1992 May ORGANIC GARDENING anniversary edition RODALE HISTORY ladybugs CUCUMBERS

Description: Title: Organic Gardening Date: May/June 1992 Pagination: 104pp plus covers Condition: Good; some rumpling of covers and pages form mailing and storage [OCR is approximate, as always] SPECIAL 50th ANNIVERSARY SECTION! 44 A LOVE STORY-A heartfelt message from Ardie Rodale about how it was and what it is 46 THE HEART AND SOUL OF ORGANIC GARDENING Our unchanged mission, as originally set out by our two guiding lights, J.I. and Robert Rodale 48 50 TIPS FROM FIFTY YEARS Still useful after all these years; a piece of gardening advice from every year of our first half-century 54 OG 50: A WHOPPER OF AN ANNIVERSARY GIFT-Presenting a terrific tomato that only you can grow next year 56 MAKING TREES WORK FOR YOU-This report from the Rodale Working Tree Center may inspire you to plan your own grove By Mary Ann Tretter FEATURES 28 THE PROCRASTINATORS GARDEN—If youve put off until tomorrow what you should have sprouted yesterday, plant these speed demons of the vegetable patch now, and youll still harvest a bounty in the fall By Barbara Pleasant LADYBUG, LADYBUG, WHICH ONE ARE YOU?—Not all the family members of our most beneficial bugs are as obvious as the one that flies away home. With this pictorial guide, youll never mistakenly crush a garden friend By Jill Jesiolowski; illustrations by Tom Quirk CUKES: PLANT NOW, PICKLE LATER-Choose up sides in the great "slicer vs. pickler" debate, or just grow them both! In the fall, well tell you how to make that harvest last a lot longer By Joanna Poncavage 42 15 SLUG STOPPING SUCCESS STRATEGIES-Our readers get into the fray with their own tips on how to battle the slimiest of garden pests! Compiled by fill Jesiolowski 62 GROWING ROSES ORGANICALLY-With disease-resistant varieties and a few simple techniques, youll discover that raising roses without chemicals is easier than you think By Catherine Yronwode 73 NOW YOU NEED ROCKS IN YOUR BED-Boost the mineral content of your soil with rock powders and your yields will bulk up, too By Carol Keough DEPARTMENTS 5 OPENINGS Yes, Mike McGrath planted his peas too early again 8 LETTERS Cheering up a chocoholic, pigweed promoter, blueberry bonus 16 NEW GROUND Amazin neem, fighting fungus, help for small farms 22 SOLUTIONS Segregated corn, worms in a pod, Mexican bean beetles 26 FOOD & HEALTH Handheld herbary, freezing ginger, you cant eat that 80 GARDEN TO GARDEN Hairy rhododendrons, cotton lover, no-work gardening 88 TOOLS OF THE TRADE Dunkin mosquitoes, new hardiness map 90 EARTH CARE Mulching money, mail into bricks, composters corner 92 ALMANAC The subscriber who started it all; plus regional recommendations 104 LETTER FROM CALIFORNIA Blazing peppers, gardening guitarist By Jeff Cox Cover: A covey of covers culled from a half-century of coverage р. 34 p. 62 р. 56 p. Take a close look at the auction images for details of contents and condition. If you have any questions at all please send a message through eBay before bidding. Be sure to check our eBay Store for thousands of other listings like this one. Orders will be sent out the next business day after receipt of payment. If youre in a hurry and would like expedited shipping (Priority or Express shipping), please let us know before paying so we can adjust your invoice. Books are sent Media Rate within the US, and other small items are sent Parcel by default. If you would like combined shipping, please (1) contact us to let us know, and then (2) wait to pay until youre finished shopping (but try to keep it within a 4 day period, please). Just leave the items in your eBay Cart and then request an updated invoice after youre done. If you pay for an item, we are obliged to ship it to you, and cannot combine it with subsequent purchases. If youre waiting for a separate auction item to finish, please contact us to let us know. _gsrx_vers_1680 (GS 9.8.3 (1680))

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