'Successful Organic Gardening' is about healthy gardening - the health of the soil, the health of the environment and the heath of the gardener. Topics covered include natural composting, soil preparation, growing plants from seed, water conservation, effective weed management, strategies for pest avoidance, using pots and containers, saving and storing seeds, finding hardier, disease-resistant and tastier varieties of plants, and understanding plant names and relationships. Plant breeding objectives, past and present, together with issues surrounding genetic manipulation, are also discussed.
