming."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, c1975. ix, 246 pp. : ill.
     NAL S591.L57

     Logsdon, Gene
     "Organic orcharding:  a grove of trees to live in."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, c1982. xiii, 415 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB357.24.L63

     Logsdon, Gene
     "Two acre Eden." Rev. ed.
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, c1980. x, 237 pp.
     NAL SB455.L58

     Main, Jody; Portugal, Nancy
     "Potted plant organic care." 3d ed.
     Palo Alto, CA:  Wild Horses Potted Plant, 1980. 78 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB419.M263

     Mather, Jim
     "Soil care for gardeners:  a practical guide."
     Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire:  Crowood, 1988. viii, 87 pp. :
     ill.
     NAL S591.M37

     Mintz, Lorelie Miller
     "Vegetables in patches and pots:  a child's guide to organic
     vegetable gardening. " ill. by the author."
     "New York:  Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [1976], [1], 115 pp. : ill.
     NAL jSB324.M55"

     "Natural gardening handbook."
     Brooklyn, NY:  Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Handbook #77, 1975, 73 pp. :
     ill.
     NAL 450-P694

     Nearing, Helen; Nearing, Scott
     "Building and using our sun-heated greenhouse:  grow vegetables all
     year-round."  photos. by Richard Garrett.
     Charlotte, VT:  Garden Way Pub., c1977. 148 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB415.N36

     Ogden, Samuel R.
     "Step-by-step to organic vegetable growing."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, [C1971], 182 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB321.O4

     Olkowski, Helga; Olkowski, William
     "The city people's book of raising food."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, 1975, xi, 228 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB321.O43

     "Organic gardener's complete guide to vegetables and fruits."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, c1982. xviii, 510 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB324.3.O37

     "Organic gardening's soil first aid manual."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, c1982. 92 pp. : ill.
     NAL S633.O7

     "Organic way to mulching, The."
     By the editors of "Organic gardening and farming," Robert Rodale,
     editor. Compilation supervised by Glenn F. Johns
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, [1972, C1971], x, 192 pp. : ill.
     NAL S605.5.O73

     Overdahl, C. J.; Turnquist, O. C.; Miller, G. R.; Pfleger, F. L.;
     Ascerno, M. E.;
     Packard, V. S.
     "Organic gardening: an integrated approach."
     Bull Agric Ext Serv Univ Minn, 1977, #377-1977, 18 pp.
     NAL 275.29.M66S

     Pendergast, Chuck
     "Introduction to organic gardening."
     New York:  Paperback Library, [1972, C1971], 190 pp.
     NAL S605.5.P4

     Pfeiffer, Ehrenfried
     "Soil fertility, renewal & preservation:  bio-dynamic farming and
     gardening."
     East Grinstead, Sussex:  Lanthorn, 1983. v, 199 pp., [5] pp. of
     plates : ill.
     NAL S605.5.P5

     Philbrick, John; Philbrick, Helen; Steiner, Rudolf
     "Gardening for health and nutrition:  an introduction to the method
     of bio-dynamic gardening inaugurated by Rudolf Steiner."
     Blauvelt, NY:  Rudolf Steiner Publications, [C1971], 93 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB321.P5-1971

     Powell, Thomas; Powell, Betty
     "Your garden homestead on inches, yards, or acres."
     Boston:  Houghton Mifflin, 1977. xii, 272 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB324.3.P67

     Proulx, Annie
     "The gourmet gardener:  growing choice fruits and vegetables with
     spectacular results."
     1st ed.
     New York:  Fawcett Columbine, c1987. viii, 197 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB324.3.P7-1987

     Rateaver, Bargyla and Gylver
     "The organic method primer."
     Pauma Valley, CA:  Rateaver, 1973, 257 pp.
     NAL S605.5.R37

     Riemer, Jan
     "The beginner's kitchen garden."  drawings by Lauren Jarrett.
     New York:  Morrow, 1975. 132 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB321.R54

     Rodale, Jerome Irving
     "The organic front."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, l948. 198 pp.
     NAL 56.6 R610

     Rodale, Robert; Johns, Glenn F.
     "The basic book of organic gardening."
     New York:  Ballantine, [C1971], 377 pp.
     NAL S605.5.R6

     Sanzone, Susan J.; Burman, Jenny; Hage, Mary Agnes
     "Healthy harvest III:  a directory of sustainable agriculture and
     horticulture organizations, 1989-1990." 1989-1990 ed.
     Washington, DC:  Potomac Valley Press c1989. 159 pp. : ill.
     NAL S605.5.H425-1989

     "Sense of humus, A." (Motion picture)
     Oley, PA:  Bullfrog Films, 1976, 28 min. sd. color. 16 mm.
     NAL S633.S4-F&N-AV

     Shewell-Cooper, W. E. (Wilfred Edward)
     "Basic book of natural gardening."
     London:  Barrie & Jenkins, 1978. 159 pp., 2 leaves of plates : ill.
     NAL SB453.5.S55

     Shewell-Cooper, W. E. (Wilfred Edward)
     "Dr. Shewell-Cooper's basic book of fruit growing."
     London:  Barrie & Jenkins, 1978. 176 pp., 2 leaves of plates : ill.
     (some col.)
     NAL SB357.24.S53

     Smith, Marny
     "Gardening with conscience:  the organic-intensive method."
     New York:  Seabury Press, 1981. ix, 86 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB324.3.S63

     Smith, Miranda
     "Greenhouse gardening."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, c1985. x, 278 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB415.S657

     Solomon, Steve
     "The complete guide to organic gardening west of the Cascades."
     Seattle, WA:  Pacific Search Press, c1981. 172 pp. : ill.
     NAL SB324.3.S67

     Stickland, Sue
     "Planning the organic herb garden:  from pots on patios to larger
     layouts."
     Wellingborough, England;  New York:  Thorsons, 1986. 127 pp., [8]
     pp. of plates : ill. (some col.)
     NAL SB351.H5S76

     Strandberg, Meta
     "Food growing without poisons."
     London:  Turnstone Press Ltd., c1976. 96 pp. : ill. (some col.)
     NAL SB453.5.S8

     Tyler, Hamilton A.
     "Organic gardening without poisons."
     New York:  Van Nostrand Reinhold, [C1970], 111 pp. : ill.
     NAL S605.5.T8

     Wallechinsky, David
     "Chico's organic gardening and natural living."
     Philadelphia:  J. B. Lippincott, [1972], 154 pp. : ill.
     NAL S605.5.B8

     Wickenden, Leonard
     "Gardening with nature:  how to grow your own vegetables, fruits
     and flowwers by natural methods."
     New York:  Devin-Adair, 1954. 396 pp.
     NAL 90 W632

     Winter, Jean
     "The organic network."
     Clinton, Michigan:  Eden Acres, Inc., 1984. ca. 300 pp.
     NAL SB453.5.W5

     Yepsen, Roger B.
     "The encyclopedia of natural insect & disease control:  the most
     comprehensive guide to protecting plants--vegetables, fruit,
     flowers, trees, and lawns--without toxic chemicals."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press, c1984. 490 pp. : ill. (some col.)
     NAL SB974.O73-1984

                                    *****
     PERIODICALS
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     "Acres, U.S.A."
     Kansas City, MO
     NAL S601.A1.A25

     "IPM practitioner."
     Berkeley, CA:  Bio Integral Resource Center
     NAL SB950.A1I66

     "Natural food and farming."
     Atlanta, TX:  Natural Food Associates
     NAL 389.8.N218

     "New farm, The."
     Emmaus, PA:  Regenerative Agriculture Organization
     NAL S2.N32

     "Organic gardening."
     Emmaus, PA:  Rodale Press
     NAL S605.5.O74

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