List of organic gardening and farming topics
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Soil
- Megafauna: size range 20 mm upwards, e.g.,
- Macrofauna: size range 2-20 mm, e.g.,
- Mesofauna: size range 100 micrometre-2 mm, e.g.,
- Microfauna and Microflora: size range 1-100 micrometres, e.g.,
Soil fertility
- Composting methods and systems
- Container composting
- Windrow composting
- German mound
- Leaf mold
- High fibre composting
- Worm compost
- Spent mushroom compost
- Sheet composting
- "Humanure" (composting human waste)
Techniques
- No dig gardening
- Companion planting
- Succession planting
- Multiple cropping
- Intercropping
- Crop rotation
- Weed control techniques (see also 'weeds' below)
- Xeriscaping (water wise gardening)
Tools
Cultivation;
Pruning and tree care;
Propagation
- Growing from seed;
Wildlife in the garden
Crops
The ornamental organic garden
- List of flowers
- Flower album (illustrations of many ornamental flowers)
- Organic lawn management
Pests and diseases
- Integrated pest management
- Biological pest control
- Physiological plant disorders (ie,plant disorders caused by environmental factors, such as weather conditions, nutrient deficiencies, etc)
- Nutrient deficiencies
- Plant pathology (ie, plant diseases caused by fungi, viruses, bacteria, etc)
Weeds
(see also 'weed control techniques' above)Organic organisations
- Henry Doubleday Research Association (main organisation promoting organic gardening in the UK)
- Rodale Institute Rodale Institute (http://www.rodaleinstitute.org/)
- Soil Association (UK)
- Permaculture Association (Britain)
- Good Gardeners Association (UK)
- Vegan Organic Network
- World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF)
Some important figures in the organic gardening movement
- Lady Eve Balfour
- Marc Bonfils
- Peter Caddy
- Eliot Coleman
- Dr Shewell Cooper
- Carol Deppe
- Bob Flowerdew
- Masanobu Fukuoka
- Alan Gear
- Geoff Hamilton
- Robert Hart
- Emilia Hazelip
- Lawrence D Hills
- Sir Albert Howard
- Joy Larcom
- Bill Mollison
Related topics
- Allotments
- Biodynamic farming
- Biodynamic gardening
- Botany
- Community-supported agriculture
- Forest gardening
- Local food
- Permaculture
- Organic certification
- Organic farming
- Organic food
- Organic movement
- Square foot gardening
- Synergistic gardening
- Vegan organic horticulture and agriculture
- Wildlife gardening