If you ask enthusiastic gardeners for a good gardening book, Marie-Luise Kreuter's "Der Biogarten" is always mentioned. In 2022, this reference work, which is often recommended as the "Bible of Gardening", was published in a completely revised new edition. We took a closer look at the standard work.
In her book "Der Biogarten" Marie Luise Kreuter explains everything about organic home gardening
Title: The organic garden
Author: Marie Luise Kreuter
Publisher: BLV
30th edition
432 pages, 530 photos
Stable cardboard band
ISBN: 978-3-8354-1693-2
The book
If you would like to cultivate your garden without chemicals, you will find a valuable guide in this thick work. Divided into the chapters:
- basics
- practice
- biological methods
- kitchen garden
- Vegetable growing on the balcony and terrace
- ornamental garden
- Natural garden
all areas of the ecological gardener are explained comprehensively. All topics are dealt with in detail and the biological connections are explained in a way that is easy to understand. The first two chapters create a deep understanding.
Why is it useful to pay attention to crop rotation? Which plants have a positive influence? All of these fundamental questions are presented in great detail. "Der Biogarten" provides a large overview in the field of ecological plant protection and shows how you can ward off and combat pests in an environmentally friendly manner.
If you don't have your own garden and would like to grow a few vegetables on the balcony or terrace, the new edition of the book also deals with this topic in detail. The information is supplemented by QR codes with which you can access videos on the Internet.
Although the plant portraits are kept short, their scope is quite sufficient for hobby gardeners. Also positive: the newer editions have been expanded to include a work calendar that provides a monthly overview of the work to be done.
Our conclusion: "The Organic Garden" is a very valuable reference work for all garden newbies. But even experienced hobby gardeners will find numerous tips here.
about the author
Marie Luise Kreuter is one of the most important German garden book authors. The National Library lists a total of 166 publications by you. From 1988 she was also a specialist consultant for the magazine "Kraut&Rüben" and became the editor there in 1990. She continued to publish articles in this renowned gardening magazine until her death. Her entire life's work is dedicated to ecological relationships and organic gardening. For this reason, her works are more relevant today than ever.
tips
In this book you will often find tips such as “incorporate plenty of compost”. If you are redesigning a garden, you usually do not yet have access to this valuable fertilizer. Ready-to-use natural fertilizers of tested quality are available for little money at the green acceptance points in almost all districts and cities. So you can already implement this advice from Marie-Luise Kreuter when laying out your garden.