Horticulture - technical

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Q&A - Organic Horticulture Production

Other recommended reading (most available from the Soil Association shop)

• Organic Farm Management Handbook 2009 by Nic Lampkin et al
  The essential organic business planning tool
• Soil Husbandry: A practical guide to the use and management of soils by Tom Batey 
  A practical guide to sustainable soil management
• Organic Vegetable Production: A complete guide by Gareth Davies and Margi Lennartsson
  An invaluable guide to the professional production of organic vegetables. Recommended
• Growing Green: Organic techniques for a sustainable future by Jenny Hall and Iain Tolhurst
  A superb reference for today's grower
• Pest and Disease Management for Organic Farmers, Growers and Smallholders by Gareth Davies et al Incorporating the most up-do-date thinking on organic pest and disease management, it is an essential reference
• Polytunnel Handbook by Andy McKee and Mark Gatter
  Looking at all aspects of polytunnel use
• Salad Leaves For All Seasons by Charles Dowding
  A compendium of practical methods for growing salads throughout the year
• Organic Vegetables Handbook by NIAB
  Based on over 200 trials conducted by NIAB and the HDRA over 17 years on nearly 450 varieties 
• Valuable Vegetable: Growing for pleasure and profit by Mandy Pullen
  Experience of building a successful small-scale vegetable garden and box scheme 
• Weed Management for Organic Farmers, Growers and Smallholders: A Complete Guide by Gareth Davies - Covers principles of weed management, preventative and cultural techniques, direct weed control, economics, strategies - and more
• The Living Soil by Lady Eve Balfour - the classic organic text

Price data

• Latest organic horticultural price data

Archive Organic Farming Magazine Articles

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Other useful links

• Organic seed availability
• HDRA Organic Vegetable Systems Studies
• Organic Weed Management website