With easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions, veteran horticulture teacher Miranda Smith provides a complete reference showing every step for cultivating new plants—whether from seed or cuttings or with techniques such as layering, grafting, and budding.

Propagating new plants from existing ones is not only sustainable but also rewarding for gardeners of all skill levels. The Plant Propagator's Bible offers a solid and complete, go-to reference for expert gardeners but is also a perfect primer for novice plant lover and horticulturalists.

Smith teaches readers, with the support of hundreds of 4-color photos and detailed illustrations, the natural process, and conditions in which plants grow and reproduce, and shows gardeners how to use these systems to propagate any plant that grows in their garden or greenhouse—or even on their windowsill. The book features:

• An A to Z directory of more than 1,000 individual plant species—with appropriate propagation techniques for aquatics, ornamental plants, houseplants, shrubs, trees, vegetables, and wildflowers
• "What Can Go Wrong" advice for each type of plant, explaining potential problems and how to prevent or fix them
• Detailed, step-by-step illustrations and annotated photographs

Including information on essential tools and equipment, this is an indispensable addition to every gardener's bookshelf.

Around the world, everyone is talking about environmental issues and the concept of “going green.” Natural organic gardening and landscaping are among the most important parts of that movement. Some organic proponents only say to stop using the chemicals. In The Organic Manual, Howard Garrett explains what to do instead. His “what to do” is the organic method. The book opens with the advice to stop the use of toxic chemicals, pesticides, and synthetic fertilizers, but Garrett then goes on, in great detail, about the practical alternatives. This is one of the few books effective for use coast to coast and border to border. The organic method has no geographic boundaries.

The best-kept secret (uncovered in this book) is that the organic program is better in every way. Whether it’s growing beautiful landscaping or delicious, healthy food crops, The Organic Manual explains bed preparation, planting, pest control, and compost making. It also covers natural living advice. The organic method is the most efficient, cost-effective, and fun of any approach. It also produces the best trees, shrubs, flowers, fruits, and vegetables you’ll ever grow.

Have you ever thought of growing flowers and vegetables together? Or consider how the pH level in your garden’s soil affects the growth of your fruits and vegetables? What about the idea of pruning for small-space fruit trees? These topics and many more are all covered in the Mother Earth News Collector Series: Organic Gardening, 2nd Edition!

This guide explores season by season the best crops and growing tips to help make your garden thrive in every weather condition. Read how it’s best to grow strawberries and red peppers in the spring and cucumbers and melons in the summer. Get expert advice on greenhouse growing, transplanting seedlings, and growing organic potatoes. Plus, learn new ways to grow, such as aquaponics, low-tunnel greenhouses, and trellising.

Other articles in this issue include:

• Best Seeds for a Bigger, Better Garden – It’s time to start planning your garden and ordering seeds! Check out these 15 great ideas for organic gardens.
• Winning Against Weeds – Keep weeds in their place with these seven organic techniques.
• Create an Edible Landscape – A garden writer gives her outdoor dining area a European feel with four-table grape varieties you can enjoy fresh off the vine.
• 3 Rare Root Crops You Should Be Growing – Experience the unique flavors of crosnes, salsify, and skirret by adding these unsung treasures to your vegetable garden.
• Grow Your Best Fall Garden – Here’s expert advice for the next half of the gardening season.
• And more!

The Original CobraHead® Weeder and Cultivator weeds, digs, cultivates, plants, and more. 

Make your gardening easier with the CobraHead Weeder and Cultivator. Its blade is a steel fingernail^® that becomes an extension of your hand.

• It weeds, cultivates, scalps, edges, digs, furrows, plants, transplants, de-thatches, and easily harvests.
• The CobraHead out-weeds and out-digs all similar tools.
• The time-proven blade design breaks up and plows almost any soil.
• The comfortable and efficient handle allows easy left-hand or right-hand action.
• Free shipping to everywhere in the United States!

Features

• One-year unconditional warranty
• Weight: 9.2 ounces
• 13-inches long
• Tempered Steel Blade
• Recycled Composite Handle
• Made in the U.S.A.

The BGT™ is a patent-pending multipurpose tool that makes weeding, hoeing, digging, and working around yard & garden beds easier and faster. Its triangle-shaped head and open interior minimize dirt movement. Its high-carbon, USA steel tempered head allows for digging through rocks. The saw-tooth front and back edges cut through plant material like nothing else. The ergonomic designed and balanced NW-ash handle makes for comfortable hand placement. Each tool is individually numbered, handmade in the USA, and comes with a 3-year warranty.

The BGT-KT model has a longer tip and is a great, multi-purpose tool for the home gardener. The BGT Pro Series is designed for professional landscapers.

PLUS when you order today receive a FREE pair of grip tight gloves with your purchase!

FREE SHIPPING to addresses in the Continental United States. Available for shipment to continental USA addresses only.

This unique chart presents gardening events in a "time-phased" format so that it's possible to see the entire planting, growing, and harvesting period at a glance. It shows proper indoor and outdoor planting times relative to spring and fall frost dates for 22 common garden vegetables. Because frost dates vary from region to region, the chart slides, making it useful in most parts of the Northern Hemisphere where frost is a critical gardening factor.

The front of the chart shows the spring season, and the other side acts as a guide for fall gardeners. Frost dates are included in the directions. This planner is a must-have for new gardeners!

View the video below to see how it works!

Certified organic worm castings are nature’s best fertilizer!

Earthworms are some of the cleanest, most helpful creatures in the world. They form their waste in tiny, ball-shaped black pellets called castings. Worm humus is the end product of their breakdown of organic matter. This manure is also known as vermicasting.

This product carries the Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI) label. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Organic Program regulations, you can use it in certified organic production or food processing and handling with no restrictions. These American worm castings are organically made in Tennessee.

Organic worm castings are perfect for your vegetables, fruits, trees, shrubs, flowers, potted houseplants, and more! These castings act as a repellent to whiteflies, aphids, spider mites, and other pests that feed on plant juices.

The castings are odor-free and contain no added chemicals, perfumes, or scents. Use them directly from the bag on all plants indoors and out, in the house or garden. With castings, you can grow pesticide-free food!

Nontoxic and safe for exposure to children and pets, the castings won’t burn plants in any concentration. They provide the soil with essential enzymes, trace minerals, and helpful nutrients without alteration. Adding an abundance of nutrients (including nitrogen, calcium, magnesium, potash, and phosphates), they naturally improve soil quality by acting as sustained-release plant food.

Plants use castings to fight off fungal diseases. The castings’ high concentration of beneficial bacteria and microbes work with elements of the soil to resist plant decay.

As long as this product is stored in a dry place and does not come in contact with moisture, the worm castings have an unlimited shelf life.

The castings aid soil aeration like little blocks of wood in a bucket: They create open space for oxygen, so a plant’s root system can thrive and expand. Allowing the soil to drain unnecessary water easily, the castings ensure plant roots do not become waterlogged or develop root rot. Moreover, because the castings contain absorbent organic matter that stores moisture the roots need, their presence improves the soil’s water retention capacity.

Worm castings are the best multipurpose, all-in-one soil amendment anywhere!

NOTE: 10 lb. size come in a Mother Earth News flour bag, and the 15 lb. size comes in a plain box.