The Healthy Vegetable Garden

by Sally Morgan

The Healthy Vegetable Garden 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.

• 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