Contents

Contents : BIOLOGICAL GARDENING FOR EARTH'S FUTURE [organic gardening] -- WHAT IS SOIL [the soil food web cycle -- feeding the soil food web -- life inside the compost heap -- making compost -- liquid manure - liquid fertilisers -- mulching -- green manure -- earthworms -- worm farming -- setting up the worm farm -- soil acidity] -- THE CYCLES OF LIFE [the oxygen cycle -- energy cycles in food webs - energy transfer -- the carbon cycle -- the nitrogen cycle -- plants need water -- the water cycle - how trees make rain -- weather]; TREES [plant roots -- roots absorb nutrients -- roots and fungi -- plants are like people -- nature’s fertilisers -- artifical fertilisers] -- FLOWER POWER - THE POLLINATION CYCLE [pollination] -- BENEFICIAL INSECTS : THE PREDATOR / PREY CYCLE [the gallery of insect friends -- look after the spiders -- controlling insects without pesticides -- organic garden sprays -- slugs and snails] -- ORGANIC GARDENING : READY TO START -- NOW THE GARDENING [raised garden beds -- square foot gardening -- container growing] -- SEEDS [sowing seeds indoors -- sowing seeds outdoors -- choose your own seeds -- transplanting seedlings -- some fun things to grow] -- GARDEN TOOLS -- WHAT IS A VEGETABLE [herbs] -- GROWING A LIVING FENCE - ESPALIERING -- EDIBLE PETALS [making tussie mussies] -- LEARNING MORE ABOT HOW PLANTS REALLY WORK [how do plants grow -- what is wilting -- how does transpiration work] -- RESOURCES.