The Healthy Vegetable Garden

Whether you’re an experienced gardener, homesteader, or market farmer, this A–Z, soil-to-table guide shows you how to reduce chemical inputs; naturally enrich your growing ecology; and create a hardy, nutrient-dense, and delicious crop.

"There are few gardeners (or farmers) I know who wouldn’t benefit from reading Sally Morgan’s new book. . . . The Healthy Vegetable Garden is a detailed and indispensable resource."—Hobby Farms

In The Healthy Vegetable Garden, expert organic gardener Sally Morgan explains how to use natural approaches to cope with the challenges of a changing climate through principles from regenerative gardening, agroecology, and permaculture—all to help your green space thrive.

The Healthy Vegetable Garden shows you how to:

Combat disease and keep pests at bay with natural predators, companion planting, and trap and barrier crops
Choose the right plants to attract pollinators and pest predators
Build a healthy soil full of organic matter, earthworms, and mycorrhizal fungi
Regenerate soil through no-dig practices, composting, cover crops, and mulching
Boost biodiversity through the use of crop rotations and polyculture
Rewild your garden by creating a range of habitats, making use of walls and fences, log piles, water features, and wild corners
Understand plant defenses and use biocontrols
Make natural barriers, traps, and lures