Description
Organic Gardening in Your Own Backyard – Get it Right 1st Time! is accredited Permaculture Teacher Elisabeth Fekonia’s revised and updated book based on her TAFE accredited course in Horticulture and is aimed at anyone who wishes to learn how to grow fruit, veges and flowers organically, no matter how big or small your backyard is and you can get started today.
Their are 4 main topics covered in the book (also available as seperate downloadable modules) which are:
- Permaculture Design and different types of Gardens
- Building Good Soil
- Seed Saving and Seedling Raising
- Natural Pest & Weed Control
All the topics are fully explained in easy to understand layman’s terms and you will learn how to become more self-sufficient in these worrying times. On following these simple principles, you will be confident you will be able to feed your family now, and for years to come. You will also have the confidence of knowing where your food is coming from and won’t be so reliant on the current food supply chain or subject to it’s vagaries and incredible price rises in times of crisis.
About the Author;
Elisabeth has been food self-sufficient for the past twenty-five years on 6 acres at Black Mountain west of Cooroy on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia and has been well known for teaching cheese making, sourdough bread, kimchi, sauerkraut, miso, tempeh and many other fermenting methods for fifteen years in her workshops all over Queensland, NSW and beyond.
Elisabeth also taught through Brisbane North TAFE teaching Horticulture using Permaculture. Classes were regularly held at the Blue House at the Yandina Community gardens and many people have enjoyed this introduction to organic gardening.
