The Maritime Northwest Garden Guide [Paperback]

Rob Peterson (Author), Carl Elliott (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 1998

Seattle Tilth's new, expanded 1998 Maritime Northwest Garden Guide is the "must have" resource for Northwest gardeners. In celebration of Seattle Tilth's 20th Anniversary, the guide includes our most detailed monthly gardening calendar to date. In addition to the calendar, this guide features:

*Maritime Northwest Climate Zone Map

*How to extend the growing season

*Completely revised and updated vegetable, herb, and flower variety

recommendations

*Month-by-month gardening recommendations

*Beneficial insect identification

*How to beat common plant diseases organically

*Getting organic outside the garden

*Ideas for gardening with children

*Seed and compost sources

Editorial Reviews

Review

Regional gardening guides don't get any better than this....Six years in the making, and the result of hundreds if not thousands of gardeners associated with the Seattle Tilth organization, it shows on every page the care that went into it...Fortunately, despite the high level of expertise represented herein, the information is conveyed in an accessible, friendly, even sometimes humorous way, understandable by the beginner as well as by the seasoned gardener...If you're a Maritime Northwesterner choosing one gardening guide for your library, this should be the one -- Talking Leaves, Spring/Summer, 1999

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What is Organic Gardening? Well, it isn't rocket science--organic gardening is a lot more complex. Rocket science seeks to accomplish something unnatural by isolating and controlling all relevant factors. Organic gardening seeks a delicate balance between leaving nature alone and manipulating it to produce crops. The following principles, developed throughout this guide, are a starting point for helping you to become a beneficial organism in your garden. Care for the soil...Practice Crop Rotation...Encourage Diversity...Pay Attention...Read On. While your own observations are your best learning tool, you don't have to learn everything all by yourself. Observations about how and when to grow crops best are part of local and regional culture. This guide provides information for beginners to get a jump on learning about growing crops in the Maritime Northwest, and serves as a reference for experienced gardeners.

Product Details

• Paperback: 82 pages
• Publisher: Tilth (February 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0931380170
• ISBN-13: 978-0931380174
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #316,784 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Maritime Northwest Garden Guide, June 29, 2000

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Karen Nelson (Olympia, WA United States) - See all my reviews

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As a newcomer to the Northwest, I was delighted and relieved to find the Maritime Northwest Garden Guide. It is a planting calendar for year-round organic gardening and so much more. Growing in this climate is so vastly different from my experiences in the Midwest that sometimes I felt like a complete novice. Month-by-month, the Garden Guide provides a nearly exhaustive list on which seeds are appropriate to sow indoors, sow outdoors, and sow under cloches. Following their suggestions yields year-round produce. It's full of great reminders that January is the time to start planning your crop rotation, February is the time to have your soil tested, March is the month to begin the soil amendments and April is the time to begin hardening off. What? you don't know what "hardening off" means? You really need to buy this book!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Guide for the Northwest Gardener, January 14, 2008

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B. G. Thames (Bellingham, Washingtom) - See all my reviews
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This is a great book for the northwest gardener (But a must have for the gardener that just moved to the region) because for one it brakes down what should be done each and every month of year to have a great garden. It let you know what flowers, herbs and veggies grow the best, when they should be plant, and how to manage your plants organically. For me it took the mystory out of the organic farming by telling me what to do and why it helps. It shouldn't be the only garden book in your library but it should be one of your first. Have a great year in the garden.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for new to region or new to gardening, July 29, 2008

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J. Schonbok "JoeBok" (Vashon Island, WA) - See all my reviews
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Fantastic reference. Month by month of what to plant and where (indoors, outside, under cloche, etc). Also lists specific varieties of veggies and is interspersed with good general gardening info.