Grow to live : a simple guide to growing your own good, clean food / Pat Featherstone ; [with photographs by Leah Hawker ; foreword, Maria Roux].

The author, director of Soil for Life in South Africa, offers practical guidance on growing your own food in harmony with the environment.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Featherstone, Pat
Other Authors: Hawker, Leah (Photographer)
Language:English
Published: Auckland Park, South Africa : Jacana, 2009.
Subjects:
Kitchen gardens.
Organic gardening.
Garden soils.
Natural foods.
Self-reliant living.
Gardening > South Africa.
Physical Description:xii, 178 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Why organic?
  • What do you need to start a food garden?
  • Planning your garden and preparing your body
  • Understanding your soil and plant nutrition
  • Building the soil and preparing your beds
  • Earthworms: your best partners in the garden
  • Planting out your garden
  • Fertilising the natural way
  • Controlling plant pests and diseases the natural way
  • Food from trees
  • Gardening in containers
  • Growing your own plants from seeds and slips
  • Maintaining and protecting your garden
  • Planting guide for southern Africa.