Every organic gardener needs a few organic gardening how to books.  It is important to note that a few good resources can help you solve problems like insect infestations, or any problems you might encounter in your gardening task, since human as we are, our knowledge is limited. So here are a few organic gardening how to books that could be a helpful tool in starting and maintaining your own organic garden.

 

Rodale’s Illustrated Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening by Henry Doubleday Research Association.

- It is considered to be the #1 name in organic gardening how to books. This encyclopedia explains clearly everything you need to know about organic gardening and it’s full of pictures, too, tthus making these books worth reading.

 

Organic Gardening for Dummies by Ann Whitman and the National Gardening Association. 

- A couple of other organic gardening books in the Dummies series are great books too. They are all very practical organic gardening how to books with easy-to-understand directions.

 

Backyard Composting: Your Complete Guide to Recycling Yard Clippings by John Roulac of Harmonious Technologies. 

- It’s all about tips and ideas on starting and maintaining compost pile, which is a very important component of organic gardening.

 

The Frugal Gardener: How to Have More Garden for Less Money by Catriona Tudor Erler, MS. 

- This kind of an organic gardening how to book is a compilation of tips and techniques gathered from all kinds of experienced and successful organic gardeners.

 

This Common Ground: Seasons on an Organic Farm by Scott Chaskey. 

- This book tackles more on why organic gardening is wonderful and what it contributes to the world than it is on how to

grow an organic gardening, but still it’s worth reading.

 

Great Garden Companions: A Companion-Planting System for a Beautiful, Chemical-Free Vegetable Garden by Sally Cunningham.

- This organic gardening how to book is an outstanding source of information regarding companion planting.

 

Jerry Baker's Great Green Book of Garden Secrets: Handy Hints, Timely Tonics, and Super Solutions to Turn Your Yard Into a Green Garden Paradise!  by Jerry Baker.

- Jerry Baker is an expert and has made a name in the field of organic gardening. He has developed some great techniques and recipes like feeding beer to your lawn.  Any organic gardening how to books written by him can be a good collection for your organic gardening lirary.

 

Worms Eat My Garbage by Mary Applehoff and Mary F. Fenton.

- Anything you want to know about worm composting is written in this organic gardening how to book.

 

The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control: A Complete Problem-Solving Guide to Keeping Your Garden and Yard Healthy Without Chemicals by Barbara W. Ellis and Fern Marshall Bradley. 

- A good organic gardening how to book on pest control that every organic gardeners must really have.

 

The Humanure Handbook: A Guide to Composting Human Manure by Joseph C. Jenkins

- This may not be for everybody, but it’s nice to know there’s an organic gardening how to book available about human manure.

 

There are still a lot of other organic gardening how to books available anywhere. You could go to library, or to garden centers, and browse through the books you find there.  These are just some suggestions to get you started.