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Organic & Sustainable Gardening

See also Organic & Sustainable Food and Composting for the Home Gardener.

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Selected Books

Indoor gardening the Organic Way
Bawden-Davis, Julie
Indoor Gardening the Organic Way: how to create a natural and sustaining environment for your houseplants
SB419.B235 2007x
Many of us don't have outdoor gardens but we should be doubly concerned about using toxic pesticides inside.
 
Dowding, Charles
Organic Gardening: The Natural No-Dig Way
SB453.5.D69 2007x
Get rid of that rototiller! Dowding subscribes to the Ruth Stout method of gardening without tearing up the soil. Just put the compost and mulch on the top and let the worms do the rest.
 
Gillman, Jeff, 1969
The Truth About Organic Gardening: benefits, drawbacks, and the bottom line
SB453.5.G54 2008
It's not easy being organic, especially when those lawn grubs come out.
 
Lima, Patrick
The Organic Home Garden: How to Grow Fruits & Vegetables Naturally
SB324.3.L55 2004x
Lima draws from his experience on his own organic home garden in Ontario, Canada. He discusses how to enrich the soil, deal with pests, and plant for year round fresh food.
 
Oster, Doug and Jessica Walliser
Grow Organic
SB453.5.O883 2007x
Doug Oster is the garden columnist for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. He and Walliser also have an organic gardening radio show on KDKA.
 

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Websites

Pittburgh Region

  • Grow Pittsburgh
    A special project of the Penn State Cooperative Extension whose goal is to model, teach, and facilitate sustainable urban agriculture within the Pittsburgh region.
  • The Organic Gardeners
    "Encompassing all aspects of gardening, The KDKA Organic Gardeners is a radio program tailored to home gardeners of all skill levels. Every Sunday morning at 8 Doug Oster and Jessica Walliser answer all of your gardening questions."