Linda A Gilkeson
 
 
West Coast Gardening - Natural Insect Weed and Disease Control

West Coast Gardening: Natural Insect, Weed and Disease Control. 2nd edition. 2013
ISBN 978-0-9917335-0-7. 203 pp. Softcover.

Everything a Pacific Northwest organic gardener needs to know to manage pests, diseases and weeds for vegetable and fruit gardens, lawns, roses and other ornamentals.

This completely revised and expanded edition has over 140 detailed entries (35 new insects and diseases have been added to this edition) with updated information on safe, effective methods. Companion web pages display the colour versions of over 200 book illustrations plus additional photographs of pest and diseases.

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  • $35 per copy (includes postage within Canada).
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Backyard Bounty by Linda Gilkeson

 

Backyard Bounty: The Complete Guide to Year-Round Organic Gardening in the Pacific Northwest. 2011. New Society Publishers. ISBN: 9780865716841. 292 pp. Softcover.

Plenty of basic information for beginning gardeners as well as experienced gardeners who want to produce more food in the space they have.  Chapters cover:

  • Planning your garden and preparing the soil
  • Organic fertilizers and simplified composting
  • Sowing, growing healthy seedlings, transplanting, watering, easy weeding, and mulching
  • Planting for winter harvests, intensive planting schedules
  • Growing fruit, simple pruning methods
  • Food in greenhouses, tunnels and containers
  • Saving seeds
  • Organic pest management, and more.

Includes a month by month garden schedule for year-round harvests and features plant profiles for everything from apples to zucchini.

To mail order direct from Linda, send:

  • $30 per copy (includes postage within Canada).
  • Personal cheque or money order
  • Send to: PO Box 648, Salt Spring Is., BC V8K 2W2

US Orders: US cheques accepted, but not postal money orders. Please add $5 for postage.

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Year Around Harvest, Linda Gilkeson Year-Around Harvest: Winter Gardening on the Coast. 2nd edition. 2010. 70 pages.

This is an newly updated edition, packed with tips on how to keep fresh food on the table all year. Includes detailed information on over 20 kinds of winter hardy vegetables, what to grow, when to plant and simple cold protection methods. Also covers curing and storing fresh fruit and vegetables, managing common pests (organically) and simple seed saving.

To mail order direct from Linda, send:

  • $20 per copy (includes postage within Canada).
  • Personal cheque or money order
  • Send to: PO Box 648, Salt Spring Is., BC V8K 2W2

US Orders: US cheques accepted, but not postal money orders. Please add $5 for postage.

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