1. Good Organic Gardening - January-February 2016

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40 Things to Do
Heat and humidity in many
climate zones mean keeping
a watchful eye for problems —
while harvesting heaps
44 Short Shoots
Innovative and imaginative
ideas for your garden from our
young organic gardener
46 Weekend Gardening
Claire Bickle continues with
gardening activities for the
kids, including a cute growing
project that even apartment
dwellers can take on
50 Gardening Challenge
What’s the kerfuffle over
truffles? Can you grow them
at home? Jennifer Stackhouse
has some answers
54 Plant Health
Claire Bickle continues her
round-up of warm-weather
nuisances, this time diseases
rather than creepy-crawlies
58 Safer Solutions
Dipel is an organically approved
solution to a bad caterpillar
problem. Angie Thomas explains
what it is and how it works
62 The Shed
Just as beneficial microorganisms
keep our bodies
healthy, soil has its microflora,
too, which you can make more
of to give your soil a boost
66 Feathered Friends
According to Megg Miller, there
are few cuter pets than little
bantam ducks — and you get
eggs from them
70 Garden to Table
Four seasonal edibles — how to
grow, harvest, store and preserve
— with healthy, delicious recipes
from chef Joanna Rushton
89 What’s Hot From
Our Advertisers
Our Pick of the Crop of products
and services for gardeners and
cooks, plus a few books
94 What’s On
A selection of events to interest
gardeners and foodies
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